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Travel Hacks Guide Menu Money-Saving Travel Tips Travel Take Baby’s Car Seat On A Plane: How I Made A Car Seat Dolly From A Luggage Cart… A Stroller & Car Seat In One! I recently flew solo with my 14-month-old son on his first airplane ride. Most airlines let you gate-check strollers & car seats for FREE. Since I knew that I would need a car seat once I arrived at my destination (and I wouldn’t be comfortable renting one), I made a portable car seat dolly using a cheap luggage cart! After attaching the car seat to the luggage cart, I could use it like a stroller to get him from the car to the plane AND keep him confined while exploring the airports during layovers. Things To See & Do Travel Tips For Booking Passage On A Freighter Ship – It’s A Different Way To Cruise! Cargo ship travel delivers a unique experience you won’t enjoy on a passenger cruise. Freight travel involves slipping into port for only the time required to exchange one load for another. Then it’s back to sea en route to their next — sometimes exotic — destination. Here are tips for booking a trip on a freighter ship. Roadtrips & Driving Tips Travel How To Drive Down Steep Hills… Without Using Your Brakes! I’ve got some downhill driving tips for you that I learned firsthand while driving through the hilly Smoky Mountains recently. I (finally) figured out the proper use of 2 and 1 on my automatic gear shift on this road trip! Learning how to drive downhill without using your brakes — and using engine braking instead — will make your mountain driving experience SO much more enjoyable, trust me. Roadtrips & Driving Tips Travel Our 2017 Eclipse Trip Was 1,200 Miles And So Worth It! My Tips For Planning A 2024 Eclipse Trip (…And A 2045 Eclipse Trip, Too!) My girlfriend and I traveled 1,200 miles to see the 2017 eclipse! Here’s how our eclipse trip went and why we’ll drive even farther to see the 2024 eclipse. Plus tips for planning your own eclipse trip for the 2014 eclipse… and the 2045 eclipse! Adventure Travel , Florida Travel , New England Travel , Oklahoma Travel , Weather Things To See & Do Travel How To Increase Your Odds Of Finding Fairy Stones At Fairy Stone State Park In Virginia My tips for finding Fairy Stones at Fairy Stone State Park in Virginia. See the 3 types of Fairy Stone crosses you’re most likely to find. Plus, ways to increase your odds of finding them! Free Stuff , State Parks , Virginia Travel Things To See & Do Travel My Personal Skydiving Experience – How Tandem Skydiving Has Changed I’ve gone skydiving 6 times since 1994. Since then, tandem skydiving has become much more popular, accessible, probably safe — and less personal. Here’s my personal experience through the years. Adventure Travel , Florida Travel , Indiana Travel , Michigan Travel , North Carolina Travel , Ohio Travel , Skydiving Things To See & Do Travel What It’s Like Visiting The Roanoke Starcade Video Game Museum In Virginia The Roanoke Starcade video game museum is one of the most unique arcades anywhere – the best I’ve ever visited. With more than 3,000 games, it’s an electric blend of nostalgia, history, and fun – a time machine that will transport you back to your youth! See my #1 tip for visiting this Roanoke arcade. Things To See & Do Travel I Visited The New River Gorge Bridge In West Virginia – Here’s Why You’ll Want To, Too! Answers to all your questions about the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia: Where is the New River Gorge Bridge? What is is like to visit? How tall is the New River Gorge Bridge? What else can you do there? Plus, lots of New River Gorge Bridge pictures (including some New River Gorge Bridge overlook photos!) Things To See & Do Travel What You Need To Know Before You Visit Mayberry (Mount Airy, North Carolina) Yes, you can visit Mayberry! Mount Airy, NC is also where Andy Griffith was born and raised. See my favorite things, and everything I learned while I was there! (Lots of really cool things are still there in Andy Griffith’s Mayberry!) The Fun Times Guide Travel Hacks Guide is part of The Fun Times Guide , a network of websites (32 and counting!) that cover a variety of niche topics. 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