My passion is travel. The point of this blog is to provide travel reviews, tips, ways to get more bang for your buck. I have thought about starting this blog since the early 2000’s and finally pulled the trigger! I hope you find value in my honest reviews and travel tips. I will also be sharing trip reports and itineraries that I have planned/been on or that my awesome group of friends and family will let me share with you.
After I got engaged I started planning my own destination wedding. As I started to research places and how to plan a destination wedding I quickly realized that using a travel agent was going to be very helpful. The more time I spent doing research and getting quotes I realized I have always been great at travel — and that travel agents provide a lot of value! I started my company, Travel by Adam to help people live their best life. If you need inspiration for a quick getaway or once in a lifetime vacation let me know! Check out my travel company, Travel by Adam.
Some of my trips in the last few years include (trip details will eventually be posted for all of these with reviews, lessons learned and much more.):
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – family vacation
- Norwegian Cruise Lines – European Cruise (7 nights – Barcelona, Spain; Rome, Italy; Florence/Pisa, Italy; Naples (Pompeii), Italy; Cannes, France; Marseille, France. Also got 24 hours in London due to a flight issue on way home.)
- Cancun, Mexico – many times ranging from romantic getaway to group trips & spring break (early 2000’s baby)
- Isla Mujeres, Mexico – group trip
- Nassau, Bahamas – many times ranging from group trips to a romantic getaway
- Las Vegas, NV – many times ranging from New Years Eve, March Madness every year, group trips, weddings
- New Orleans, LA – many times ranging from weekend getaway to bachelor party
- Biloxi, MS – weekend getaway
- Lake Tahoe, CA/NV – friends trip/brother trip
- Chicago, IL – Royals vs Cubs, work trip
- Panama City Beach, FL – family vacation
- Perdido Key, FL – family vacation
- Orlando – Disney and Universal
- Sonoma/Napa Valley, CA & San Luis Obispo, CA – Group trip for a wedding
- San Diego, CA/Temecula, CA – weekend getaway
- Lake of the Ozarks, MO (many times – weddings, family vacations, weekend getaway)
- Berlin, Germany; London, England; Paris, France – romantic European trip
I went to Paris for the first time when I was 16 and traveled many places with my 2 brothers (Mark & John) and mom and dad (Gwen & Steve). I am so thankful to my amazing family and parents for taking us to such amazing places as a teen.
In college i continued to have the travel bug and decided to study abroad in a small Italian town, Paderno del Grappa, Italy. It was an amazing jumping off point into Venice (1.5 hours away) and then into the rest of Europe from there. I made amazing lifelong friends while seeing so many amazing cities and countries. If you have children encourage them to study abroad. It truly is life changing.
I am working on a true list of everywhere I have been and when. It is much harder to pull together than I thought it would be! I will eventually add it to this blog as I continue to work on it including as much detail as I can provide on where I stayed and the type of trip/what I recommend doing.
Please message me blog@travelbyadam.com with your travel tips, dream vacations, questions and of course let me help plan your next getaway!
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