Best Business Credit Card for Travel

Are you looking for the best business credit card for travel?

I know there are a billion options for credit cards out there (trust me, I'm an international traveler, turned international multi-preneur...I've looked)!  So I'll save you some trouble and help point you in the direction to help you maximize your points and minimize your fees if you travel a lot for business or own an international business, like I do!  I have the best credit card for travel on the market for my business needs!  Here's the breakdown:

Best Business Credit Card for Travel

The Chase Ink family of credit cards are hands down the best group of cards for business owners, and I particularly prefer the Chase Ink Business Preferred credit card (see what I did there?).  This card is especially for those of you who are often on the move, and ultra-highly recommended if you own an international business and/or travel a lot for business whether domestically or internationally.

The Pros of the Chase Ink Business Preferred Credit Card

1. Excellent Sign Up Bonus Offer!

If you have high spending anyways, and are likely to spend $8,000 or more in the first 3 months, you'll be able to reap the rewards of the sign up bonus which equates to $1,000 cash back!  You could also choose to use the rewards points toward travel where they're worth 25% more for cardholders: $1,250!  I'm a travel agent, so I tend to stick to the cash back and use my insider skills to make that cash back work magic!

2. Avoid Late Fees with auto payments from Chase Checking or Savings

If you have Chase business checking or savings account, you can schedule automatic payments to make sure you're never late to be sure you don't get smacked with high interest or late fees

3.  Earn 3x the Points on common business expenses

When you spend on any of the following categories, you earn 3x the points for every $1 spent (up to $150,000 per year!): 

• shipping, 
• advertising purchases made with social media sites and search engines, 
• internet, cable and phone services, and - of course - 
• TRAVEL!

4. 1:1 Travel Points with Airline Programs

 You can transfer your points 1:1 for travel with airline partner companies:

• Aer Lingus AerClub
• Air Canada Aeroplan
• British Airways Executive Club
• Emirates Skywards®
• Flying Blue AIR FRANCE KLM
• Iberia Plus
• JetBlue TrueBlue
• Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
• Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards®
• United MileagePlus®
• Virgin Atlantic Flying Club

   5. 1:1 Travel Points with Hotel Programs

You can transfer your points 1:1 for travel with hotel partner companies:

• IHG® One Rewards Club
• Marriott Bonvoy®
• World of Hyatt

6. NO FOREIGN TRANSACTION FEES!

As someone who lives and works internationally, if you already do or will be traveling internationally this is a HUGE money-saver for you!  Most credit cards charge really high fees for international use - so you can save hundreds of dollars when you use this for international travel or purchases abroad!

7. Trip Cancellation/Trip Interruption Insurance 

Make sure you book with your Chase Business Ink credit card!

8. Roadside Dispatch

For help if you run into trouble on the road!

9. Cell Phone Protection

I know a lot of you work from your phones, and if you are prone to break yours day one when your dog jumps up and knocks it out of your pocket, like me...this can be a huge help!

10.  Purchase Protection

This is important whether you travel or not - it covers damage OR theft for up to 3 months from the purchase date!

11.  Extended Warranty Protection

You can extend some warranties by up to a year!

12.   Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver

You can decline coverage with the rental company for theft and collision damages both domestically and abroad when renting a vehicle when booking your rental with this card!

The Cons of the Chase Ink Business Preferred Credit Card

1.  There may be other cards with a more accessible sign up bonus

If you won't hit the bonus spend of $8,000 in 3 months, you may prefer to get a card with a bonus you can achieve!

2.  Annual Fee

There is a $95 annual fee (but, in case it helps to see the bigger perspective, the cash back alone pays the annual fee off for me, multiple times over)!

3.  Lower Interest Rates Elsewhere

The interest rate ranges are fairly typical, but you may be able to find options with lower interest rates if you shop around (though they likely won't provide the same number or level of rewards).

4. Restrictions May Apply!

As with ALL credit card rewards programs, please make sure you read the fine print about how the program works, be sure to use the card that the coverage if offered on, review the limitations on coverage, AND be sure to file any claim(s) correctly and on time per their requirements to make sure you're covered!

