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Tips For AirBNB Hosts

We’ve stayed in more Airbnbs than we can count at this point — across the US, Mexico, Central America, and beyond. Some have been absolute gems. Others have had us questioning our life choices. Here’s what separates a five-star stay from a “well, that was an experience” stay.

1. Be on hand and ready to respond when your guests...

The Baja road trip

After a month in San Pancho, we weren’t ready to be done.

Instead of slipping quietly back into “normal life,” we decided to go bigger: a full road trip from our home in Oregon all the way down the length of the Baja peninsula, to the southern tip of Baja California Sur, and back again.

It was long stretches of...

Our first month in San Pancho

San Pancho wasn’t part of any original grand plan.

After our five‑week Mexico adventure, we went back home to Oregon and slammed straight into winter. It was cold, wet, dark, and we were still deep in the middle of the pandemic. Lockdowns, quarantines, masks, and all that shite.

So we asked ourselves a simple question: if we’re going to be...

Our five‑week Mexico adventure

When people hear “five‑week sabbatical in Mexico,” they picture hammocks, margaritas, and a gentle, zen‑like detox from real life.

We did some of that.

But mostly, we ricocheted around the country like slightly over‑caffeinated travel agents who got their own dates mixed up.

Here’s how it actually went down.

Stop 1: Mexico City

We landed in CDMX, stepped out...

How it all began.

It all really began back in 2020.

My daughter was set to graduate high school in June and I was still at a little shoe company in Beaverton, Oregon, where I’d been since 2003. After 10 years there, employees get a five‑week sabbatical, and then another one every five years. With my second sabbatical on deck, I’d planned an epic...

The Baja road trip

After a month in San Pancho, we weren’t ready to be done.

Instead of slipping quietly back into “normal life,” we decided to go bigger: a full road trip from our home in Oregon all the way down the length of the Baja peninsula, to the southern tip of Baja California Sur, and back again.

It was long stretches of...

How it all began.

It all really began back in 2020.

My daughter was set to graduate high school in June and I was still at a little shoe company in Beaverton, Oregon, where I’d been since 2003. After 10 years there, employees get a five‑week sabbatical, and then another one every five years. With my second sabbatical on deck, I’d planned an epic...

The Baja road trip

After a month in San Pancho, we weren’t ready to be done.

Instead of slipping quietly back into “normal life,” we decided to go bigger: a full road trip from our home in Oregon all the way down the length of the Baja peninsula, to the southern tip of Baja California Sur, and back again.

It was long stretches of...

Our first month in San Pancho

San Pancho wasn’t part of any original grand plan.

After our five‑week Mexico adventure, we went back home to Oregon and slammed straight into winter. It was cold, wet, dark, and we were still deep in the middle of the pandemic. Lockdowns, quarantines, masks, and all that shite.

So we asked ourselves a simple question: if we’re going to be...

Our five‑week Mexico adventure

When people hear “five‑week sabbatical in Mexico,” they picture hammocks, margaritas, and a gentle, zen‑like detox from real life.

We did some of that.

But mostly, we ricocheted around the country like slightly over‑caffeinated travel agents who got their own dates mixed up.

Here’s how it actually went down.

Stop 1: Mexico City

We landed in CDMX, stepped out...

How it all began.

It all really began back in 2020.

My daughter was set to graduate high school in June and I was still at a little shoe company in Beaverton, Oregon, where I’d been since 2003. After 10 years there, employees get a five‑week sabbatical, and then another one every five years. With my second sabbatical on deck, I’d planned an epic...

Tips For AirBNB Hosts

We’ve stayed in more Airbnbs than we can count at this point — across the US, Mexico, Central America, and beyond. Some have been absolute gems. Others have had us questioning our life choices. Here’s what separates a five-star stay from a “well, that was an experience” stay.

1. Be on hand and ready to respond when your guests...