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You've asked, we've asked and here it is, our first Wandering Soup Cruise! We are cruising to 3 Countries in 8 Days! Singapore, Thailand & Malaysia SAVE up to $4000 when reserving a balcony room or above by February 12th. You receive: Free Open Bar Free Specialty Dining Free Shore Excursion Credits Free Wifi Friends & Family Sail Free (minus taxes and port fees) Free/Reduced Round Trip Air If you reserve an Ocean view, you get three of the above free. An inside room you can c

I am a one bag per trip woman, Amber on the other hand thinks five or more is perfectly acceptable. And I admit that she's really cute when we are walking around vs my more utilitarian look. But still I have one bag and she has five. Four of which I have to help her with. I am slowly moving her over to the less is more philosophy of thought and wanted to share some tips with you on how to pack. Maybe she'll read this and learn also. Maybe. 1. Make a packing list. Check it twi

It's almost time to start planning your family spring break or possible summer vacation. Below are a few things and places to help you decide on the perfect spot for you and your loved ones. Tips 1. Start putting coins away now. Travel for two or more is inherently pricey. 2. Use a payment plan if possible. There are sites now that allow you to pay on your airline ticket and most vacations through a travel company that offers payment plans. 3. Pre-pay for all the excursions t

We live in the great southern city of Atlanta, Georgia (well near enough) and honestly we love it. The weather is great most of the year, top notch restaurants, beautiful museums and parks. What isn't there to love? Even with knowing all that we know about the city, we still seek out new things to do and of course new places to eat. Below are our 5 Tips/Sites for exploring your hometown as a tourist. 1. Yelp! We have to start out with the food because we are Wandering Soup! a

Has taught me about living... I was sitting on my couch and staring into nothingness, when my doggie caught my eye. Mainly because she was staring at me...with no blinking of those big black eyes of hers (see pic above for an example). I got up and let her out to go outside. Essentially that's what she was telling me. That she wanted to go outside. Her silent staring got me to thinking about life and how she keeps it simple. Below are the 5 "Things" my fur baby has taught me

You can read that in two ways, traveling cost as an absolute or listing the cost of traveling. Either way...traveling costs money. A few weeks ago I did a quick survey (thanks to all who participated!) and in that I found out that some don't realize the real cost of traveling and sorta assume that it's either really lower than reality or even possibly higher. I also realized that most tend to think only of the flight and lodging when planning a vacation, which is totally not

It's that time of year to let go as the old year departs and the new year begins. Here is a list of "Traveling" things that we suggest you let go. 1. Expecting more than a seat in economy. Yep. You got the cheap seat for a reason, you cheap. And as such you should not expect real plates, forks and knives or complete silence on that 8 hr flight to your dream destination. If the seat lays back and you can watch free movies, it's a win! 2. Expecting airplane food to be good. It

I'm not going to lie, this has not been an easy transition for me for a number of reasons, the main one being that my couch and bed are near. Seriously. I am so tempted to take a nap or go veg in front of the TV. Every day. Every other hour. My adult attention span that only extends to reading Reddit while on the toilet or random Facebook posts where folks tell all their business, was not built for this life. To help I've "forced" myself" into a schedule of sorts. I'll share

We have a Facebook Group that I started a couple of years ago maybe less, I'm getting old. Anyway in that group I post flight deals. You know those last minute deals to places you never thought you would go and then here it comes a $99 deal to Iceland or a $106 deal to Guatemala. All those places. And yes those were actual deals that I purchased. Each trip was fantastic if only because I paid so little. The "economic" little being inside of me was pleased! When I decided to

It's cold outside and I want to curl up on the couch and veg out with a bag of chips, hot chips. Not the Taiki's the kids love, those are weird. Just regular hot chips. Instead I am launching this business, gearing up for Shades Retreat, and working on plans B, C and D. In the middle of all of this is the wife and kids. It's honestly great. Mentally exhausting at times but really great. I've woken up with a smile daily...and a cup of coffee. I'm limiting myself to one cup a d

Wandering Soup - Traveling Folk We are attempting new things or maybe more along the lines of continuing what we are doing in a professional vein. We travel. We talk about traveling. We eat. Bad or good. We share traveling tips. We share our traveling experiences. And now we are "becoming" Travel Agents, actually that should be "are" Travel Agents. That's right we have turned our passion into our business. We, Amber and I, hope to share our love of travel with you by offering