Summary of the Best Credit Card for Business Travel

I've been a Chase Ink Business client for a few years now and can absolutely recommend it from the standpoint of an international business owner AND as an international business traveler!  Whether or not you use Chase Checking and Savings for your business (which give you some added positives like those easy automated payments and fast turnaround times compared to making payments from other banks, it's a super intuitive connection.  Not only does the sign up reward you 12.5% back on the initial spending requirement, but the year-round card benefits are unrivalled for business travelers from what I've seen on the market!  If you're in the market for the best business credit card for travel or the best business credit card for international travel, take a look at the Chase Ink Business Preferred option and let me know what you think!

Surf & Yoga Retreats in Paradise: Now with Costa Rica Surf Trip!

After years of vacation planning, surf lesson and coaching instruction, and surf trips, Costa Rica Surf Trip is branching out within their specialty and offering surf and yoga retreat packages, among others!

They have just announced that they will be holding one from April 7-11, 2018 so if you're interested, be sure to register immediately to get your reservation in progress!

Here's the scoop on how it works.

They take a $250, 100% refundable damage deposit to register via their website.  Upon receipt of your damage deposit, they'll send you an information and reservation package via email to get details about your travelers, sleeping arrangements, emergency contacts, etc.  The key to the registration packet is that it also includes information on how to complete your reservation by making a 50% deposit for your trip package (10% of your total trip package is non-refundable once paid, but what are the chances you're going to back out of an international trip to paradise that you've been planning for months unless something extreme happens).  Your 50% reservation deposit may incur a small credit card fee, or you can direct deposit to the company account via the secure Zelle Quickpay option or Venmo for no additional charge.

You don't have to pay the remaining balance of your trip package until one month before you arrive, so if you plan ahead, you will have plenty of time to save up!  50% of deposit becomes non-refundable one month before arrival because of activity and accommodation cancellation policies that are out of control of the events organizers, but again...you should already have your tickets in hand and your bag packed by then, so you should probably just pay your balance and get ready for the time of your life at what is sure to be a stellar combination of surf, sun, yoga, and adventure with Costa Rica Surf Trip and Lisa Pineda Yoga!

Here's the Costa Rica Surf Trip flyer announcing the surf and yoga retreat package options with certified New York City / Long Island yogi, Lisa Pineda:

Costa Rica Surf Trip Presents:  Costa Rica Surf & Yoga Retreat Packages, 2018

Family Trip to Costa Rica

More surfing and adventures!  Love!  Get out there with your family, your friends, your partner in crime, or even on your own!  Have an adventure!  Live a little!  Go talk to Costa Rica Surf Trip and let them plan your family vacation to Costa Rica.  So amazing!

Costa Rica Surf Trip - Surfing the Pura Vida!

Doesn't it make you want to surf in Costa Rica?

TShirt Travel Lingo

In case you ever thought you could never get along in a foreign country without knowing the language...you may be in luck!  They say "a picture is worth a thousand words" and these t-shirts may finally prove it!

See more here.

