THE BLOG
Sometimes in the movies or on TV, you see people throwing a dart at a map while they’re blindfolded to pick their next vacation destination. Sometimes they’ll spin a globe and stop it with their fing...
Many travelers seek out “authentic” food on their voyages. There’s nothing wrong with this, but the quest for authentic cuisine doesn’t have to define your trip. Where and when you eat depends on yo...
I dreamed about traveling with a partner for years. Since I met Maria, I don’t have to dream anymore. But before I met Maria, I traveled by myself all the time. People who were used to couple trave...
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...
