by Marybeth Bond | Aug 11, 2016 | Adventure, Best Travel Apps, Travel Magazine, Safety Tips, Cultural Exploration, Travel
Marybeth Bond, Gutsy Traveler I just returned from Vietnam, an outrageously exciting country to travel to. A little preparation before you go can take the headache out of simple things like crossing the street or avoiding dog or cat meat. 1. Learn how to cross the...
by Marybeth Bond | Aug 10, 2016 | Luxury, Adventure, South Africa, Travel, AFRICA, Luxury
South Africa is seductive; it is wild; it is a photographer’s paradise, a gourmet’s Valhalla, an adventurer’s Utopia. From the dazzling city of Cape Town curled around the base of a 3,500-foot-high Table Mountain, to the mountainous Winelands, to five-star, big five...
by Marybeth Bond | Jul 5, 2016 | Adventure, Featured
Bike tours? Wasn’t it enough to take bike tours? Well no. For reasons that made perfect sense to us, but not to my husband or most of my friends, we chose to bike from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast, camping, preparing our own meals and charting our own...
by Marybeth Bond | Jun 26, 2016 | Women Travel, TIPS, Adventure, Safety Tips, Cultural Exploration, Family, Travel, Girlfriend Getaways, Solo Travel Tips, Student Travel Tips
For advice, ideas, tips on women travel, the New York Times recommends Marybeth. Marybeth is a journalist, editor, author based in San Francisco. She has traveled to over 100 countries on 7 continents and writes for National Geographic. Outside Magazine featured...
by Marybeth Bond | Apr 2, 2016 | Hawaii, Adventure, Family, Travel, Luxury
As the jet makes its arching descent across Hilo Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii, we’re mesmerized by the tropical tableau below–translucent blue water fringed with green rolling hills. The couple across the aisle compares the scenery to...
by Marybeth Bond | Dec 31, 2015 | Galapagos, Adventure, Travel, Tanzania, Colorado, Family, AFRICA, Student Travel Tips, Wyoming
Why Travel With Teens? Attitude with a capital A, sullen silence and mono-syllabic conversations are only half the fun of traveling with teens. Add to this the pungent aroma of smelly socks (travel with teenage boys), or being locked out of the bathroom for hours...