Prince Ea - I am not Black You are Not White - Video Traducido al español

Yo.
No soy negro.
Digo; Asi me llama el mundo pero no es quien soy yo.
No sali del vientre de mi madre diciendo "Hola a todos, soy negro!"
No.  Fui enseñado ser negro.
Y te enseñaron llamarme así igual que lo que sea que te llamas a ti.
Es solamente una etiqueta.
Ves?  Desde el nacimiento el mundo nos mete en vena estas etiquetas.
Y eventualmente todos las tragamos.
Las digestionamos y las aceptamos.
Nunca jamás dudándolas.
Pero hay un problema.
Las etiquetas no son ustedes y las etiquetas no soy yo.
Las etiquetas son simplemente...etiquetas.
Pero quienes somos de verdad no es epidérmico.
Vea, cuando yo conduzco mi carro, nadie confundiría el carro conmigo.
Pero cuando conduzco mi cuerpo porque me confundes con mi cuerpo?
Es mi cuerpo.
Entiendes?
No yo.
Déjame simplificarlo.
Nuestros cuerpos son sencillamente carros que nosotros operamos y manejamos.
La concesión que llamamos "la sociedad" decidió etiquetar la mía "la edición negra."
La suya, la irlandesa o la edición blanca.
Y sin una cuota inicial, cero por ciento de tasa de interés anual, sin probar el manejo, se nos forzó ser dueños de estos cuerpos por el resto de nuestras vidas.
Discúlpame pero yo no puedo ver la lógica ni el orgullo en definirme a mi mismo o en juzgar a otro por el carro que uno conduce.
Porque quienes somos de verdad se encuentra adentro de uno.
Escúchenme, no estoy aqui para decirles que la ciencia ha concluido que genéticamente somos todos mezclados y que "raza" en la especie humana no existe ni tampoco que cada historiador sabe que "raza" fue inventada en el siglo XV para dividirse a la gente y que se ha funcionado perfectamente...
NO!
No estoy aqui para regañar.
Sólo quiero preguntar una pregunta.
Quién sería usted si el mundo no le hubiera dado una etiqueta?
Nunca le dió una cajita para marcar...
Sería blanco? negro?  mexicano? asiático? americano nativo? del medio oriente? indio?
No.
Seríamos uno.
Estaríamos juntos.
No más viviendo en el error de llamarles a seres humanos "personas negras" o "personas blancas."
...Estas etiquetas que siempre nos cegará de ver una persona por lo que es, pero al contrario verla por los filtros sentenciosos, perjudiciales, artificiales de lo que pensamos que sean.
Y cuando tú dejes que una etiqueta artificial defiene quien eres, pues, amigo mío, has escogido la pequeñez sobre la grandeza y has minimizado a ti mismo.
Has limitado y dividido a ti mismo de los demás.
Y es un hecho indiscutible que donde haya división habrá conflicto, y el conflicto causa guerras, entonces cada guerra ha empezado por etiquetas.
Siempre es "nosotros" versus "ellos."
Entonces la respuesta a la guerra, racismo, sexismo, y todos los demás "-ismos" es tan sencillo que se les ha escapado a todos los politicos...Son las etiquetas.
Tenemos que arrancarlas.
No es curioso que ningún bebé nace racista pero que todos los bebés lloran cuando escuchan los gritos de otro, no importa el género, cultura, o color.
Probando que al fondo tuvimos la intención de conectarnos y cuidarnos, unos a los otros.
Esta es nuestra misión.
Y esto NO es mi opinión, esto es la verdad en un mundo que nos ha vendido la ficción.
Por favor, escúchen.
Las etiquetas solamente distorcionan nuestras visiones, lo que cause que la mitad de los que vean esto, lo descartarán o sintirán resistencia, y conflicto.
Pero acuérdense...
también lo sintió la oruga antes de que rompió su cáscara y se hizo la mariposa magnifica.
Pues, estas etiquetas son nuestras cáscaras y tenemos que hacer lo mismo para que por fin podemos extender nuestras alas.
Los seres humanos no fueron hechos para ser estampados con etiquetas como provisiones en los supermercados!
La ADN no puede ser controlado por la administración de alimentos y medicamentos!
Fuimos hechos para ser libres.
Y sólamente cuando las quitemos todas, y paremos de vivir y pensar tan pequeños estarámos...libres para ver a nuestros mismos, y a los demás, por quienes somos de verdad.

We are all People of the World

If only we all knew how very connected we are...the world could be such a different place.

One world.  One people.  One love.

A tip for a happy work life.

Work Tip:  Stand up.  Stretch.  Take a walk.  Go to the airport.  Get on a plane.  Never return.

#Labels

I Am NOT Black, You are NOT White. These Labels were Made Up to Divide us.
Posted by Prince Ea on lunes, 2 de noviembre de 2015

"I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for" - John Mayer
We are more than the bodies and the faces that we were born with.  Time and surgery can change how we look, but our minds, our souls, are beyond our bodies.  Who we are is not confined to our bodies.  Who we are is SO MUCH MORE.  "If there were no 'us' and 'them'...We would be one."

#nolabels

OneWorld. OneLove. OneHope: #RefugeesWelcome

"I just don't get it. I don't get how people in different countries all over the world can be frightened of people who suffered so much, who are so in need, who are so desperately asking to have freedom, justice and dignity. Just give them a welcome."Our video from Mandy Patinkin's recent trip with IRC to Lesbos, Greece, in which he traveled to as soon as he wrapped shooting this season of Homeland. For more on Mandy's perspective on the refugee crisis, read his latest op-ed on the Washington Post: http://bit.ly/1IONmYV
Posted by International Rescue Committee on lunes, 7 de diciembre de 2015

Our address: AirBnb, a tale of NY nomads

"Our address is AirBnB" writes a man who has spent months hopping from one New York apartment to the next with his partner.  They have different personalities and desires and frustrations with the monthly moves, but overall have found not only great things about AirBnB as a company, but about real estate in NY, about neighborhoods in and around Manhattan, and about what we really need to live.

