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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.
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Staycation tips.
Being a frequent traveler, COVID left me mentally exhausted. I was living on an island state and Singapore, took the...
2021 Travel resolutions
It’s a new year and time for travel resolutions. Due to COVID 19 and its impact on travel, many could not realize...
5 Flight attendant annoyances
There are many things that flight attendants find annoying. Some are more annoying than others, and some may not be an...
Travel Value
Determining what you value most is an essential part of ensuring you make the right travel decisions. When planning a...
5 Covid friendly hotel stay tips.
Having flown as a career for over 20 years I have stayed in many hotel rooms and so the experience has taught me a lot...
Why I blog.
I have long been a proponent of taking care of myself, and so my interest in blogging is to inspire people by sharing...
Your choice to travel is yours alone.
For years I have had to battle the question of my travel experiences. When it was professional, it was "how can you...
Travel envy.
Having traveled both professionally and personally, I can certainly attest to the travel envy often directed to me...
5 must have items that stay in my carry-on.
As an avid world traveler who has done this both professionally and personally, my carry-on is always semi-packed....
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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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