Just before New Year’s Day, I published my top travel pictures of 2025 and I also separately published my favorite travel hacks, while at the same time I invited readers to send in their own favorite travel pictures and travel hacks, for publication on this site. I am happy to report that many readers responded to the call, and I am also happy to set out below readers’ top pictures and travel hacks. The pictures are amazing!

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I am calling out to all readers to consider sending me their top travel pictures from 2025, as well as a description of their top travel hacks. As at least some of you will recall, over the holidays I posted my own top travel pictures from 2025 (here), as well as, separately, my top travel hacks, gripes, and likes (here). I also invited readers to send in their top 2025 travel pictures as well as their key travel hacks, with a promise to publish the pictures and hacks in a later post on this site. In response to my request, I did receive a few pictures and a few travel hack suggestions, but I would like more! So I am calling all readers who had noteworthy travel experiences during 2025 to send along their travel pictures to me, and calling on everyone to send in their favorite travel hacks. I will publish them all in a future post. Please send the pics and hacks along to me at kevin.lacroix@rtspecialty.com. Please be sure to include a short description with your pictures so that I can be sure to identify them correctly in the readers’ pictures post. I look forward to seeing your pictures!

Continue Reading Calling for Readers’ Travel Pics and Travel Hacks

It is time to post another round of photos that readers have taken of their D&O Diary mugs I never cease to be amazed at the diversity of shots and the different photographic visions that readers’ pictures exhibit. .

Readers will recall that in a recent post, I offered to send out to