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Archive for category: Events

Milestones, parties, cool classes and one-time things

  • Having lunch at Hot House Restaurant
     

    Big Travel Nut turns 5 … and has a party!

    21st August 2018 / Events / 3 comments

    Big Travel Nut turns 5 today! On August 21, 2013, I launched Big Travel Nut as a blog for “women who love to travel but are not beneficiary of a trust fund”. A few years […]

     
     
  • 4th anniversary special: I answer your questions
     

    4th anniversary special: I answer your questions

    21st August 2017 / Events, Plan, The art of travel / 2 comments

    Big Travel Nut is 4 years old today! It seems like only yesterday that I was learning how to use WordPress, browsing through themes, and writing the blog’s original content! I haven’t planned anything stupendous […]

     
     
  • Happy 2nd Birthday BigTravelNut
     

    Big Travel Nut is two years old

    21st August 2015 / Events / 2 comments

    Big Travel Nut is two years old today! To be honest, when I started writing the blog two summers ago, I wasn’t sure what would happen, and how long it would last. I’m thrilled that […]

     
     
  • Happy 1st Birthday
     

    Big Travel Nut is one year old today!

    21st August 2014 / Events / 2 comments

    Happy Birthday BigTravelNut! 🙂 One year after I launched the site, I’m still publishing regularly (two times a week right now) and still enjoying myself! I credit this success to my decision to not get […]

     
     
  • BigTravelNut with two Liebster awards
     

    BigTravelNut wins two Liebster Awards!

    24th July 2014 / Events / 9 comments

    What is a Liebster Award you ask? Well I didn’t know either at first, so I did a little research. Originating from Germany, the Liebster is a “virtual award” given to new bloggers by other […]

     
     
  • Me, with the scooter
     

    The 10 most exciting events in my travel blogger’s life (so far)

    21st June 2014 / Events / 9 comments

    Happy summer everyone! And happy 10-month birthday to BigTravelNut.com. That’s right, the blog is 10 months old today. As it happens, today also marks exactly a year-and-a-half since my last day working at a day […]

     
     
  • Hazel the nut
     

    3 months old and 50 posts! Time for a quiz

    20th November 2013 / Events / 2 comments

    Hard to believe but BigTravelNut will be three months old tomorrow, and now contains 50 articles! It’s time to take stock. So how are we doing? Statistics for this past month show: Are these numbers […]

     
     
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Since 2013, my mission is to give YOU, the 40+ solo traveller, the means and inspiration to travel safely on your own, stray off the beaten path, and have unusual adventures, all without breaking the bank!

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