Taylor Swift travel tips

Sadly, I did not possess the mental or physical fortitude necessary to purchase Taylor Swift's Eras Tour tickets in the United States.

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This as-told-to story is based on a conversation with Samantha Meany, a TikTok content creator, and lifelong Taylor Swift fan from Raleigh, North Carolina. It's been edited for length and clarity. Meany's trip took place in the first week of August, shortly before the wildfires broke out on Maui.

I've never really considered myself a Swiftie — that is until I found myself rearranging my entire honeymoon for a chance to see Taylor Swift perform in Italy next summer. 

My older sister Melanie is the sun the rest of my family orbits around. In a way, she's my family's Taylor Swift.

I've gone to The Eras Tour multiple times this past summer — and I have tickets to five more of Taylor Swift's shows in Europe next year.

I've never left the US but I've wanted to go to Europe for a while — I've just been waiting for the right time.

Gone are the days of old-school tour buses and living on the road. Now, pop stars like Taylor Swift are likely to fly straight home after a concert.

Taylor Swift is heading to Australia for her Eras Tour in February, which is great … for Australians. Unfortunately for New Zealand fans, the pop star has not included any cities across the ditch for her world tour itinerary.

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I've been a Swiftie since the singer's self-titled debut album came out in 2006.

A Taylor Swift fan asked a Southwest pilot to fly over the pop star's concert in Los Angeles — and to her surprise, he obliged. 

I've been a Taylor Swift fan for a long time, so when she announced her Eras Tour in the US, I did everything I could to grab tickets. 

When Taylor Swift first announced her Eras Tour, I laughed when I heard colleagues had cleared their work schedules to buy tickets.

While fans of Taylor Swift know ‘All Too Well’ how difficult purchasing tickets for the Eras tour has been, a low-cost airline carrier may be the saving grace for a pair of lucky Swifties looking to see one of the final shows in the United States. Frontier Airlines recently announced a sweepstakes that will give away two concert tickets, two roundtrip airline tickets, hotel, and ground transportation to Taylor Swift’s tour date in Los Angeles on August 7.