Over the past week, I was in Barcelona and Valencia, Spain. I was dropping off my 13-year-old daughter, Chloe, who will be living in Valencia and attending public school for a semester. She is super-excited and a bit nervous. Anyway, I thought this was a good opportunity to update this article on exchange rates. The …View Article

The Kisner family spent this past week vacationing in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. We were determined not to waste Spring Break sitting around the house like we did last year. Angela and I were partially motivated by the avalanche of research showing that money spent on experiences buys significantly more happiness than money spent …View Article

A cruise industry trade group (CLIA) forecasts that over 22 million people worldwide will take a cruise this year. That is the largest annual total ever, but still a relatively small number, which equates to roughly 4% of the traveling public. The key to moving cruises from a niche vacation option to the mainstream is convincing people who have never been on a cruise before to take one.