Times Dec.13, 2011

the title was meant to be forceful. With travel, people wait until they retire or until the kids leave. And by then, it’s too late. You wake up and you are 90. There is only one thing we are assured of in life, it’s that you will die. This encourages you to squeeze in as much travel as you can before you kick the proverbial bucket.

we only have one life, and it is worth using it to see the world.

Schultz says that her most memorable travel experience was of coming across a woman who was celebrating her 90th birthday by hiking Machu Picchu. “She told me to remember that my knees have expiration dates,” Schultz jokes. “We all have expiration dates. Get up, go somewhere.”