Travel Without Stress

Thanksgiving travel has a special kind of energy. Everyone is carrying a pie, a coat, a charger they may or may not remember packing, and at least one (or two) complicated family feelings. Add kids, a packed airport or interstate, and the pressure to arrive like you did not have meltdowns on the way to your destination. It is easy to start the holiday already exhausted. The crowd is not in your head. You are not crazy. AAA projected a record 81.8 million Americans traveling a

It's Halloween week. Costumes are (finally) decided, the candy bowl is stocked, and somehow my kids are already asking what's next before we've even carved a pumpkin. I used to find this exhausting. Now I just think of it as free trip-planning momentum I don't have to manufacture myself. The trending topic: Halloween goes big this week, then everyone looks ahead This is peak week for it — costume parades, trick-or-treating, and the kind of only-happens-once-a-year events that

I'll be honest, the last thing I want to think about right now is Thanksgiving, let alone Christmas. Yes I am excited to have my house decked out in the Christmas spirit, but all of the plans and events coming out...oh Lordy! But it turns out October is exactly the month I should be thinking about it, because apparently this is the quiet little window before holiday travel prices go completely off the rails. The trending topic: October is the sweet spot before the holiday pri