Travel with Confidence

Be Prepared. Not Paranoid.

  • I taught my kids situational awareness – without them knowing it.

    I taught my kids situational awareness – without them knowing it.

    I taught my kids situational awareness – without them knowing it. It started with apples, oranges, and pizza.Because kids love food. And games.🍕 Pizzas = Visibility from windows and doorways.🍊 Oranges = Things that go through windows and doors.🍏 Apples = You. And apples can only go through doors. Wherever we went—pizza shops, coffee shops,…

  • Surveillance Detection Saved Us On Our Honeymoon

    Surveillance Detection Saved Us On Our Honeymoon

    Surveillance Detection Saved Us On Our Honeymoon I was burning up with a 104-degree fever in the middle of the Ankara bus station. Delirious. Barely making sense. My wife, Mallory—then fiancĂ©e—was holding everything together, doing her best to get us to our next destination. She sat me down with our bags and went to get…

  • Educating Teens About Trafficking

    Growing up in New Jersey in the 90’s, the world was a bit smaller than it is today. Places like the west coast seemed like another world and other countries were things we read about in history books and saw on the news. To book a trip to a foreign country would take planning and…

  • Travel Tips – Part 1

    Get A Local Map When you first hit the ground in a new city or unfamiliar location, the fastest way to get your bearings, literally, is with an accurate tourist map. Tourist maps are chock full of the most popular (and likely safest and vetted) restaurants, parks and attractions. But not all maps are created…