Before going to New York City last fall, I checked the weather and saw that we could expect a LOT of rain. Knowing that I didn’t have a good water-resistant jacket and knowing that we would be walking for basically…
Yellow Van’s 2019 Year in Review
Wow, 2019 is over and 2020 has just begun! What a year it has been for us here at Yellow Van Travels. We hope you have enjoyed following along with what we’ve written here on the blog and what we…
Episode 41: How We Afford to Travel: Saving Money
Join Ben and Meagan as we continue our How Do You Afford to Travel Series. Today we are discussing how we save money in our day to day expenses that let us have more money to spend on traveling. See…
Visiting the Pirates of Nassau Museum in the Bahamas
The golden age of pirates is a favorite setting for books and movies, but in the Bahamas stories of pirates are local history. In Nassau, one of the most visited cruise ports in the world, this history is explored in…
Episode 26: Destination-Universal Studios Orlando
Join Ben and Meagan as we discuss our trip to Universal Studios Orlando and as we share some of our tips, what is worth seeing and doing and what we are going to do different next time we go. Universal…
Travel Tip: What to Do When Weather Messes Up Your Plans
Ah, weather, it is the boon and bane of every traveler. It seems that nearly every place has an “ideal weather” to visit, and you try your best to plan to be there for it, but it always seems to…
Episode 17: Gift Guide 2018
Join Ben and Meagan as we discuss our favorite travel gifts and give you some great travel gift ideas! Experience Gifts Tickets to a show/play/concert/movie Pass to local activities like the zoo, aquarium or museum Disneyland! Use Get Away Today…
Spending a Day (or Two) in the Magic Kingdom
The Magic Kingdom is Disney World’s most visited park. It is the quintessential Disney experience. You can ride Small World, and meet Mickey, and walk down Main Street USA. The Magic Kingdom is a big place, and much of your…
3 Things to Do in Tomorrowland at Disney World that Aren’t Space Mountain
Tomorrowland is one of the most interesting microcosms at Walt Disney World because it’s meant to be the land of future, but really it’s the land of the future as imagined by a visionary in the 1960’s. It’s nostalgically weird…
4 Things to do in Frontierland at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom
Caveat, I am going to list two Frontierland rides in the post, I did not actually ride either of them. Of the lands found in the Magic Kingdom at Disney World I feel that Frontierland gets the least love, it’s…