Jaunt Around Blog
This is where we will be posting travel advice, Location Guides, and other travel articles.
Note: We are brand new only opening our doors in June 2026, everyone involved in Jaunt Around has over 25 years of travel.
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Winter Sun Escapes: Where to Go When the Cold Sets In
By late October, a particular kind of daydream starts. It involves a lounge chair, a warm breeze, and the sound of water that is not coming from a snow shovel. Winter sun is one of the most reliable reasons people book a trip, and it is also one of the easiest places...
Last-Minute Thanksgiving and December Holiday Trips: What’s Still Bookable
The calendar is not on your side this year, and it is worth saying so plainly. Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, November 26, 2026. Christmas lands on a Friday, and so does New Year's Day. That gives a lot of people long weekends to work with, which means a lot of...
Lisbon & Porto in One Trip
Portugal has quietly become one of Europe's smartest trips — genuinely beautiful, still comparatively affordable, and small enough that pairing its two great cities in a single week actually works without feeling rushed. Here's how I'd split the time. The Split: 4...
How to Pack for (Almost) Any Trip
Packing anxiety is almost always a planning problem in disguise. If you know what you're actually doing on a trip, packing gets simple fast. Here's the approach that's worked for me across everything from a long weekend in London to weeks-long, multi-climate trips....
London: A Long Weekend Done Right
London rewards a well-planned long weekend better than almost any city I know. It's dense enough that four days feels genuinely productive, and layered enough that you could visit a dozen times and still find something new. Here's how I'd spend a long weekend there...
What Actually Goes Into Planning a Trip Like a Pro
People generally assume travel planning means picking a destination, booking a flight and hotel, and maybe making a restaurant reservation or two. That's the visible part. It's maybe 20% of the actual work. Here's what the other 80% looks like, based on years of doing...
10 Travel Planning Mistakes That Cost You Time, Money, and Sanity
Most bad trips aren't ruined by bad luck. They're ruined by small, avoidable decisions made weeks before anyone packed a bag. After years of researching trips professionally — and taking plenty of my own — these are the mistakes I see (and occasionally still make)...
Welcome to Jaunt Around Travel
Hi — I'm glad you're here. If you've landed on this page, there's a decent chance you're in the early, slightly chaotic stage of dreaming up a trip. Fifteen browser tabs open. A "Travel Ideas" note on your phone that's mostly just screenshots. Maybe a spreadsheet you...