I actually wrote this a while ago but never took the time to publish it. When trying to book a flight for my dog, I spent weeks online looking for concrete information, advice, and real stories and experiences from people; but it seems like very few have taken the time to provide such tips. It was very scary at first, but I finally did it! I took my dog on a transatlantic flight! I had always promised myself I would NEVER do this, especially since he’s too big and is only allowed in cargo. So, here’s my step-by-step guide on how to organize what first looks like an extremely stressful and complex trip.

It’s going to be long, but very detailed, so grab yourself a cup of coffee and bare with me :-) I will list every step of the preparation of my trip in chronological order, so you’ll know where to start. I left from North Carolina, USA, and went to Brussels, Belgium.

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So I finally did it: I switched from Joomla to Wordpress! I’d been debating about it for at least 6 months. The site itself looked pretty damn good, but Joomla just wasn’t the best platform. In fact, it kind of sucked. It seemed great at first, but it was inefficient as hell and really time consuming to manage. The template looked fab, but there was so much coding involved; the smallest change often turned into a big headache, which got me running to Kristi for help more than once. I held on to the site as it was for months, partly because I didn’t want her work to go to waste, until I realized it was a weak excuse which had basically turned my website into a dead page. The traffic, which used to be pretty decent (considering it’s never been more than a personal website) has completely died at this point. The only traffic I get now is accidental, not targetted at all, and thus useless.

Wordpress always struck me as this uptight blogging platform that only nerdy middle aged men would use, until I decided to give the sucker a try and installed it on another website last month. I have to say, I’m impressed! It also beats Blogspot by far.

So after having used all 3, which is really the best? I made a quick comparison list with both positive and negative sides.

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