Since 2009, we’ve visited at least 33 international destinations and dozens of U.S. cities via non-rev travel (plus a handful more international destinations via revenue and award travel). I’ve mentioned plenty of times how harrowing non-rev travel can be, but looking back on the last decade, every single hour spent waiting around in airports and taking… Read more »
If I’m being completely honest, I wasn’t as excited about our honeymoon safari as I was about some of the other wild adventures we had planned in South Africa. Sure, I was looking forward to seeing all the animals, I’m certifiably obsessed with nature and wildlife, but I completely and utterly underestimated how worthwhile this… Read more »
South Africa is known for its huge swaths of untamed wilderness, but most of the attention on big game and outdoor adventure sports focuses on Kruger National Park in the north or Drakensberg in the east. The wilderness of the Western Cape can be easily overlooked in favor of the posh metropolitan glitz of Cape… Read more »
Initially we planned to take off from Cape Town for a few days to explore the Garden Route, with the idea to stay overnight at one of the many vineyard bed and breakfasts dotting the Cape Winelands region. Instead, those pesky sharks threw a wrench in our plans, but we still made the most of our time by doing… Read more »
With the uncertainty of standby travel we never set a firm itinerary for the first day we plan to arrive somewhere, but when non-rev luck is in our favor and our arrival goes as hoped we tend to spend that first day getting our bearings and learning the culture and personality of our destination. Our arrival… Read more »
The alarm rang at 4:30 am in our cold, dark beach bungalow in Camps Bay. Normally waking in the cold at such an abominable hour would make me cranky, but this morning was different. It was our last day on the Cape, and our very last chance to see Great Whites leap from the depths… Read more »
A minor wrench had been thrown in our Cape Town itinerary when we learned our scheduled shark dive would have to be cancelled. Apparently the Great Whites, the seven gill cow sharks and other species all mysteriously vanished from False Bay three weeks prior and had yet to return en masse. We were to patiently await word… Read more »
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