Weird Activities and Awkward Encounters at home and abroad
Have you decided recently to live the dream, jet off for the year and screw the 9 to 5? Great! You probably have a plan or at least a rough idea of where you’d like to go. Once you decide on your first location and duration, you should strongly consider taking out some annual travel…
The later stage of life is the golden age when you can sit back and relax without having to worry about work, money or finding a suitable life partner because all of these things are behind you. Without pressure, now you finally have the time to fully experience life the way you’ve always wanted…
*Disclosure* This is a guest post with Jessica Cooper of Blue Anchor” Traveling the world is something many people want to do in their lifetime. Whether you are planning a gap year after school or you are a little more mature we all have a desire to discover new places and new cultures. Doing so…
Get ready to revolutionize the way you travel. Really, how have you lived your whole life without these? *Inflatable Loungers I have seen ads for these far a while now, usually with skinny gorgeous bikini models lounging on the beach. That seems great, but my first thought was this; “if I owned this product, I…
The question I get most often from people who know how much I travel is “how do you afford that?!” Usually followed by a judgemental “must be nice”, which I hate, but if you’re one of the people who genuinely wants to know how to save hundreds of dollars that can be used to book…
Someone once told me to, “Plan enough to cover your ass, but leave room for Serendipity.” I wish I knew who to attribute that quote too, it’s just something that’s been buzzing around in my brain for a while and obviously speaks to me. As a terrible planner, the latter part of that comes a…
Ok, “Catfished” might be a bit dramatic, but this is a fun story about lack of planning and why I love my international phone plan. I like to fancy myself one of those carefree souls that can show up in any city without any plans, with no stress, knowing that everything will fall into place. …
Black Friday marks the beginning of the holiday gift buying rush. While you’re in a crowded store at 4am trying not to get trampled en route to a Ferbie (or this years equivalent, I don’t know, I’m old and childless), keep these things in mind for the travel enthusiast in your life. Most of us…
“Where should I go when I’m in America?” This is a question I’m asked almost every time I go abroad, usually from people that don’t quite grasp the scope of our country. There really is no one place you could go to get a good feeling for the overall culture of the United States. In…
So, I don’t normally endorse products (except for super cheap flights!), but this is really handy. My Private Network lets you access the internet anywhere in the world from the country of your choice. HOW IT WORKS- (borrowed from their website because I don’t understand computers… yes, I understand the irony) “Without getting too technical,…
