Crystal Hammon’s favorite part of any trip is the snacks. Joe’s list of what actually makes a vacation great has ten contenders, and snacks didn’t make the cut. So he built a bracket: a great hotel against a great guide, great food, great weather, a smooth journey, a perfect last day, one unforgettable wow day, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Why does wine taste different when you’re sipping it abroad? And how do you design a wine tour that’s both unforgettable and Instagram-worthy? Today, we pop the cork on all things wine tourism with Kylie Sheriff, an Australian expat who traded her banking career for the lush vineyards of Chile. Crystal shares her globe-trotting wine […]

Adventurer Ann joins us today to share her travels through Ireland. Her road trip avoided the major tourist spots so that they could see the “real” parts of the country. What did they experience? How about soaring cliffs, the Lousitania museum, AirBnBs, wonderful foods, and Irish scones! Ann shares all of her best travel tips, […]

Today, we’ll take you to BACK to Japan, a place that Crystal visited and shared her experiences from. Now we share YOUR hilarious and insightful adventure stories, including mishaps like throwing up in your boss’s wife’s shoes, avoiding canceled flights due to typhoons, and playing the exchange rate game. We also gather practical travel tips […]

On today’s episode we asked YOU for advice on packing for travel, accumulating points, and generally making things easier and more fun. Boy, did you come through! We feature advice from MANY people from our adventure community on this episode. Have you been to Japan? Peru? Chile? Share your advice on our voicemail at http://stackingadventures.com/mystory […]