Joe went to college in Charleston, and the city has changed almost beyond recognition since then, mostly for the better. This episode is a real, specific itinerary from a recent trip back: where to stay to make the whole visit walkable, the sandwich shop worth splitting one order at, the speakeasy-style bar where the bartender […]

Joe takes Crystal (and you) through a whirlwind stretch of a bigger East Coast trip: Boston to Newport to New York City, three nights near Times Square, a Michelin-rated pizza spot that fries its crust before baking it, a Brooklyn dinner with a Manhattan skyline view worth the splurge, and a crash course in seeing […]

Crystal Hammond went to TravelCon — a conference for travel content creators that merged this year with TGA, a travel gear organization — and came home with enough swag to outfit a small expedition, a new appreciation for Utah’s low humidity, strong opinions about how many tacos is never enough, and a story about getting […]

The trip was planned. The Airbnb was booked. The dinner reservations were made. Then a text arrived Monday night: broken clavicle, ravine, emergency room. Five days before departure, everything was off. What followed was two and a half hours of Joe and Cheryl bouncing across the globe on a map, racing a midnight cancellation deadline, […]

Karen Cordaway of the Everyday Bucket List booked Amsterdam almost on a whim after watching a Ted Lasso episode. She stayed in the Jordaan neighborhood — one of the swankiest in the city — walked to the Anne Frank House, spent an afternoon at the Van Gogh Museum, took a canal tour in the rain, […]

Thirty-two thousand people. Forty miles. Five boroughs. One bridge that will test everything you have left in your legs. Crystal and Joe did the NYC Five Borough Bike Ride together — Joe with his family, Crystal flying solo from DC with her own bike strapped to the back of her car — and came back […]

You don’t know what you don’t know — and nowhere is that more true than when you’re planning your first international trip. Group travel solves a problem most people don’t realize they have: not just the logistics, but the insider knowledge, the local connections, and the moments that never make it onto any itinerary. Joe, […]

The gate agent calls for volunteers. The number keeps climbing. It feels like free money. Crystal took it once in Denver and spent the night in a windowless hotel with a $12 meal voucher she couldn’t use. This week Joe and Crystal break down what actually happens when you say yes, plus everything else changing […]

Prepaying for travel extras feels like smart planning. Until you lose money because your plans change and there are no refunds. Joe Saul-Sehy and Crystal Hammond trade travel updates and money lessons, starting with Crystal’s quick February return to Barbados. She chose an Airbnb near the beach with a pool over an all-inclusive resort, made […]

What happens when you stop treating retirement like an ending… and start treating it like an expedition? On this episode of Stacking Adventures, Joe Saul-Sehy and Crystal Hammond connect with retirement mindset mentor George Jerjian (creator of the DARE Method) from London to unpack the 80-day, around-the-world journey that reshaped how he thinks about identity, courage, and life […]