Two years ago, I became an empty nester and wanted to start traveling. My travel list was long, but my budget was tight with a kid in college.

So, I star

Sedona, Arizona, is an outstanding travel spot, drawing visitors with its radiant red rocks, exceptional hiking trails, and reputation as a spiritual mecc

Two years ago, my husband and I road-tripped to Colorado with our kids for Christmas. I’d always dreamed of a destination holiday somewhere snowy and festive, and a previous skiing trip had been a huge success with both us and the kids. So I Googled “most festive places to spend Christmas” and found the ski town of Durango was in the top 10. It looked adorable and was the polar opposite of Houston, where we live, with its year-round heat and humidity.

My mom had passed a few months earlier and

I was driving alone through Montana, 1,900 miles from home on a two-lane road in the sticks, when my phone lost its signal. I was near my Airbnb cabin but may as well have been in Oz, with no idea what road to look for or where my next turn was. Did I mention it was getting dark?

Luckily, I’d jotted down the directions in my spiral planner, old-school style, that lay on the seat next to me, but with a little preplanning, the right apps can make solo travel safe, enjoyable, and easy. Having driv

Over the past few months, I've stayed in more than a dozen private rooms in Airbnb homes across the US. I find it to be such an incredible experience, I don't book hotels anymore. Two years ago, I became an empty nester. But as a remote worker with a case of wanderlust, I hardly wanted to sit at home. Eager to take more solo road trips across the United States, I made a list of places I wanted to see and off I went, from Zion National Park in Utah to the rolling hills of Vermont. Since then, I'v