99 Travel Hacks for Your Next Trip
Summer escapism reads, food and identity, and the best dry shampoo.
Happy almost holiday weekend to those who celebrate; I hope you’re able to soak up some sun wherever you are. ☀️
Thank you to everyone who sent kind messages regarding my injury; it warmed my heart. I have since learned recovery in my nerves will be a months long process, but I’m happy to have more use of my hand each day. Nothing like a traumatic incident to remind you to be grateful to your body, eh?
Given the ongoing pain, I am doing another travel roundup this week—starting with this list I made several years ago with 99 travel hacks for your next trip. ✨ (See the comments for additional tips and tricks, too.)
Enjoy! x
🥐 “Girls just want to have pastries and go to the museum” from
on rituals you can do at home or abroad.🌊 I don’t love seeing nature as an “asset” to make money off of, but I do love hearing more people are investing in the world’s oceans. (Impact Investor)
🥹 “What a food trip to Ghana taught me about my Black American identity” from
. (Saveur)🎧 PS: If you want some of the best produced audio content around food, travel, and identity…don’t miss Whetstone Media.
💋 One of the most-loved lip balms around has released a Taro Bubble Tea flavor (and Matcha if that’s more your taste). Yum.
🇯🇵 Over-tourism in Tokyo and Kyoto means even airlines are enticing you to fly elsewhere in Japan. (Afar)
👀 It’s not too late to travel this weekend, per the team at
.🇮🇹 A boutique hotel’s creative director shares some off-the-beaten-path recs for Tuscany, Rome, etc. via
.💆♀️ For my fellow girlies who constantly have to wash their hair, this is the best dry shampoo I’ve ever used.
📚 10 books if you need some summer escapism, courtesy of
.long weekend mood // credit