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How to Avoid Paying Baggage Fees: 12 Tips for Traveling with Only a Personal Item

Alyssa holds a duffel bag

As budget airlines like Spirit and Frontier become stricter with personal item rules and some legacy carriers begin charging exorbitant fees for accessing overhead bins, more travelers are facing a tough choice: bring only a personal item or risk the headaches associated with checked luggage. In addition to running the risk of lost luggage, the …

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Stay Healthy on the Road: The Travel Pill Organizer I Never Leave Home Without

A blue plastic pillbox with eight interior containers

For the most part, you’re likely to be able to find everything you need at your destination, so there’s no use in over-preparing for a trip. But the one thing I always like to have handy when I’m traveling? Medication. While Michael and I are fortunate to not need to take any daily prescriptions, we …

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Traveling Light: A Packing List for Roanoke, Virginia

Alyssa wears a black jumpsuit and heels with a white blazer

A real-life packing list for a late-summer weekend in Roanoke, Virginia.

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The Best Luggage for Travel: Every Suitcase, Overnight Bag, and Organizer I’m Traveling With in 2022

The Away Carry On, Daily Carry On with Pocket, and Everywhere Bag sit stacked on a wood floor

I expect my luggage to be as hardworking as the stuff it contains. With limited vacation time, I don’t have time or patience for ripped seams or busted wheels – my travel bags need to be able to withstand the rough nature of travel, over and over again. So today I thought I’d share the …

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Cuyana Leather Travel Case Set Review – Four Year Update

The Leather Travel Set from Cuyana sits on top of a black Away suitcase, and there are two journals next to the travel set

As so much time has passed since I first reviewed Cuyana’s leather Travel Case Set (that was way back in 2018 – can you believe that was four years ago?), today I thought I would share an update on how I feel about these leather cases and show how they’ve held up over the years. …

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Why Black Skinny Jeans are Still My Go-To Denim for Travel, Featuring Mott & Bow

A white woman stands on the ledge of a fountain wearing a black top, black jeans, a grey sweater blazer, and black oxfords. In the background is the Charlotte skyline

Yes, yes skinny jeans are no longer de rigueur, but that doesn’t mean they deserve to be tossed from your closet (in fact, please don’t ever toss any clothing from your closet – there are plenty of ways to rehome items sustainably! But I digress…). This post is not sponsored, but contains gifted product and …

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Away Everywhere Bag Review + Packing Tips

Alyssa stands in the left of the frame, wearing a black sweatshirt, blue jeans, tan belt, and a green scarf. She is carrying the Everywhere Bag from Away on her left shoulder

Note: this is a review of the Original Everywhere Bag; Away has also released a slightly updated version called the New Everywhere Bag. Both are available on the website at this time (it’s confusing I know). How much testing time is needed before a review of a product can be properly written? A month? Three …

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Choosing the Right Jewelry for Travel, Featuring GLDN

Alyssa stands in a beam of sunshine, wearing a navy silk short sleeve dress, and a pendant necklace with two mini hoops in her right ear. She is pulling her hair out of the way and smiling downward

When we pack for a trip, we largely consider the essentials: IDs, cards, and currency. Medication. Clothing. Shoes. Toiletries. But we often leave one category for last, if we even consider it at all: Jewelry. Just because something is small doesn’t mean it should be an afterthought. The jewelry we choose to pack and wear …