The idea of traveling alone seems intimidating at first. After all, you have only yourself to rely on to make plans, manage your budget, organize transport, and make bookings. In this guide, I outline the most important solo travel tips to help you save money, stay safe, and make friends while traveling alone. Table of …
While traveling long term, you’ll find yourself in need of a haircut every month or so. When your hair starts looking a little scraggly, you have two options: You can visit a barbershop or you can cut your own hair. In this guide, I share my tips to help you get a decent, consistent, and …
I’ve always been frugal. It’s in my blood. In this guide, I explain how to travel on an ultra low budget of less than $10 per day so you can travel longer, further, and see more with less money. You may find some of these methods a bit hardcore. Some may be unethical. Some may …
Every season presents its own unique set of challenges while traveling. Even though the weather is beautiful, the summer travel season is busy, hot, and expensive. In this article, I outline some of the most important summer travel tips to help you beat the heat, avoid the crowds, and save money. Use Sunblock Even though …
Let’s be honest. Travel with glasses and contacts is a hassle. They are fragile. You have to clean them regularly. If you lose them or damage them, finding replacements can be a challenge. Unfortunately, it’s something that most of us travelers just have to deal with. After all, we need to see what we actually …
While traveling, it’s easy to throw all of your healthy habits out the window and burn the candle at both ends. This may be sustainable for a short vacation but sooner or later you’ll crash and burn. In this guide, I outline how to stay healthy while traveling or living abroad. I’ll talk about disease, …
One of life’s greatest pleasures is sleeping under the stars. There’s something that just feels natural about sleeping outdoors. Imagine waking up to a panoramic view of the fjords of Norway. Or falling asleep to the sound of the waves crashing on the beach in Mexico. You just can’t get that experience in a hostel …