Dear Ageless Traveler, Several years ago, on a Danube cruise with Theatrical Adventures at Sea, I met a woman whose husband had passed away five years earlier. She told me this was the first time she had the "guts," her word, to travel by herself. It wasn't a revelation to me. My own mother spent much of her life alone and never traveled until group tours began welcoming solo women travelers. What a difference a decade makes. Today, solo travel is all the rage, and it doesn't necessarily mean...
1 day ago • 7 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, I am about to take a six-week trip, and it's never easy to plan. But after visiting 140 countries, I do have some hints and tips. I also have a roster of places I've found worth the effort of long-term travel. In an earlier newsletter, I reported on how we Ageless Travelers are taking Gap Years, where we travel for months at a time. My trip is taking me to the Galápagos with GoGalapagos, the Ecuadorian Amazon, and barging through the Champagne Valley in France with...
1 day ago • 8 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, When I ask people about their greatest barrier to travel one word comes up again and again: responsibility. On the very first episode of The Ageless Traveler podcast, I listed those barriers, like money and health. But I’ve discovered that the toughest to overcome are work and childcare duties for younger folks and caring for a spouse, looking after grandchildren, helping aging parents, managing a home, or pet care. Those responsibilities can make even the dream of...
1 day ago • 6 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, I know, I know. Between pickle ball, the book club, volunteering and sitting on the Board of your HOA, you don’t have time to plan your next trip. Funny how in the age of information, planning is getting harder and more time-consuming what with chats with AI, over choice, and airline headaches, you may as well stay home…not on my watch! As you will find in one of my favorite books, Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit, “The things we want are transformative,...
1 day ago • 7 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, Yesterday I felt fantastic. Today? I am feeling a bit under the weather. Honestly, if I had to hop on a plane this afternoon, it would be a drag. Thankfully, that doesn't happen to me very often. I sat down and really reflected on why I'm feeling drained. The truth is, I’ve been so incredibly busy getting ready to travel for the next two months that I completely let my guard down. I failed to do my usual exercises, missed taking my supplements, and let my nutrition...
1 day ago • 6 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, Grab a prosecco and settle in, because today we’re going to travel in style…your style! We match the way we move through the world, with trips that meet you where you are. and I reveal some of the pet peeves in marketing that can lead you astray. You know, after traveling to 140 countries, people always ask me about my favorite way to explore. If I could snap my fingers, I’d live permanently in a 19th-century "Grand Tour." Picture the Gilded Age: traveling with massive...
6 days ago • 6 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, They say money makes the world go round. Perhaps. But one thing I do know. You need money to go around the world. This week, I focus on the many ways you can make extra money, reduce travel costs, or travel for free. Yes, there are many ways to overcome the money barrier; each depends on you and your travel style. But this is also a very special week, as it marks the launch of my first Podcastathon with The Age-Wise Collective, a group of top women podcasters. We will...
12 days ago • 6 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, Two milestones occurred within days of each other, giving me pause. Mel Brooks turned 100, and the United States turned 250. That means Mel has lived through more than one-third of our nation's entire history. It struck me that we are still a remarkably young country...and that many of us, along with even more of our children and grandchildren, will witness an extraordinary amount of history yet to come. Visiting Richmond, Virginia, last week sharpened my awareness of...
21 days ago • 6 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, I have been on a quest along the glorious Central California Coast to discover the very best spots to enhance romance for couples who have been married for a long, long time. Here's why... Last week I had dinner with two couples who were celebrating their anniversaries, as I will do in August. One couple was married for ten years. The other couple had been married for 70 years. Seventy years! Stu and I will celebrate our 55th anniversary and we thought think was a big...
about 1 month ago • 8 min read