Welcome

The purpose of this blog to to serve as a chronicle of the trips that my wife and I have taken while also helping others who like to travel freely. I started this blog as a way to help people who don't like the idea of the pre-packaged trips that you will hear from your AAA agent, but are concerned about the sometimes daunting amount of planning that can go into a trip. If you've ever tried to balance the questions "how do we make sure we get the best deal and see all of the things we want to see?" with the sentiment of not wanting to be stuck with the same people seeing the same things that everyone else on your 2-3 week tour will be doing, this blog is for you and us to collaborate. We'll share our stories with you, and maybe inspire you to share your stories as well. We can can share the things that worked and warn each other about the things that we'd do differently, but (most importantly) we can show each other what we did so that we can take each other's trips.

The first vacation I'll be taking you through is what I think was a pretty successful trip to Ireland in the summer of 2010. I'll take you through the planning stage, tell you about the books we used, where we stayed, what we saw, and how you can take a similar trip. Maybe you can tell us about the trip you took as well!