07/06/2018 | July 6th 2018When you’re spending so much on food, drink, or accommodation, every little bit helps and thankfully you can spend weeks here without ever spending a penny on an att…

Updated: 7/5/2018 | July 5th, 2018When I finally visited in 2011, I was shocked to discover that, while it isn’t cheap, Japan isn’t the prohibitively expensive country people may think …

Confused on where we are? I’m catching up on the black hole of content from May of 2016 to April of 2017 — when I jumped forward to blog the summer of 2017 as it was happening. This pos…

Exploring Chefchaouen in MoroccoChefchaouen, MoroccoThe sun beats down mercilessly, setting every color around me ablaze – and since everything is blue, I feel like I’m walking above th…

Updated: 07/04/2018 | July 4th, 2018As my flight began its final descent, I drooled over the thought of all the food I was going to eat during my (fourth) visit. Within hours of landing, I’d …

Updated: 07/03/18 | July 3, 2018This is something I hear from everyone I talk to: “Matt, I simply don’t have enough money to travel.”This problem — and how to overcome it &m…

Updated: 07/01/2018 | July 1, 2018This is the eternal question every traveler to Europe faces. Whether you are going for two weeks or two months, everyone wonders if they will save money by buying …

Updated: 07/01/2018 | July 1st, 2018But Paris is also a city that melts the wallet. With the city’s plentiful restaurants, bars, and attractions, your money can disappear quickly if you aren&…

If you’ve been reading my Egypt coverage so far, you know that my felucca ride up the Nile was the absolute highlight of my time in mainland Egypt. Boarding in Aswan and sailing towards Luxor…

Updated: 6/29/18 | June 29, 2018Now, close to ten years after that first post, I believe that unless you are a super flier, you shouldn’t stick to one airline or airline alliance. Using credi…