Don’t Speed in Mexico Are you heading to Mexico for vacation? A lot of my southern California friends drive across the border from time to time—so thanks to my colleague and Twitter…

If you’re planning on being in the Los Angeles area and into movies, I highly recommend doing a VIP Studio Tour for a behind-the-scenes look at how and where the…

Walla Walla, WA is emerging (and now has a Courtyard Marriott). That much was covered in the first part of this series. But once you’ve unpacked and refreshed at the Courtyard Walla Walla, you’re officially…

The call of the American west was for a time our country’s dominant narrative. Grand opportunities awaited, stretched across big country and vast landscapes—grand, big, vast—and in 2015, the impressive scale that made the west remains—in…

This is the second part in Melissa Curtin’s series on travel surprises in Europe. Last week, it was Copenhagen. Next up in the series, next week: Prague! There are so…

I’ve written before about how to protect your privacy on planes in my Daily Travel Tip newsletter (sign up here) by using a 3M Privacy Filter. But this video from James…

Don’t Tell Your Driver Your House is Vacant You might have seen in the news last week that an Uber driver has been accused of trying to rob a passenger’s home…

Tips for Visiting Alcatraz I recently had dinner with a group of San Francisco business folks and picked up this tidbit: If you want to visit Alcatraz Island between March and…

Easy Jewelry Sorting Each Friday, we’re featuring a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Molly F., who says: “Here is a tip: Use…

How to Send Real Postcards from Your Phone Up until a few years ago, one thing was certain when I traveled: I’d always send a postcard to my family members. These…

How to Save Big with Verizon Do you have Verizon and want to save some serious cash? Check out Clark Howard’s video on how Verizon is now selling their plans for $35…

This is the first part in Melissa Curtin’s series on travel surprises in Europe. Next up in the series, next week: Berlin! There are so many things you don’t think…

I bet a lot of my friends back east feel like doing this with all of the snow they received this winter—and are still getting (it snowed in Boston on…

Wash Your Hands! I’ve talked about the importance of washing your hands in an airplane bathroom, but I’ve never advised you flat-out to make sure you always keep your hands clean…

Historic Koblenz, Germany is a treasure for the historian, the wine connoisseur and the nature lover. Koblenz lies where the west flowing Mosel River meets the Rhine River, which flows north. It’s surrounded…