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I’m Kate
For more than a decade and a half, I’ve helped people create a life by design through my lifestyle and travel blog.
I’m a mom of 3, a full-time romance author, and I’ve been to more than 40 countries and nearly all the states.
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Why Tourism Campaigns Can Feel Nothing Like the Places They Promote — Infrastructure, Season, and Price Decide Who Gets Priced Out
Official destination marketing selects its strongest images, while a visitor encounters transit, crowds, service work, weather, and the uneven distribution…
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Why Airlines Treat Middle Seats as Their Least Flexible Product — The Price Isn’t Just a Penalty for Booking Late
Middle seats carry a real comfort penalty, and airlines manage that penalty through advance seat selection, fare bundles, assignments, and…
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Americans Keep Skipping Hotel Gyms—The Problem Isn’t Willpower, but the Routine That Makes Exercise Hard to Start
A hotel gym looks simple on a booking page, yet travel removes the cues that make exercise automatic: familiar timing,…
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When a Destination’s Main Attraction Closes, Visitor Spending Can Vanish Before Planning Catches Up—What Visitors Need to Know
A lighthouse, museum, trail, beach access point, or monument can carry an outsized share of a town’s identity. Closure for…
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Solo Travel at 45 Offers a Different Kind of Freedom — More Control, Without Needing Constant Company
Solo travelers in their forties and fifties often have more money, clearer preferences, and less appetite for sleeping badly just…
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Leadville’s 10,152-Foot Altitude Shows Up in Every Expense—Here’s What Visitors Should Expect in America’s Highest Incorporated City
Leadville’s mining past and high elevation produce a travel experience where even ordinary tasks—sleeping, walking uphill, brewing coffee—can feel different…
