Travel has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. My first flight was when I was just an infant, and I haven't been able to stop since! While I've only been to 12 countries, I've traveled around the U.S. more times than most people would in a lifetime. Countless flight delays, missed flights, and improvised flight itineraries has made me the woman I am today. And I wouldn't trade in a single one of those hours for the world.
I've been trying to figure out recently how I'm going to sustain my traveling passion since my Delta flying benefits will run out next May when I'm no longer a full-time student. I've come up with a few options (some are better than others, and far more feasible lol).
1. Work part-time, maybe as a TSA for Delta (or anyone that would hire me)
2. Somehow convince Kip to switch me to being his primary flying companion
3. Airport beautification proposal: connect the nation's ugliest airports (or if I'm feeling ambitious, the world's ugliest ones) with local craft artists I've met at markets during my travels. Not only will this make me valuable enough to airports that I would probably be hooked up with flight benefits, but it also supports small-scale business in the underprivileged communities that I've visited.
4. I was reading an old National Geographic Traveler magazine, and I stumbled across an article called "The Perfect Airport." It detailed several airports across the world that excelled in a certain area of interest. And I thought to myself, maybe I could do something similar. With all of the airports I've traveled to, I could offer valuable advice on where to go, what to eat, and what to see. I'd be able to connect travelers with essential info (that is, if my blog got widely read). This would be great if I could develop it into a navigable database where people can do a quick search of an airport before they fly, and find all of the necessary info. Because I know how confusing airports can be, especially for infrequent travelers. (Something like this would be SOO good for airports like La Guardia that make you switch terminals for connections sometimes, and have to take a shuttle that is not clearly marked...yeah, that was a fun trip!).
5. If all else fails, I could write a book called "What NOT to do when you travel" and share some of my travel nightmares. And believe me, I have plenty!
Hopefully, I won't accumulate any more for my next destination.....KENYA!!
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