We’re a married, age-gap couple with a passion for exploring the U.S., one road trip at a time! Our travels focus on national parks, scenic drives, and hidden gems, with detailed itineraries to help you plan your own adventures. While we cover destinations across the country, we have a special love for Southern California, Las Vegas, Florida, and our current home base—Dayton, Ohio.With a background in hospitality and tourism management (B.A. & M.S.) and experience in hotels, theme parks, guided vacation sales, and special events, we bring both industry expertise and firsthand travel experience to our content.Follow along as we uncover the best weekend getaways, off-the-beaten-path spots, and foodie finds across the U.S.!
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Discount Travel Secrets Hi Reader, This week I just want to share some brand new blog posts that have been published since my last newsletter. I realized I had never written reviews for some of the places I stayed in on my most recent trip to Florida back in July. So I started with those first: Orbit One Vacation Villas Review - literally right outside of Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park, the curb appeal is not the greatest, but it has been recently renovated and has a mid century modern + space theme, kind of like Tomorrowland. All rooms are 1 and 2 bedroom villas at the same price as a regular hotel room. Hotel Flor - a historic landmark hotel in downtown Tampa, with a free shuttle that will take you anywhere downtown, includes a daily food & beverage credit, and cookies in the lobby! Then I remembered that I never posted about the hotel I stayed in when I went to Cincinnati for my birthday, I shared a review on that one too: Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza - a national historic landmark hotel with a 1930s French Art Deco design, feels like you've stepped into the golden age of Hollywood. I also have a ton of posts on my to do list from past travels that I just hadn't gotten around to yet with consolidating sites and growing my SEO business. I was able to get an important one published earlier this week: Flight 93 National Memorial Day Trip Itinerary - this is the site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania where United Flight 93 crashed after being hijacked on 9/11. There is an indoor gallery with memorabilia and a timeline of events and there is a path out to the crash site. Some more posts on my to do list that I can hopefully share more about in the near future: Kings Island One Day Itinerary Silver Dollar City One Day Itinerary Kentucky Bourbon Trail Weekend Itinerary Gettysburg One Day Itinerary Holland, Michigan One Day Itinerary Chicago One Day Itinerary Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge Things To Do Michigan 3 day itinerary 30 day Four Corners States Road Trip Itinerary El Paso Mission Trail Itinerary Garden of the Gods One Day Itinerary Before I go, I just want to thank everyone that clicks through my emails and actually visits my blog. It's the easiest way to support a small business for free because I have an ad network on my site that pays me monthly based on the number of visitors I've had, without anyone having to buy anything! See you next week, Eva and JP 💎 P.S. Ready to plan your next trip? Find some of our favorite travel-related resources below. ✔ Find the cheapest rental car rate |
Discovering Hidden Gems
We’re a married, age-gap couple with a passion for exploring the U.S., one road trip at a time! Our travels focus on national parks, scenic drives, and hidden gems, with detailed itineraries to help you plan your own adventures. While we cover destinations across the country, we have a special love for Southern California, Las Vegas, Florida, and our current home base—Dayton, Ohio.With a background in hospitality and tourism management (B.A. & M.S.) and experience in hotels, theme parks, guided vacation sales, and special events, we bring both industry expertise and firsthand travel experience to our content.Follow along as we uncover the best weekend getaways, off-the-beaten-path spots, and foodie finds across the U.S.!
Happy Saturday! Hi Reader, Have you seen all the TikTok videos about “The Great Lock-In”? Basically, people are treating these last four months of the year as their time to really lock in on goals, bucket lists, and plans. And I am HERE for it! So I thought why not do the same thing for travel? Here’s how I’m using September to get “locked in” for Fall travel and activities and save money while I’m at it: 🍂 Week 1: Clear the summer clutter I’m putting away all my Summer stuff, and making my...
Happy Saturday! Hi Reader, Labor Day weekend often feels like the last big chance to soak up summer, but you do not have to spend a fortune or even leave town to enjoy it. With a little creativity, you can turn the holiday into a staycation packed with fun, free, and affordable activities. Here are a few ideas you can try, and some examples from my own backyard. 🎶 Local Festivals, Parades, and Fairs Many towns host special events over the holiday weekend. If you are not sure where to start,...
Happy Saturday! Hi Reader, I want to start today's email with some updates from some stuff going on over here at Discovering Hidden Gems. 1️⃣ For starters, we are in the process of merging our Timeshares, Resorts, and More review blog with Discovering Hidden Gems. So basically, the 60 or so hotel and resort reviews we have on that site will all be moved over to this blog and interconnected with all the relevant content we already have. That project should be done in about a week, so check out...