After a few months of living with just a few bags, they determined that their storage unit was packed with belongings they once thought they would eventually want, but ended up donating, instead...recognizing it as superfluous to their needs.  It's funny how we think we need some things only until they aren't there and we are able to forget about them.

A long read, but an interesting one if you last to the end, there are a lot of themes that will resonate with you wanderlust dreamers and livers of life out there.  There will be moments where you ask what human can afford $3,000/month and still have money left to eat...and then you will sympathize with their rat infested walks to their local bodega where they find worms in their pasta.

NY...I often wonder why so many people love the place.  I suppose being a wanderer in and around it short-term could make all the difference!

CRsurftrip: The best surf travel destination in Costa Rica!

I may be biased, but I'm stoked to announce the opening season for the very best surf travel destination in Costa Rica: CRsurftrip!

We're beyond excited that we are turning our dream of owning a business and our love of budget-friendly travel, the great outdoors, trip-planning and our passion for surfing, friends, and family into reality!

The inaugural surf season 2015-2016 is officially open at CRsurftrip: a fun, friendly, come-as-you-are surf school, camp and trip company based in Playa Sámara, Costa Rica.  At CRsurftrip, you can come alone or with a group and you can stay local for lessons or take one of our 1/2 or full day trips, or, even better, let us take you on a 5-day (or custom-length) adventure where you can see and surf multiple beaches!  Click here for info on surf options and pricing.

We also have a trip-planning menu that will allow you to combine our surf options with any of the following activities: yoga, kayaking, snorkeling, hiking tours, horseback riding tours, zip-lining, fishing, whale-watching, dolphin-watching, turtle nesting tours, whitewater rafting, and more!  

In addition, we have accommodation options to meet any budget from the "I'd rather spend money on activities"-minded traveler to the "I need a break and a massage and a cocktail beachfront, NOW, at any price"-traveler.  We've been both, so we've got you, no matter what is driving your travel desires and decisions!  All of our options are meant to keep you comfortable and give you the Costa Rican experience of culture while allowing you safety and privacy in your own space throughout your trip.

Before, during, or after your trip, you can get surf swag for yourself, your friends and family back home to represent the awesome experience that you're sure to have with us at CRsurftrip.  Send us your pictures to be featured in our gallery online and if you believe we're the best, tell us why and you could end up the headliner of our reviews page!

We can't wait to host you in our Costa Rican paradise for the experience of a lifetime.  Learn to surf, experience the culture and beauty of Costa Rica, make friends for life, and go home with a story to tell and a second-home to return to on your next CRsurftrip!

COME SURF COSTA RICA WITH US!

Sick of Baggage Fees?

Sick of airlines dropping travel prices only to be side-swiped by high costs for any of your baggage?  Me too.  Luckily, there's a company called Orion Travel Technology that is planning something special for the start of 2016: new luggage and fee-free-baggage (for up to 6 trips...not sure if this is one way or roundtrip?)!  If you're one of the first users, you'll be part of their lifetime membership which gives you unlimited fee-free-flights.

The catch?  It appears there will be a yearly fee for the service and the new luggage will turn you into a walking advertisement for whatever company logo Orion sends you to stick on the bag.

Still, you get to customize one side of the bag, pay $20 total for your 6 trips worth of baggage?  Just one bag can be $50, then additional baggage fees rack up quickly.  Are you really that attached to your designer luggage?  I, for one, am not.  So bring on the reduced airfare costs (you know...back to how it was when you thought the airfare included your luggage) and send me some new bags and fun stickers...I'll be your travel-model.  Watch me work that runway!

Supply and demand, my friends.  Advertising: running the world, and saving us from bag fees.

Thanks to AirFareWatchdog for the info!

Love has no color

One Love.

 Love has no color.

Worldly Perspective: What are Americans like?

I recently got to spend the day with a total stranger.  Now, I would call him my friend, Florian, a German engineer who I met while he was traveling in the US for 3 weeks and we happened to be waiting for the bus to Yosemite at the same time.  We started talking, and we didn't stop until we got back to the hostel.

