A Desire to Travel with the Need for a Budget

We are Reed and Lauren, a husband and wife pair traveling the globe with the help of travel rewards. We have big travel dreams and a low travel budget. Follow us as we share key steps in earning and utilizing travel reward points and airline miles. Our rewards have allowed us to vacation in Europe, Canada, and French Polynesia! Our blog Nutshellortwo brings you destination details, exciting activities, and affordable options to make your travel dreams a reality.

This picture is from one of our first trips together in Costa Rica.

Inspiration Behind Nutshellortwo

While visiting family, I found my grandmother’s journal from the year 1960. She detailed her life as a newly-married woman and documented her adventures abroad with her husband. They moved to Germany with the U.S. Army and toured around Europe when they had free time.

Reading the journal inspired me to document my years of marriage. Whether things are going well or we’re struggling, I want to have an account of my emotions and experiences from each year. Nutshellortwo has since shifted to be travel-focused, but I try to keep up with the personal side of the site in the blog section.

Welcome

Since launching the site, I have expanded posts to contain helpful and honest travel information. Reed and I love the outdoors and detail some of our favorite hikes around our home in Colorado. I post my recipes and continue to write about life and marriage. I appreciate you stopping by and hope you can find some helpful information on the site!