A Canadian Travel Journey

This coming fall we’re packing the car and heading for a road trip from the East Coast of Canada to Toronto, Ontario, the Canadian capital of everything but politics. Although having visited Toronto countless numbers of times, it was on the books again and it was in need of a shake up. Many of the [...]

So you’re travelling to a new place and want to do as the locals do. Eat what they eat, go where they go and acts as they act. An oft espouse piece of travel advice is to act as if you’re a local, otherwise fall prey to scammers and thieves. While good advice in principle, [...]

Do you travel with technology?  For the longest time I’ve been a  bit of a technophobe when it came to travel.  Just a digital camera and that’s about it.  No cell phone, laptop, or any sort of electronic device.  The iPod worked its way into the backpack but still there was never a “real computer” [...]

Yes.  I was really surprised to see slam poetry making an appearance at the opening ceremonies but Shane Koyczan proudly stated more about Canada than could ever be thought up by a beer company’s marketing campaign. Here’s another version a little longer and put to some music. If you have problem with finding a Canadian [...]

Trying to decide what shoes to bring on your trip?  There are a few things to consider, but before answering any other questions, you should realize that keeping your feet safe and supported is really important for you to enjoy your trip.  Back pains and blisters shouldn’t be your memories of travelling so investing in [...]

A friend of mine sent me this link to a Penny Arcade comic that got me laughing. Although I have written a lot of flying and the security measures surrounding it, there’s no point in taking it too seriously all of the time. Taking it with some humour is the only sane way out. The [...]

Are you interested in booking a free flight with all those Aeroplan miles you’ve been saving? You’ve signed up for credit cards just for the points, leaving you with more credit than most people have mortgages. You’ve bought those rock hard granola bars so that you can get the extra 25 points as a bonus. [...]

(credit: Sugar Pond) So 2009 was a wild year for the stock market. The dramatic fall brought down big firms like Lehman Brothers and other big time banks. Many of them bounced back by the end of the year with the help of world governments. Sadly, the same can’t be said for small and mid-sized [...]

credit: dan paluska Ever sine the attempted terrorist bombing on December 26th there have been new security restrictions in place for flights to the USA. Now that I’ve successfully flown through them it’s time to set the record straight on exactly what goes on for these flights. The warnings were always pretty vague. Likely meant [...]

A little while ago there were a couple of articles asking the question “is travel worth it?” Clearly the answer was yes, but I was shocked to read that the authors didn’t think so. This was kicked off by a post at Man vs Debt and followed up over at Early Retirement Extreme. They are [...]