Almost every person has a smartphone and a mobile App they use every day. Many travelers use their phones no matter...
Travel Expert Blog
Travel Tips, Ideas, and Advice
A behind-the-scenes view of travel and travel experiences as a woman of color and a retired flight attendant of 23 years with extensive travel experience who has lived multiple times as an ex-pat.
Browse by topic or category:
Results for "Travel Preparation"
Traveling with pets.
For travelers with pets, considerations must be made when making travel plans. For many, pets are a part of the...
How to apply for a US passport?
Traveling expands your life more than anything else, whether domestically or internally. The US is a beautiful...
Travel during the Christmas holidays.
Travel during the Christmas holidays can be stressful with extra crowds and often densely packed airplanes. With...
COVID-19 travel restrictions.
Recently a friend traveled from Washington DC to Egypt. She discussed with me the harrowing experience of trying to...
Tips for enjoying airline flights
Although many people love traveling, the actual flight time is not the most attractive part of traveling. As a former...
What’s in an airplane seat?
Consideration should be made in choosing your seat on an airplane, especially over long distances. Frequent travelers...
Getting into Singapore
I highly encourage traveling, but I also strongly suggest that travelers do some research before traveling to any...
Travelers Beware-Drug mules.
I recently wrote about theft on an airplane and got so many responses. Today I’d like to discuss another aspect of...
Please remember
Like and share my blogs with your friends & family!
I hope you can learn from these amazing moments in my life and gain insights on how to best prepare for your next domestic and, or international travels.
Don't miss this!
Grab my FREE Travel Checklist
I sharing my personal travel checklist from years of experience as a flight attendant. Get my tips on what you need to check before traveling, packing tips and more.
Your Expert Traveling Coach
Hi, I’m Donna
As a woman of color, I navigate the world of travel with a distinct lens.
I retired in 2013 after 23 years as an international flight attendant while living and raising two children in Singapore. I became an empty nester in 2018 when my son graduated college, and my daughter started college. I moved back to Singapore in 2018, but as it is with ex-pats, most of my ex-pat friends had transitioned.
As an empty nester, I didn’t have much in common with the new ex-pat mothers I met. However, whenever I met new people, just as always, conversations evolved around travel once they realized I was a former flight attendant. People often ask me questions and opinions about travel, so in 2020, I decided to blog about it.
Let's be friends on social:
The Lived Travel Experience
“Make the plan, take the trip!”
“Make the plan, take the trip!”