Photos: With digital cameras, the good news is one can take as many photos as you want, no cost of film (just the cards) and no processing cost (just our time). The bad news is the same. We started taking a lot more photos. Early on in our traveling we would keep a lot of photos, then managed for a while to keep only 20 or so photos a day. We now try to keep only 12 or so photos a place (but sometimes more), even though generally there are several places a day. So averaging 30 - 45 photos a day.
2001 - 2011 - Travels and Photos
2001 - 2011: We did a lot of traveling, some just us, some with our grown or almost grown children or other relatives. We tried to do one big trip a year for 4 weeks, and maybe some short ones. Roughly 50 - 50 between international travel and US travel.
After 2001 - Suitcases and Hotels
Suitcases:
After 911, we managed to put everything into the 21 inch and backpack and still carry everything on.
After 911, we managed to put everything into the 21 inch and backpack and still carry everything on.
Hotels: At some point, as we get older, we decided to upgrade our hotels, to something like 3 stars - still wanting to save money on hotels to apply to days traveling. And an occasional 4 or 5 star to splurge or when there was only high end or low end and nothing in between. And an occasional no/low star when that was necessary, for example - jumping ahead in time - a couple of places in China, Tingri in Tibet, and near the Sundarbans in India.
Before 2001 - Travel and other notes
Travel:
Both international and domestic, before kids. With the kids when younger, mostly our travel was US based with a lot to our parents and a couple of trips to Europe. For the Europe trips, we generally would rent a car.
Hotels: In Europe, we would stay at inexpensive hotels, pensions, and a couple of hostels. Bathroom down the hall in many places. We preferred to spend our money on more days traveling and sightseeing and less on fancy hotels, as long as the hotel was clean and safe.
Both international and domestic, before kids. With the kids when younger, mostly our travel was US based with a lot to our parents and a couple of trips to Europe. For the Europe trips, we generally would rent a car.
Hotels: In Europe, we would stay at inexpensive hotels, pensions, and a couple of hostels. Bathroom down the hall in many places. We preferred to spend our money on more days traveling and sightseeing and less on fancy hotels, as long as the hotel was clean and safe.
Suitcases:
We would each (including kids) travel with a 21 inch roll a-board and a backpack, and Mary and Paul also had a fanny pack and cameras, all as carry on luggage.
Photos:
We like to take photos. Using film, we would try to limit our shots, as film and the subsequent processing was expensive. Still, we would keep lots of photos. Later, we tried to keep only 15 - 20 photos or so a day.
Planning:
We plan our trips ourselves, and do all the bookings. And we read up on the history and culture of the places we are going. We prefer to travel independently, or on private tours if doing that makes sense.
We would each (including kids) travel with a 21 inch roll a-board and a backpack, and Mary and Paul also had a fanny pack and cameras, all as carry on luggage.
Photos:
We like to take photos. Using film, we would try to limit our shots, as film and the subsequent processing was expensive. Still, we would keep lots of photos. Later, we tried to keep only 15 - 20 photos or so a day.
Planning:
We plan our trips ourselves, and do all the bookings. And we read up on the history and culture of the places we are going. We prefer to travel independently, or on private tours if doing that makes sense.
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