Suitcase Divas: Travel Agent Tips, Tricks & Travel Tales

Send us Fan Mail Holiday cheer meets hard choices, and we’re not pulling any punches. We wade into five real “Am I the A**hole?” dilemmas that hit every pressure point of the season: a mom skipping a ski trip while 22 weeks pregnant with triplets, divorced parents clashing over “two Santas,” a last‑minute Thanksgiving disinvite after a stepfamily slight, a young family refusing the Christmas Day tour to protect nap schedules and sanity, and a guest with a severe nut allergy walking out when t...

Send us Fan Mail The holidays have a way of speeding up the calendar and slowing down the heart. We leaned into that pause to take stock of what truly mattered this year: a community that keeps showing up, trips that became milestones, and tiny travel comforts that somehow mean the most. From crossing a decade-long Napa and Sonoma dream off the list to recovering health just in time to fly, we trace how gratitude can turn ordinary moments into markers you carry forward. We dig into why trave...

Send us Fan Mail The hardest part of leaving the military isn’t the paperwork—it’s the silence that follows. Len from Irreverent Warriors joins us to share how humor, short shorts, and shared miles become a lifeline for veterans navigating the identity gap after service. We get real about the numbers, the isolation, and the way a veteran-only space can flip a switch from “I’m fine” to “I’m understood.” We walk through exactly how a Silkies hike works: Friday meet-and-greet, Saturday’s ruck a...

Send us Fan Mail Food shapes the way we remember a trip, and Napa proved it. We invited Denise to unpack her bucket list getaway through a different lens: how a small-portion, selective eater can still eat wonderfully in a destination famous for indulgence. From Italian comfort to Mediterranean hospitality and two bakery heavyweights, this conversation maps a realistic, satisfying path through Napa’s food scene without forcing yourself into a three-course script. We start with Restaurante Al...

Send us Fan Mail A Category Five on the map changes how you think about travel. We revisit the hard lessons of Katrina and apply them to Jamaica and the wider Caribbean right now, asking what smart preparation looks like when an island’s only exit may be a runway that closes days ahead of landfall. From insurance that actually pays when flights shift and hotel nights stretch, to simple steps like embassy registration and offline copies of IDs, we lay out a clear plan to travel wiser without l...