General Travel Advice

The 2 Idiots have traveled to over a 100 destinations in 6 continents with their child! This has taught us a lot regarding best way to book airline tickets, figuring out accommodation, making the most out of your trip and so much more. That’s what we aim to share on this page of our site.

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The Best Travel Guitar Recommendations for 2023 for Newbies

A guitar is a gorgeous instrument that is a mix of sophisticated and folksy. To make things easier for traveling musicians, guitar craftsmen have come up with the travel guitars – a class of guitars that are compact and easy to travel with. If you want to buy the best travel guitar for yourself or a loved one, then this is the best place to start. We have compiled the best guitars available online in 2023, along with reviews and an expert buying guide as well.

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BE PREPARED: Prepare mentally and have a plan for when things go wrong

Note: This is the seventh article in our series around our travel philosophy, Be F.L.E.X.I.B.L.E. In this article, we breakdown what I in Be F.L.E.X.I.B.L.E. stands for. If you want to first get an overview on Be F.L.E.X.I.B.L.E. itself, please click here.

You can help wipe out a lot of anxiety you may have about traveling with a young child by preparing yourself mentally before a trip, as well as being prepared as a family during a trip. AJ is more the free spirit when it comes to travel; he can go with the flow without skipping a beat. Natasha? Well, she worries about what could go wrong and wants to be prepared for the worst.

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How to Make Hotel WiFi Faster: A Step-by-Step Guide

A poor Internet connection can ruin any vacation. Whether you’re traveling for business or for pleasure, you don’t want to see that Jurassic dino when you hit up a search on Google. Nobody likes to experience lags in the middle of a call. You don’t want to be disconnected while you’re checking on the kids or reporting your wins to your boss. Good thing you’re here! We know how to make hotel WiFi faster.

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How to Get the Most Out of Airbnb (exclusive book preview)

Traveling with your family? First book a suite (hey, we are on vacay we need some space from the kids), then get the over-priced breakfast at the hotel (are those really eggs?) and then have to rent a car because the hotel right in the middle of the city was way out of budget. OR just make your life easier and book an Airbnb: wallet and sanity intact.

Today, there are more lodging options than ever before, especially thanks to platforms such as Airbnb. And we’re here to tell you that, even if you’ve got kids in tow, Airbnb can make your travels much easier and more pleasant.

Quick background: On our most recent trip, we had roughly 100 different destinations, and we used Airbnb for about 85 of them. On the whole, it was an incredibly positive experience, not least because we learned so much about how to use Airbnb effectively.

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Technology and apps to make traveling w/ children much easier (controversial topic alert!)

Do you remember what it was like in the olden (i.e. pre-iPad) days, when you would go to a nice restaurant with your family? You would spend about 60 percent of your time entertaining your child, 20 percent making apologetic looks to other diners, 15 percent wondering why you ever thought this was a good idea, and maybe 5 percent enjoying your time there. Well, multiply that by a 100 and that is what it can be like to travel with a child. But there is a cure: Technology. And we think it’s a pretty good cure!

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To Cruise or Not to Cruise? Weighing the Pros and Cons

Imagine this scenario: You have two weeks of vacation. It’s the only vacation time you have all year, and you want to make it count. You know you want to go to Europe, and you’re presented with the option to take a cruise—11-12 nights, departing from Barcelona and hitting ports all over the Mediterranean. You get to see some sites in France, Italy, Greece, and beyond. Your other option is to fly directly into a city—let’s say Athens—and see Santorini and Mykonos, spending a few nights in each place.

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How did I build myself structure during our trip across the world?

Hello, everyone. It’s Natasha, flying solo for today’s post. I want to share with you some thoughts on a subject that’s near and dear to me—finding structure while you travel.

I’m an organized person, and I always have been. As a girl I polished my shoes and straightened my Catholic school uniform every night, packing my bag to make sure I was well-organized for the next day. And if my room was disheveled, I couldn’t study or do any of my homework until I got it cleaned up. Something about clutter and entropy just makes me anxious.

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6 Reasons to NOT Take a Cruise Excursion

When traveling by cruise, you may feel like the cruise ship has everything under the sun to keep you entertained and show you the world. While that may be true on the ship, it’s when you get on land that they lack the same oomph. Excursions are run by local guides and work on a partnership level with cruise lines. You can trust they have been reviewed and they will get you back to the ship on time, but they don’t give you a chance to explore and discover a new port stop as you would if you were to arrive by plane or train.

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