Travel Tips and Tricks
After several years of balancing travel with a desk job, raising a family, saving for retirement, etc. the Sensible Traveler has developed some unique (and some not so unique) ideas about how to maximize your travel. These articles aim to help you maximize your travel planning and trips while allowing you to continue to accomplish your other goals in life.
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How to Sensibly Pack for an International Trip with Toddlers and Infants
While you can’t change how long flight times are (and they only seem to get longer with more and more delays!) and you can’t really control how well your kids will handle jetlag/time zone changes, but you can manage how much stuff to bring…
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Which Country Treats Traveling Families the Best?
Different cultures do a better job at accommodating families and the Sensible Traveler should highly consider the local culture when traveling with kids. So what country treats traveling families the best?
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10 Tips for Picking the Perfect Lodging when Traveling with Kids
Sensible Traveler is almost scared to share these tips because he’s shocked at how many parent travelers don’t focus on the right attributes when booking travel with kids…
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Does Credit Card Rental Car Insurance Actually Work?
It’s not uncommon to get advertised credit cards that offer rental car insurance…It’s not uncommon to get advertised credit cards that offer rental car insurance. Many travel credit cards such as the Chase Sapphire Reserve offer rental car insurance as part of the card benefits. While this seems like a nice feature in theory, the…
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How to Get a Free Cooler at Any Destination
It’s sensible to purchase a portion of your food and alcohol at the local grocery store but this poses a big problem…how do you keep the food cold when you’re at the beach or traveling if you don’t have a cooler?…
Sensible Traveler is a no frills community focused on sharing realistic information to maximize travel at the most reasonable price when you decide to use your precious vacation time. If your life is full of obligations, but you like to travel when you can, Sensible Traveler will provide REALISTIC TRAVEL TIPS AND TRICKS to help you maximize your vacation.