About Travel Customs

Hi, I’m Jacob. Travel Customs is where I write about traveling the U.S. as a family without spending a fortune — the real itineraries we followed, what things actually cost, and what we’d do differently next time.

The name has a double meaning. Customs as in the traditions a family builds on the road — the diner breakfast on day one, the playlist that means “we’re almost there.” And customs as in the crossing into somewhere new, even when “somewhere new” is two states over.

Everything here is written by a real person who took the trip. No AI-generated listicles of places we’ve never been.