The Travel Gift Guide for People Who Actually Travel

After more than 20 years on the road, here’s something we’ve learned the slow and sometimes uncomfortable way. Most travel gear sounds great in theory however very little of it earns a permanent spot in your bag. We’ve dragged gear across continents, stuffed

The Best Power Station Is the One You’ll Actually Pick Up and Use

We’ve tested and used a lot of power stations over the years. Big ones. Heavy ones. Ones with impressive specs that look great on paper. And what we’ve learned is simple. The best power station isn’t the most powerful one. It’s the one

San Francisco Peninsula Road Trip

Everyone knows the world-class city of San Francisco and the high-tech hub Silicon Valley, but many miss the gems in between. The San Francisco Peninsula is just a few miles south of the city, flanked by the Pacific Ocean and the SF Bay,

Things to Do in Berkeley

We always love a college town for its youthful energy, creative thinking, and fun-loving vibes, but Berkeley, California, is next level. They are the activists who started the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s, the locavores who defined farm-to-table and California Cuisine in

IDrive vs. Dropbox: How we backup & sync 45,344 files & photos

Since we began our around-the-world journey back in January 2012, we have taken a truck-load of photographs and created thousands of important files and documents. People often ask us how we back up and access this massive volume of data. Up until a

Best Things to Do in Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville, Alabama totally took us by surprise. We knew “Rocket City” had NASA’s largest space flight center and the beloved Space Camp, but we had no idea their music, art, and food scene would also be out of this world. The city has

Patagonia Chile

Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia Chile is an incredible region with raw beauty at every turn with ice fields, glacial lakes, unique wildlife, and extreme mountains. We were lucky enough to spend four days here at EcoCamp and experience a sampling

HoneyTrek Stars in Microsoft TV Commerical

A few months ago, the folks at the McCann Erickson (one the largest advertising agencies in the world), reached out to us. They said they were working on a Microsoft television campaign, showcasing how real people use PCs to achieve their passion, and

2025 Year in Review & 2026 Travel Preview

2025 was a record-breaking year of travel in HoneyTrek Land. Traveling to 29 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, North America, and South America, we took on the world with as much gusto and gumption as we did the day we left

Route 66 Road Trip

“So, you two are in Chicago and driving to LA…are you gonna take Route 66?” My dad posed this question, and we felt silly that taking the country’s most iconic road trip hadn’t even crossed our minds. We had just hit our 50th