About Faceted Travel
Hi! We’re Todd and Kimberly Hogate — a couple based in Denver, Colorado who’ve spent the last 15+ years turning vacation days into passport stamps.
Between the two of us, we’ve visited 60+ destinations across 21 countries — from a week in Kauai (six times, because once is never enough) to a three-week road trip through Japan, island-hopping in Greece, exploring Istanbul’s bazaars, and spending a long weekend eating our way through New Orleans. We’ve done budget travel and splurge travel, guided tours and total DIY, and everything in between.
Why We Started This Blog
We started Faceted Travel because we kept giving the same advice to friends and family planning their trips — recommendations for where to stay in Maui, the best way to do the Colosseum without losing your mind, how to actually find cheap flights. At some point it made more sense to write it all down in one place than to keep retyping the same email.
Every guide on this site comes from personal experience. We don’t publish lists of places we’ve never been to, and we don’t just repackage what other travel sites say. If it’s on Faceted Travel, we’ve been there, done it, and have opinions about it.
What You’ll Find Here
Faceted Travel covers destinations we’ve actually visited — with an honest take on what’s worth your time and money, and what isn’t. We write detailed destination guides, practical itineraries, hotel roundups, and travel tips for real travelers with real budgets.
Our sweet spots:
- Hawaii — Kauai and Maui in particular. We’ve been to Kauai seven times. We know where to eat breakfast.
- Europe — Rome, Paris, Lisbon, Iceland, Greece, Turkey. First-timer guides with the stuff that actually matters.
- US travel from Denver — Day trips, road trips, and city guides for travelers in the Mountain West.
- Mexico & the Caribbean — We’re working through this list one trip at a time.
- Travel tips — Flights, credit cards, insurance, packing — the practical infrastructure of travel done well.
A Note on Affiliate Links
Some links on Faceted Travel are affiliate links — meaning we may earn a small commission if you book through them, at no extra cost to you. We only link to services and products we’ve actually used or genuinely recommend. Affiliate income helps us keep the site running and the content free.
Get in Touch
We’d love to hear from you — whether you have a question about a destination, a travel tip to share, or just want to say hi. Reach us at hello@facetedtravel.com or find us on Instagram @facetedtravel.
Happy travels. 🌍
— Todd & Kimberly
Where We’ve Been
Canada: British Columbia, Edmonton, Windsor
United States: Pacific Northwest (WA — Seattle, Washington Coast Islands, Spokane; OR — Portland, Bend, Ashland; ID — Sandpoint, Coeur d’Alene; MT — Missoula, Bozeman), California (San Francisco Bay Area, Marin, Sonoma County, Sacramento, Tahoe, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, San Diego, Del Mar), the Florida Keys, Miami, the Everglades, Orlando, Raleigh, Myrtle Beach, New Orleans ×4, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Denver, Leadville, Vail, Beaver Creek, Moab (UT), St. Louis, Santa Fe, Taos, Midwest (Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin), New York City, Philadelphia, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington D.C., Honolulu ×3, Maui ×4, Kauai ×7, Phoenix, Las Vegas ×9
Disney — In its own category, lol. Disney World ×3, Disneyland ×2, Disney Cruise (Bahamas)
Mexico: Puerto Vallarta & Sayulita, Mayan Riviera: Cancun, Tulum ×4
Central America: Costa Rica (Arenal, Guanacaste, San Jose)
Caribbean: Jamaica (Negril, Montego Bay), Bahamas (Nassau), Castaway Cay
Nordic: Keflavík, Reykjavik, Geysir (Iceland)
Europe: UK — Brighton, Bath ×2, London ×3, Scotland: Edinburgh, Inverness, Loch Ness; Ireland: Dublin, Kerry County, Dingle, Kinsale, Killarney; Amsterdam ×3, Switzerland (Zurich, Bern) ×2, Germany (Cologne), France (Paris ×2, Nice), Italy (Rome, Menton), Portugal (Lisbon, Sintra, Cascais), Spain (Sevilla, Tarifa, Madrid)
Asia: Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Okinawa, Ishigaki)
Africa: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Swaziland (now Eswatini), Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls & the Zambezi River), Morocco (Tangiers)
