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Salt Lake City on a Budget: Brewery Tours, Free Breakfast, and the Best Tacos of Crystal's Life

July 29, 2026

Crystal Hammond went to TravelCon -- a conference for travel content creators that merged this year with TGA, a travel gear organization -- and came home with enough swag to outfit a small expedition, a new appreciation for Utah's low humidity, strong opinions about how many tacos is never enough, and a story about getting lost that she promised to tell and we are absolutely holding her to. This episode is the full debrief: what TravelCon actually looks like from the inside, how Crystal built...

When Your Trip Falls Apart Five Days Before Departure, What Do You Do?

July 08, 2026

The trip was planned. The Airbnb was booked. The dinner reservations were made. Then a text arrived Monday night: broken clavicle, ravine, emergency room. Five days before departure, everything was off. What followed was two and a half hours of Joe and Cheryl bouncing across the globe on a map, racing a midnight cancellation deadline, and trying to figure out where in the world to go instead. This episode is the story of how it all unfolded -- in real time, the night before they had to leave....

Amsterdam: Anne Frank's House, Van Gogh, and the Bike That Almost Sent Karen Into a Canal

June 30, 2026

Karen Cordaway of the Everyday Bucket List booked Amsterdam almost on a whim after watching a Ted Lasso episode. She stayed in the Jordaan neighborhood -- one of the swankiest in the city -- walked to the Anne Frank House, spent an afternoon at the Van Gogh Museum, took a canal tour in the rain, and nearly got knocked into the water by a cyclist who apparently had the right of way. She brings back everything: what surprised her, what moved her, what to eat, and what to watch out for when you'...