Nicki's Travel Newsletter
Hello, hello -
Is it just me, or is the weather crazy? It almost feels like whiplash from nice 70 degree days to flurries. I can’t tell where I am most days when I am home in DC. haha.
I am planning to visit Las Vegas next weekend and I have not been back in a year. If you have been around on my social media channels, you know I talk about the city a lot. I am very excited to get back. I’m not a big drinker, but I truly love the city.
For the year, I have a lot of great trips booked and took into consideration what a lot of y’all ask me about in private messages pretty frequently. So, keep an eye out.
One thing I want to address briefly are the questions about Mexico being safe to travel. I’m not comfortable telling someone to travel somewhere or not to. Rather, I would tell you to look at where you are visiting and what is going on there. It is very sad what happened recently. Unfortunately, this could happen anywhere. There are a lot of countries that the State Department (or the countries themselves) have deemed unsafe. Jamaica has said themselves their crime rate is extremely high and I haven’t seen a decline in trip planning requests for this country.
Use your own best judgment when planning travel. Your safety should be priority number one. If you feel unsafe or unsure about a place - don’t go. You do not want to go somewhere in fear, it will ruin your trip.
So please, for both of us, make your own decisions based on your research and comfort levels.
ALSO - if you need help planning a trip, please get in touch with me. The number of people contacting me who can’t find anything for their honeymoon or vacation is very high. The travel surge is still there.
Travel Deals:
Mykonos, Greece: this deal allows a 4 or 7 night stay! Comes with daily breakfast, massage, airport or harbor transfers, and more. The room is a deluxe jacuzzi room.
16 night Hawaii Cruise - $849!! The best part - you do not have to fly to Hawaii - it leaves out of California. Y’all know I LOVE Hawaii so much and this is an incredible deal - plus meals are included.
Sofitel Moorea - 5 nights in a luxury overwater bungalow, flights from LAX, daily breakfast and dinner, transfer to Moorea, and more!
Viking River Cruise - this European cruise comes with airfare, $500 onboard credit, and so many more perks. I loved my European river cruise with Viking. I did a two week cruise - you can read about it here - but it was such a unique way to see all the beautiful cities on the river.
Flights to the Maldives - $885 roundtrip! I am shocked to see this price - the catch is that you need to fly out of the DC area.
St Regis Bora Bora - 5 nights in an overwater villa, round trips flights from LAX, interisland airfare, boat transfer to the resort, daily breakfast, daily 3 course dinner, and more! This is an incredible deal for one of the best resorts in Bora Bora.
Travel credit cards
I talk about this a lot on Instagram stories about how I use these rewards to travel for free!
Right now this card has a 3 FREE nights point sign on bonus (up to 50K points per night!)! I would only recommend this card to those who love the Marriott brand because that is where you will be using these points across their hotels and resorts. BUT - there is a lot of value in these nights. I’m not sure when this ends, but it usually does not last forever. PLEASE read the details and fine print before ever signing up for anything.
New articles on the blog:
Maldives tips - this is a very robust article packed with a lot of information
Honeymoon resorts in the Caribbean and Mexico
Best destinations in the USA to visit in April
Amazon Store Front – you can find all my favorite items here including my camera equipment, products I love to travel with, etc.
Digital products:
Get Paid to Travel - if you are ready to leave the 9-5 and live a life of travel, my comprehensive e-book teaches everything! You will need to put in the work, but it has been the most rewarding career and business.
Instagram Reels for travel creators – this is my e-book I created teaching travel creators how to have success with reels, which is what Instagram is prioritizing now over in feed photos. I grew my own account to nearly 300K in a year (over 400K now) and a new account over 120K in 30 days - same methods. I grew a client in the travel space to over 260,000 in a year and two months!
Edit your photos AND videos like me - I created presets awhile back and you can edit your photos and now videos. with easy 1 step presets. Super easy to download and use. Please note - Lightroom mobile now charges a fee to edit videos in their app.