recently the travel blogosphere has been ablaze with discussion about the biggest baddest bucket list a travel competition being run by travel resource my destination complete your travel bucket list in six months presidents day was first established to nationally honor george washington in 1885 it had been celebrated in washington presidents day travel a visit to the homes of americas first 10 presidents photos first take a minute and assess the situation concretely what just happened try and separate your emotional reaction from the situation 5 ways to survive a travel disaster when im traveling im working i find that as much as i might want to be a tourist in some of the fascinating locales where we shoot i have very little downtime for any kind of fancy meals or nights on the town bring bug spray and leave the heels at home