Wanderlust Thoughts

For those of you who’ve heard of Airbnb , but have never utilized the service, here’s what to expect and a few tips and tricks to help you along the way. Outside of our Airbnb apartment in Paris  What is Airbnb? Airbnb is a hospitality service that facilitates the rental of housing including rooms, hostels, castles, villas, and even entire apartments and houses. They have over 3,000,000 lodging listings in 65,000 cities and 191 countries. Each individual host determines the price. Our studio apartment in Paris  How do you use Airbnb? You can access Airbnb on their website or free mobile app. To find your perfect home, you can use filters such as price range, location, lodging type, and dates. Once your search results are populated, you can look through photos, read host reviews, and see where the homes are located on a map. When I was selecting our homes for Euro Trip 2017 , this is where I spent the bulk of my time. It was really...

Here’s the deal: I have self-diagnosed restless leg syndrome and I absolutely hate sitting in one place for long periods of time. So, as you can assume, long car and plane rides can be a bit of a struggle for me. It’s a normal thing for me to get up after an hour or so and go to the bathroom to do a few squats. No lie. Luckily, my five-hour flight to Spain wasn’t that bad… For the most part. I slept most of the way, thank goodness. Usually my plan is to not sleep the night before so that by the time I get in the air, I’m exhausted and I fall into a deep sleep. Here’s my quick and easy list of essentials that I ALWAYS pack in my carry-on bag: Backpack/Small Roller Bag My friends always make fun of me because I have everything that you could possibly need in my purse at all times. When I travel, the “mom bag” is on steroids. My bag of choice is either a leather backpack or a small roller bag… Or both. Everything fits perfectly and they aren’t too bu...