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Travel but expect the unexpected.
When people think of travel, they often have thoughts of all the wonderful things they expect to happen. Suppose it's...
What your flight attendants may know about you when you board an airplane?
In my years as a flight attendant, I have had passengers try to claim premium seats, embellish their airline status,...
COVID-19 travel restrictions.
Recently a friend traveled from Washington DC to Egypt. She discussed with me the harrowing experience of trying to...
Long-haul flights
If there’s anything that provides an authentic travel experience, it’s long-haul flights. As a flight attendant, I...
Being a black traveler
It’s 2021, and it still amazes me to see the reactions of people I assume think I don’t belong in a particular space. ...
What’s in an airplane seat?
Consideration should be made in choosing your seat on an airplane, especially over long distances. Frequent travelers...
Vulnerability and the lived experience
I focus on the lived experience because I don’t think people, things, and places become relatable until you genuinely...
No retirement regrets
Since retiring from my flight attendant career, my most asked question is, do I miss it? I do, but not in the way...
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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.
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