Author: Steven Davis
Portable Travel Coffee Makers: Stop Buying the Wrong One
Portable Travel Coffee Makers: Stop Buying the Wrong One Most travelers assume a portable coffee maker means a flimsy plastic cone that produces watery brown liquid. That’s outdated thinking from a decade ago. The manual brewers available in 2026 produce genuinely excellent coffee — better than most hotel breakfasts and plenty of airport cafés. The…
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Why most free road trip planners are actually total garbage
Most people who write about travel apps are lying to you. They’re either trying to sell you a subscription or they haven’t actually spent ten hours straight behind the wheel of a 2012 Honda Civic with a failing alternator. I have. I’ve logged exactly 14,280 miles across 16 states over the last three years, and…
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Why most EV road trip planners are hot garbage and how I actually travel
If you buy an EV because you want to save the world, you’re going to absolutely hate road tripping. I’m serious. If your primary motivation is some lofty environmental goal, the first time you’re stuck at a broken charger in a rainy Target parking lot at 2 AM, you’ll be ready to trade the car…
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Why I’m finally done with those massive all-inclusive resorts in Liberia
I spent $4,200 to drink lukewarm Imperial in a plastic cup while staring at a fence that kept me away from the actual country of Costa Rica. That’s the reality of the all inclusive resort liberia costa rica experience that nobody puts in the glossy brochures. I’m not a travel agent. I work in supply…
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I sold my house to live on a cruise ship and I’m mostly not insane
The first thing you notice isn’t the ocean. It’s the vibration. It’s this constant, low-frequency hum that lives in your teeth and eventually becomes the only way you can fall asleep. If the engines ever truly stopped, I think half the residents on this ship would wake up screaming from the silence. I’ve been living…
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