Florian taught me a lot and reminded me a lot and just made me really happy that airplanes and internet and television and technology in general exist these days that allow the people of the world to be more globalized than ever.  We talked about all of the things that people tell you not to talk about:  Politics, race, immigration, voting, vacation, salaries, living habits, perspectives...it's actually much easier to talk to someone outside of your realm about these things.  I think it's because they don't have as much invested in it when they don't have as much control over it?  Or maybe that it's just so different from what we're used to?  I wonder if Florian would disagree with me since I always recognize that people from outside of the US are always much more keenly aware of anything happening in the US than I am of things happening elsewhere.  I'm not sure.

In any case, I was really excited and happy when Florian told me he really appreciated how friendly Americans are.  He said they tend to be really positive people and outgoing, that they often say "hello" and greet strangers on the street.  He told me that where he's from, that's really unusual to see...he thinks it's a really wonderful way to offer an opportunity to start a conversation or even just to let people know you acknowledge them.

Thanks, Florian, for a really great day, long conversation about everything, and the opportunity to expand as a person.

...Of course Americans have a lot of other attributes that maybe aren't the best.  Doesn't everyone?  No?  Not sure.

I laughed at this video when they talked about baggy or big clothes...I wonder if they would say the same thing if they specifically asked the people interviewed to describe American women...?  Probably not.  I also found this funny because most people I speak to (around the world) recognize anything related to tight clothing for men as "very European"...so in that way, I think it's just a good observation of the difference in styles!

I do think it's interesting how portrayal in the media plays a role in how people view others.  I wonder how much of it is TV and how much is actually knowing Americans.  Do they assume that all people in McDonald's are Americans?  Or do they actually know a lot of Americans that always suggest they meet up at McDonald's?  I'm interested, actually.

While obesity is a problem in the US, it's also a big problem in a lot of other places.  Maybe in the US people make a bigger deal about it because of the constant comparisons they make between one another and our physical appearances...the constant measuring up of our bodies...while at the same time, the girls were absolutely right: sometimes we just don't care at all and we wear PJs to school and no one thinks anything of it!  I probably wouldn't even have thought about it but when they said it I was like..."yeah...they're right"; we're really concerned about our bodies and how they look, but when it comes to clothing, generally we're less concerned about the clothes, themselves, than how we look in them.  Fascinating.  Someone once told me they think Americans are more competitive...how strange that in some ways it's true and in others people think we are completely uninterested.

Finally...I'm definitely always eating.  SO they're right;  They win.  Just kidding...but it's fun to see different perspectives.  I think this might be a series;  I'd be interested to see if they do this with perceptions of people from other countries as well.

Montauk, NY - A long ride for a beach town

We packed up and headed out to Montauk for the day, having heard mountains of goodness about the beach town near the Hamptons at the "end of the world" (which is really just one of the end-forks of Long Island, NY).  While the rich and famous often take their private jets and helicopters, we poor people went by car on a beautiful fall day.  The drive was easy, though the last hour or so was on one-lane roads and there was no room to pass, so I'm willing to bet that a summer weekend in traffic to get there would be enough to deter us from returning ever again.

We passed the Hamptons; men, women, and children were dressed to the nines at table-clothed restaurants lining the narrow main streets of town and we wondered if we'd made a mistake traveling in our surf shorts, tanktops, and beach hair, but we forged onward toward "the end."

I've got to say that coming over the hill that gives you a view of the ocean was a moment to remember: partly because of it's beauty and partly because it meant we would finally be able to get out of the car.

We drove through town, and continued onward, stopping at an overlook to take a few pictures. We went wandering on a tiny path there, where we saw some baby snakes crossing the trail and heard rustling in the leaves and bushes as we disturbed the peace of the area...we never found out where the path led...it was a long way to walk without knowing if there was a goal at the end worth reaching.  Another girl who had gone ahead of us turned back and ran into us with the same conclusion.  We abandoned ship and returned to the car onward to "the end."

Finally made it to the Montauk Point Lighthouse!  A cul-de-sac of sorts where you can pay $8.00 to park (unless you want to walk or bike since there is no parking allowed on the roadway).  The free stuff: take pictures of the lighthouse from the parking lot or take the walking path to the left or right of the entrance to the lighthouse that will take you down to the beach around the gated museum grounds (about a 30 minute walk if you don't stop to enjoy the views and relax).  Otherwise you can pay an additional fee of $10 per adult which allows you entrance to the gated park area, access to the indoor museum, and a ticket to climb to the top of the lighthouse.  All in all you won't spend more than an hour inside the gates.






We were really lucky because we were there on a beautiful day.  There were tons of boats off the coast but, since it was after Labor Day Weekend, the tourist count was low and there were no crowds.  We wondered if it would have been more lively with more people?

