When planning for your Pebble Beach golf vacation, especially with the 2019 U.S. Open being held on Pebble Beach Golf Links, we highly recommend planning at least 6 months in advance for peak season travel dates. For travel dates during lower periods, ie., winter months, 4 months in advance can normally do the trick.

Back in my heavy traveling days, I was the guy that would walk by long lines at all of the car rental counters, and would just chuckle to myself. Chuckling because I would get on the escalator or the elevator and make way directly to my pre-booked car rental. It was perfect!

Simply put, yes. There are many different ways and/or reasons for saying yes to this question, but the bottom line is that using Ship Sticks is littered with value propositions and quite frankly, why they are as successful as they are.

After having the pleasure of playing Pinehurst No. 2 a couple of weeks ago, albeit a less than stellar round of golf on my part, I have a few simple tips that will make the experience that much better for golfers of any skill level.

During my years of traveling a boatload for business and pleasure, I have along the way come up with some pretty simple, yet efficient ways to make the overall travel experience all the better. Some of which are so simple that it's difficult to believe that people don't do it all the time. But I guess that is where the experience comes in.

After spending 12 days and playing 18 rounds of golf in Scotland a few years back, essentially hitting the entire country for golf and experiencing several different weather conditions, I have a pretty good (real good) handle on some great travel tips. Some may be obvious, while some may surprise more than anything.