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Archive for category: Planning tips

How to plan a trip, from making your own bookings, to packing, to health advice.

  • Put together a medical kit with all the meds you may need
     

    Five travel problems and their solutions

    25th August 2015 / Plan, Planning tips, Solo tips, Solo travel / 2 comments

    Travel is generally fun and fulfilling, but if you go travelling enough times and for long enough, you’re bound to run into one of these problems (or all of them) at some point. Here are […]

     
     
  • Moto-remorque in Siem Reap, Cambodia
     

    Should you buy travel insurance?

    28th July 2015 / Plan, Planning tips / 6 comments

    Like it or not, one of the things you have to do before every trip is look into travel insurance. The three main types of travel insurance are cancellation, medical, and baggage. I’m going to talk […]

     
     
  • Japanese monks
     

    What not to do in 15 countries

    26th June 2015 / Plan, Planning tips / 0 comments

    In Canada and many other western countries, you wouldn’t think twice before patting a child on the head, or closing a door with your foot when your hands are full. However, both these things are […]

     
     
  • My travel guidebooks
     

    Is it still worth buying guidebooks?

    16th June 2015 / Plan, Planning tips / 2 comments

    Not so long ago, I used to religiously buy a printed guidebook every time I planned to visit a new country. The thought of landing in a foreign land without that invaluable and knowledgeable companion […]

     
     
  • Pre-trip to-do list
     

    10 things you should do before every trip

    12th June 2015 / Plan, Planning tips / 7 comments

    Whether you’re travelling for two weeks or two years, these 10 items should be on your list of things to do before a trip. (For long-term travel you may also want to read Put your […]

     
     
  • 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 […]

     
     
  • 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 […]

     
     
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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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