Heading back to town, we veered off to check out ditch plains where we heard the best surf is in Montauk.  We were lucky to run into a local who guarded our vehicle from cops since we didn't have a sticker to park in the lot.  He told us the waves were good.  We were disappointed to find 1' waves and still a whole bunch of surfers in the water (biggest crowd we saw in all of Montauk), but it was a really chill beach and there was a little food truck called the Ditch Witch.  I liked the vibe there more than anywhere else in Montauk that day.

It had already been hours since we left home base, and we were getting hungry.  We headed back to town where, luckily, there is a huge free parking lot, which was pretty much empty.  We walked to the beach looking for a restaurant on the water, but nothing in sight.  This is pretty typical on Long Island; homes on the beach, commercial properties inland. As with the rest of our day to that point, it proved to be just a quiet fall day.

A local woman pointed us to the German restaurant and told us they had the best beer in town, but we wanted something with more beach vibe, so we walked into town where we had seen more shops and people while driving through.  We were distracted from the main street by some music pumping from what eventually turned out to be a hotel pool, so we retraced our steps back to the main road and ended up at The Gig Shack, which is absolutely not a shack, and its prices were anything but shack-like but we can't complain because the pot of GigShack Mussels was both ginormous and delicious.  I would definitely suggest sharing this between more than two people, especially if you plan to eat anything else.  Our server was wonderful and brought us extra bread to soak up and scoop the chowder-like sauce.  Mmmm.  It was busy but not packed, they had surfing on TV and chill jams from the speakers, so I would say lunch was the highlight of our trip.


We stopped into a few of the shops in town but everything was really pricey.  I'm not complaining, because we'd always heard about Montauk and the Hamptons being mad expensive and the playground for the wealthy, but somehow I was still surprised that the prices of everything were so inflated.  A night in the hotel was going to cost us literally hundreds of dollars so we opted not to find a pet-sitter from the get-go and headed back west in time to enjoy the sunset during the long drive.

Overall Summary:

Montauk was a beach town-ish.  Definitely would suggest the drive out there during the off-season but I'd like to return during the high season because I have a feeling we completely missed out on the reason that it gets all the hype.  It would also be better to spend the time with friends who know the best places to go, since the typical online resources didn't really convince us of anything in particular.  Taking surf gear (and making sure there were some bigger waves) would also inspire us to try again.

I'd like to stay over to see what the nightlife is like or just to make the long drive a little more worth it, but unless we were to rent someplace between a group or stay with friends locally, I doubt we would find it worth the money to spend the night.  I couldn't find a single lodging option under $150 for the night...and again, it was after Labor Day Weekend.

Most of my insight changes if you're loaded...so if that's the case, please ignore me and go enjoy your quick, easy, and beautiful heli or plane ride down the coast, the overpriced food, beverage, clothing, and gear, by all means, but I think I'll stick with any of the other little beach towns that we passed along the entire Long Island Coast if I want another day trip.

The Gig Shack was delicious.

I'd love to hear comments or suggestions for a mulligan on this trip that would convince us otherwise.  We really wanted to love Montauk as much as everyone who told us about it, we just didn't feel it. :-/

The story of Ubuntu; Oneness, OneLove

We can always learn from one another and when we can recognize UBUNTU (that we each exist as part of a collective body...that "I am because we are," the planet will find peace.  Be a messenger of peace as your walk through this great big small world of ours.  We are so diverse and yet we are so connected.  We.Are.One.

OneLove. OneLife.

This is your brain on multiple languages!

The Benefits of a Bilingual Brain

How knowing more than one language can actually change the way your brain looks and works: http://ow.ly/S3P04

Posted by TED-Ed on Jueves, 10 de septiembre de 2015

Lessons from Wanderings

If you are not willing to discuss, to argue, to debate, but in doing these things to also LISTEN and be willing to change your own opinions and feelings, to RESEARCH to see if the facts and figures are with or against you, then do not travel.

There are enough closed-minded people in the world...
we need to connect more and reject less,
listen more and speak less
understand more and out-do less.

There are reasons that we have opinions...but that does not always mean that our reasons are the right ones.  Be open to the world, the possibilities.  Be humble in the greatness of the fact that there is a big world out there...and a lot more opinions and experiences than just your own!

My favorite thing...

What is your next destination?