In the past few years I have experienced many types of travel. I’ve solo traveled in Argentina, have traveled as a couple throughout Europe, have been on press trips in the Caribbean and have group traveled in Morocco and Nicaragua. While each type of travel offers its benefits, it is group travel that… [Read More]
The Perfect Mexico Trip for Both Solo & Group Travelers
It’s evening in Oaxaca City and the warm night air is pouring in through the open doors of the mezcal bar. Music is playing–an old Spanish favorite, Cielito Lindo—floats from the corner where a lone guitarist stands singing. I am surrounded by my fellow travelers; an unlikely, slapstick gang of bloggers and writers who, up… [Read More]
What You Need to Know When Deciding Between Solo Travel and Group Travel
I’m somewhere between Fes and the Sahara as my Topdeck tour of Morocco continues on; taking our group of 16 people from Marrakech to the Sahara Desert and back. The scenery passing by my window is of sun-scorched fields with an occasional cactus passing by; it’s incredible how fickle the landscape is in this country, how… [Read More]
A Guide to Planning a Trip with Friends
The planning of my first group trip came in four stages: the first stage took place at a crowded bar in New York City last winter. My friends and I had mixed cocktails with imagination and were letting our words run wild with promises of traveling together one day. We called out destinations as… [Read More]