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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 […]
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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 […]
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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? […]
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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 […]
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(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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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(Updated: July 2018) If you were thinking of going to Latin America for a fall or winter vacation, and are now reconsidering because of the Zika virus, you’re not alone. This map from the CDC shows […]
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