You should travel more. You should be more organized. This helps with both goals. Handy features include a packing checklist, self-stick tabs, a travel pouch and a built-in envelope where you can stuff ticket stubs, brochures and other road mementos.
My 5-going-on-15-year-old niece Nayana walked me through her recent trip to New York with the aid of this travel journal. Two pages designated to each day offer a good amount of space to write a few key words, draw thoughts and plaster stickers. The trip kicked off the journal, which she’ll continue to fill throughout the year. Definitely a keepsake in the making.
Blends the glamor and intrigue of flying with, um, reality.
With the high cost of gas, air travel and, well, everything right now, the term staycation has been springing up. I say, hooray for exploring close to home! (That’s called “being positive.”) This journal reminds you where to best spend those hard-earned dollars on your getaway-minded local dining splurge.
Danger. Severe attack of wanderlust, likely triggered by the rainy day and multitude of home renovation projects. Ah, the care (and mortgage) free days spent country-hopping across Europe, with this tome in hand. It reliably produced a strong selection of budget hotels and restaurants wherever I happened to land. When I spied other travelers leafing through theirs at the train station, I’d pick up the pace so they couldn’t beat me to the last room in the nicest-sounding hostel. Definitely worth its (significant) weight for that long-term, multi-country youthful backpacking trip.
One step closer to making the dream a reality.
You know how sometimes, you get a song stuck in your head? And it won’t go away? For days on end? And it drives you nutty? These CDs use catchy tunes to lodge foreign-language phrases, rather than useless lyrics, up there. Because the brainspace taken up by “I don’t want to go to re-hab” will do you no-no-no favors when you desperately need a toilet in China.
Check out an example:
Pick a card. Any card. Each has a kid-friendly day all mapped out for you.
Rain-resistant paper for the reflective outdoorsperson.
(Via The Gear Junkie)
A friend gave me this gorgeous book a few years back. Not only is it full of useful information and maps, with a comprehensive index, it’s nice just to hold. The golden-edged pages, soft leather cover and classic design give it a timeless feel. You can even get them personalized.
