THE BLOG
In a Peanuts cartoon from the 1950s, Lucy hears that the world is getting smaller. Charlie Brown later explains to her that the world is not literally getting smaller, but that it seems smaller becaus...
What does AI mean for independent travel? How will AI change the travel industry? Will it make travel easier and cheaper than ever before, or will super-powerful robots take over the universe and en...
Wellness - a loaded word for many. What do you associate with the word wellness? Self-care? Yoga? Massages? New-agey retreats? Now think about the term travel for wellness. What comes to mind for ...
“100 places to Travel / Dive / Surf / Hike / (Insert Action Verb Here) Before you Die”. We own books and magazines with titles like this, and we enjoy reading them. We’re just not sure we really “mu...
“You don’t deserve to travel.”
“You have too many responsibilities to travel.”
“Who do you think you are?”Â
“You’re selfish!”
“There are more important ways to spend time and money.”
Sound famili...
 We don't deign to define “real travel” at Sphinx Moth Travels. Â
We do assist with independent travel planning.The distinction is that the term “independent travel”  means having your own travel id...
Despite our owning several books and magazines with titles like "100 Places To Visit Before You Die", we don't travel anywhere for the sake of checking off boxes. In fact, when planning travel, we of...
 No matter how much you’ve traveled, seeing fantastic travel photos or videos always has the potential to trigger travel envy. The visuals may even be posted by people you don’t know very well, or not...
With the recent IT outage that caused millions of flights worldwide to be delayed or canceled, we might think that travel delays are a product of the modern digital age. In reality, travel delays are...
When Maria posts our travel photos on social media, some snide commenters ask if we work at all. Believe me, we do. And for every dollar we’ve spent on independent travel for vacations or long weeke...
If you travel the world independently, you may find that clothes dryers are not very common outside of the US, even in highly developed countries.  They take up additional space and energy that isn’t...
One factor that might keep you from independent travel within your country or independent travel throughout the world is fear of certain types of transport. Transport phobias and anxiety are not limi...
