I've sailed alone on 4 different cruise lines. Here are my top 5 tips for taking a solo cruise.

From applying and getting hired to working on 12-plus-hour flights, many elements of a flight attendant's and pilot's jobs are elusive.

On the same day I was set to depart, I received an email telling me where in the world I’d be going. This was exactly what I’d been hoping for. The less I knew, the better.

Budget travelers are often surprised at how much you can get for your money when exploring Egypt.

My first solo trip — when I arrived in Nashville a few days ahead of a work trip in 2017 to revisit some old haunts from when I lived in Tennessee — was hardly the most inspiring. But it showed me that I could handle traveling by myself and that I actually kind of liked it.

I was raised in Italy and now live in Rome — every day, I see numerous tourists making mistakes during their trips here.

To her more than one million TikTok followers, digital creator MJ Hedderman is known as "the Instagram girlfriend." It's a moniker she said she fell into in 2020 after realizing she didn't need a partner to take photos of her — she could learn to take them herself instead. 

The cruise industry is on the upswing. 

I've been on 110 cruises in the past few decades, and I've learned some of the best ways to get a great deal before and during a trip.

I was waiting in my hotel lobby for an Uber to take me to the annual Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio when I met Dina Brewer and Rina Nicholas, 67, who came all the way from California. Like me, it was also their first year attending the event, and none of us realized the difficulties of getting a rideshare in suburban Ohio.

During my six years working for two different cruise lines, I learned how much a cruiser's cabin can affect their onboard experience.

I've been cruising since the mid-'90s, and after two upcoming cruises later this year, I'll have completed 18 sailings.

We’ve all seen them. Envy-inducing Insta posts and enticing ads for longer-term, remote-working visas. You know the images we mean — pics of impossibly happy people lounging in hammocks, laptop casually to hand, with a beautiful beach as their genuine backdrop. No filter, no fake background. Just pure unadulterated, work-play balance bliss, and aspirational “this could be you” messaging. And the glorious truth is, this really could be you.