About Travels with Jeremy
My goal has always been to maximize every travel opportunity - to transform ordinary trips into extraordinary adventures. It's not just about seeing more places; it's about creating richer, more memorable experiences. I try to share recommendations and essential resources that simplify planning, allowing you to travel more frequently and effortlessly. That includes an array of money-saving strategies, enabling you to stretch your budget further, whether you're embarking on a lavish getaway or a modest expedition. But it's not all about well-trodden paths; I guides you off the beaten track, into lesser-known locales where the true essence of local culture shines through.
About Jeremy
Travel was part of my life from my earliest memory. My father was a private pilot so our vacations took us anywhere in the United States and Mexico that my dad could fly himself.
When I was eight years old, we flew our plane from California to Maine over a six-week span, stopping in multiple states along the way.
Later, while doing my undergraduate studies at UCLA, I took every opportunity I could to study abroad. I spent time in Guadalajara, Mexico and my whole senior year in Delhi, India. In fact, I was gone so much I had take random summer school classes when I returned to the states to meet the "residency requirement" for the university!
After university, as I began my career, I couldn't stop exploring. I used vacation time to take long-distance bus trips around the countrywide of Mexico, exploring less visited areas.
I met my wife, who is from Ethiopia, in graduate school. Having family in Ethiopia, we've visited many times over the years. Each visit, I try to take a side trip to an area of Ethiopia that I haven't been before.
People frequently comment to me "You've seen more of my country than I have!," whether they're American, Indian, Mexican, or Ethiopian. I'm motivated to write down my experience and how I'm able to do it to motivate the average person, who works a "typical" job and has traditional family and job responsibilities that they can still travel more than they think and more affordably.
My travel style varies, depending on the trip. My $3/night string bed days are behind me, and I want to push my travel budget relatively far. I look to save money on airfare and lodging using credit card points and hotel loyalty programs, typically.
How do I decide where to go? Today, I look to go places that I haven't been before, using NomadMania's 1301 world regions of as my guide and inspiration.
I'm a huge Deadhead. I might have seen my first show April 13, 1985.
