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Archive for category: Plan

Commentary on the art of travel, tips on how to plan a trip, round-ups (my best picks) and reviews.

  • Le Cafe des Chats, Paris
     

    Five cities with cat cafés

    29th August 2014 / My picks, Plan / 8 comments

    Do you long for some cat company while travelling abroad? Perhaps you’re a cat lover who doesn’t own a cat, or a cat owner who had to leave her felines behind to go travelling. You […]

     
     
  • VirtualTourist meeting Ljubljana
     

    Are we experiencing a social travel revolution?

    12th August 2014 / Plan, The art of travel / 3 comments

    The travel landscape is changing. You don’t need to rely on big hotels, travel agents and expensive guided tours to organize your trips anymore. You can stay in somebody’s spare room booked through an internet […]

     
     
  • Simplifying bill payments
     

    Put your home life on auto-pilot

    28th July 2014 / Plan, Planning tips / 5 comments

    A little while ago I talked about how to get more time to travel. For the keen traveller who plans early, getting a month off to travel shouldn’t be too much of a hardship. You […]

     
     
  • Coimbra, Portugal
     

    My 10 best destinations for solo travel

    13th July 2014 / My picks, Plan, Solo tips, Solo travel / 16 comments

    What makes a destination great for solo travel? First of all it should be safe. Secondly, it should be affordable. Solo travellers do not have a companion to share accommodation expenses and car rental. Consequently, […]

     
     
  • Time or money?
     

    Time or money: what do you need more?

    1st July 2014 / Plan, Planning tips / 6 comments

    Every travel nut has grappled with one, or both, of these issues at some point. Perhaps you wish you had more money to travel. Perhaps you have sufficient money but not enough time to go […]

     
     
  • Tilley hats
     

    Review of the Tilley hat

    23rd April 2014 / Gear, Plan, Reviews / 14 comments

    You may have been staring at my head shot wondering “What is that handsome hat she’s wearing?” (You haven’t? Well here it is again.) This, my friends, is a Tilley hat, and I wear it […]

     
     
  • These two are actually from Cuba
     

    7 problematic travel situations and what you can do

    20th April 2014 / Plan, The art of travel / 1 comment

    You’re sitting in a taxi in Bangkok and realize the driver can’t understand where you want to go. You’re being followed by begging kids in Cusco. You’ve just used the toilet in your beachfront cabana […]

     
     
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