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Travel Insurance Is Not A Luxury, It’s Essential!

While they say the best way to learn a lesson is to learn from your own mistakes, we have a tendency to forget what we learn over a period of time. Sometimes, that’s a good thing – for example when we forget just how much a broken heart hurts, and throw ourselves right back in [...]

How To Make Travel Look Good On Your CV

Many people, especially those on a competitive career path, are very hesitant about taking some time off to travel the world. I’ve met people who say that they would love to travel the world for a year, and that they probably will – one day … “One day, when I’ve finished studying”, “One day, when [...]

Travel Insurance – What You Need To Know

One thing we all have to buy before leaving on our long-term travels is travel insurance – traveling the world without an insurance is really not worth it in case something serious happens. But the travel insurance industry is like a jungle, it’s really difficult to know which one to choose and what they normally [...]

How Wine Paid For My First Trip To Europe

Back in 2004 I wanted nothing else but to leave New Zealand … I HATED my life there, and felt like I wanted to leave everything behind and go as far away as I could, but before I could do so, I needed to get enough money to buy a plane ticket out of there. [...]

Traveling – When Cheap Is A Good Word

The word “cheap” can have many meanings – very often, the word is just a synonym for “crap quality”. Nobody, really, wants a cheap car.  Telling someone else that their car is “good value” is not a good compliment! But when it comes to cheap holidays, there is no shame – everyone wants the cheapest deal. [...]

How To Teach English Overseas – The eBook Review

Many of us have probably had the idea to teach English overseas for a year or so, some of us might even have tried to find some information about how it works. But often, that’s also where it normally ends. Not because we lost interest in teaching English abroad, but because …

How To Save Money, Save The Earth And Still Travel The World

Being a traveler and an environment hero is not easy – it’s close to impossible actually (anyone who wants to take on the challenge?). Since we became more aware of the destructive effect our lifestyles have, eco travel has become more and more popular …

4 Types Of People You Don’t Want To Travel Around The World With

I’ve traveled with quite a few different types of people, both friends, family and boyfriends. Some have been awesome, and some have been really terrible. Although I had an overall good time with them, I’ve often returned home promising myself never to do it again …

Alternative Digital Substitutes To Heavy Travel Guide Books

For us, as for many other travelers, taking a travel guide book with us on trips is a thing of the past. We haven’t traveled with a proper guide book for years, the first reason is that they’re often really heavy, bulky and take up a lot of space in your bag. Secondly, guide books give [...]

Travel Dreams Vs Travel Plans – Which Are More Important?

I was talking to a friend the other day about traveling, I was sharing my big travel plans and she was sharing her dream travels. We were talking about the same thing, only I called it a plan while she called it a dream. It’s only a word …





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