Travel Tip 147: The five most common scams and how to avoid them when you travel. Plus, my blog about Cusco’s best festivals April - August.

Travel Tip 146: How to decolonize tourism? Here’s a primer on the concept of decolonizing tourism and steps you can take.

Travel Tip 145: What if you need a visa before you travel? How to tell if you need a visa and how to get one? Plus, my new blog about Cusco’s Lord of Earthquakes.

Travel Tip 144: How to choose a homestay? My top 5 tips for picking a homestay and my article about staying on Amantaní Island.

Travel Tip 143: How to find community tourism? It’s not as easy as finding bucket list destinations but it’s always worth the extra effort. Here’s how to do it! Plus, my new Ccaccaccollo blog.

Travel Tip 142: Volunteering vs. Community Tourism. How to choose the best way to give back when you travel. Plus, my new blog about community tourism in Cuyo Chico.

Travel Tip 141: My top 5 tips for planning budget travel. Plus, Rough Guides just published my update to their guide to Chile & Rapa Nui.

Travel Tip 140: How to book group tours: my top ten tips! Plus, my new blog about the ancient city of Caral.

Travel Tip 139: How to be an adventurous vegan. Eating adventurously when you travel doesn’t have to involve meat. Plus, cooking class recommendations.

Travel Tip 138: How to figure out unexpected charges in other countries. Plus, my new blog about day hikes in Cusco.

Travel Tip 137: How to plan experiential travel. My three steps for planning your trip for the experience you want to have. Plus, a new community tourism project high in the Andes.

Travel Tip 136: The best airline stopover programs for 2026. Here’s the top stopovers so you can get two vacations for the price of one.

Travel Tip 135: The top 3 red flags to look for in descriptions of vacation rentals. Plus, I finally finished the Rough Guide to Peru!

Travel Tip 134: The top three red flags to look for in the photos of vacation rental listings. Plus, my favorite rainforest non-profits that I added to the Rough Guide to Peru!

Travel Tip 133: How to figure out what the trip will cost so you can make a realistic budget. Plus, my new blog about Casa Clara!

Travel Tip 132: Top 3 Travel Habits for 2026. Here’s my top travel habits for you for the new year. Plus, my blog about finding out everything I’d been told about Moray was a lie.

Travel Tip 131: Here’s what happens to your brain and body when in an airplane. Plus, my new blog about Cusco’s Santurantikuy Christmas Market!

Travel Tip 130: How to use airline apps. Having the airline’s app on my phone has saved me more than once. Plus, my new blog about birding in the cloud forests of Peru.

Travel Tip 129: My top 5 tips for planning solo travel, plus the itinerary from my weekend getaway to Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley.

Travel Tip 128: How to avoid high prices at airports - and why they’re so high in the first place. Plus, my blog about Santa Teresa in Arequipa.