Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
Welcoming a record 43.7 million visitors last year, Toronto has become one of the world’s hottest tourist destinations. Canada’s most populous city has seemingly infinite possibilities for where to go, see, eat, and sleep,...
Discovering a city on your own is an incredible experience, but if I’ve found one thing that beats that, it’s seeing a destination through a local’s eyes. In my new travel interview series, I...
Temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere may still be sweltering, but never fear: winter is almost here! And while it’s difficult now to picture snowy landscapes and holiday cheer, those cold months will be upon...
Collaborations / Hotel Reviews
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published August 22, 2018 · Last modified July 15, 2019
Over the past year, I’ve discovered that if you’re going to trade in border-hopping for repatriation, Southern California is one of the absolute best places to do it. I couldn’t even begin to count...
I’m back with another installment of my Travel Talk Interview Series! Meet Jillian Amatt, a lifelong traveler from Canada who’s seen 46 countries and has spent the last few months living in Costa Rica...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published June 29, 2018 · Last modified February 2, 2021
The seaside city of Santa Barbara lies about two hours north of Los Angeles and is picture perfect in just about every way: colonial Spanish architecture at each turn, buckets of sunshine, and beaches...
Other / Wine Tasting Around the World
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published June 11, 2018 · Last modified January 17, 2024
If you’re wild about wine, there’s no shortage of international wine tasting destinations around which to plan your travels. From Argentina to South Africa and from California to Australia and New Zealand, you can’t go too...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published April 27, 2018 · Last modified April 17, 2019
It’s no wonder many of my all-time favorite travel memories took place in the summer: the warm weather, abundant sunshine, verdant landscapes, and long, vibrant nights are the ingredients to a magical trip. And...
