When I wrote about checking off my travel bucket list, I got some push-back from Sixty and Me readers who thought I must be rich if I could visit places as far flung as Kenya and the Galapagos. They said it made them sad because they could only dream…

As I write this, I’m in the back seat of a Toyota Land Cruiser, bumping along a dusty road in Kenya on the way to our next lodge. In a few hours, we’ll be on a game drive, hoping to spot lions, rhinos and, if we’re really lucky, one of those elusive leopards. An African safari has lived…

Of all the things I have decided to change thanks to climate change, here’s one I never previously considered: Booking my flights differently. Why? Because I can no longer trust the weather to cooperate. Even today. It’s early spring in Chicago, and I’m sitting at O’Hare International Airport…

The world is divided into two different kinds of people: overpackers and underpackers. If you fall into the first category, don’t turn away yet! Give me a few minutes to try and convince you that there is a better way to travel. As you might already suspect, I am an underpacker. My measure…

I’m blessed with a close family. We enjoy one another’s company so much that we vacation together as often as we can. Since travel is my business, the planning often falls to me. After a host of trips, I have learned a few things and created this list of unbreakable…

As a woman who has traveled for business for most of my adult life, my husband is accustomed to fending for himself when I’m away for a few days or a week. And I am very happy traveling solo. I love the feeling of having a luxurious hotel room…