1st July 2021 / Plan, Planning tips / 1 comment

Do you still remember how to travel? It’s been almost 16 months since the world was told to avoid “non-essential” travel, and probably longer since you booked your last flight and accommodation, bought travel insurance, […]

18th September 2019 / Plan, Planning tips / 2 comments

I bought my very first smartphone in May 2016! Nope, I’m not a millennial. Up until then, I was still travelling around the world with paper maps and phrasebooks! Now however, I find it hard […]

8th November 2018 / Plan, Planning tips / 2 comments

Unless you’ve been living under a rock these past couple of years, you’ve probably heard of overtourism and seen angry locals protesting against tourists in their city. What is that all about? What is overtourism? […]

29th August 2018 / Plan, Planning tips / 5 comments

I’m a big fan of independent travel, but there are times when group travel makes sense. The main benefits of group tours are: You don’t have to plan your itinerary, make hotel reservations, book individual […]

21st March 2018 / Plan, Planning tips / 39 comments

(Updated April 2020) Not all solo travellers travel alone by choice. I’ve talked to enough people and received enough emails by now to realize that although a lot of people make the decision to travel […]

10th January 2018 / Plan, Planning tips / 7 comments

Have you ever wished you could find a travel companion? One of the reasons solo travellers enjoy going on their own is the freedom to do whatever they want, when they want, without having to […]

29th November 2016 / Plan, Planning tips / 0 comments

I just got back from Los Angeles on a red-eye flight yesterday morning. Despite the fact that I was very tired when I arrived, it was a relatively short and painless flight (only 4 hours […]