Air Travel Tips: From Start to Finish
Whether you are planning a yearly vacation or deciding on your next location on a worldwide backpacking trip, air travel may be your best or only option.
Whether you are planning a yearly vacation or deciding on your next location on a worldwide backpacking trip, air travel may be your best or only option.
Tips for how to survive a lost or stolen wallet on holiday, including tips for planning ahead, what to do if it happens, and how to get cash in a pinch.
Dave shares the excitement of celebrating New Year’s abroad in destinations like Queenstown, Paris, Lima and Medellín.
A great option for a European SIM card is LeFrenchMobile, a multi-lingual prepaid SIM designed especially for backpackers coming to Europe.
Six tips for taking a successful European backpacking trip, including how to stay safe.
Hiring a campervan is a great way to see a lot of a country on a small budget. It also allows you to enjoy a flexible schedule versus taking a tour bus.
It’s worth a reminder that all forms of transport come with unique pros & cons, adaptable to different occasions.
If you want adventure and exotic destinations without the need to stick to any kind of itinerary, nothing beats the freedom and of going backpacking.
[W]hether you’re a first time backpacker on your gap year from university, or you’re a seasoned traveller hitting the road one more time, it’s always good to check up on …
In this guest post, Lauren McLeod, co-founder of Flightfox, de-mystifies why flight prices change, sometimes by hundreds of dollars overnight.
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a short series of guest posts by Leif, the blogger behind The Runaway Guide. [M]y hands are clammy, my legs are twitching and …
Brice shares his top five reasons to travel by bike, including the health benefits, and ability to eat whatever you want.
The so-called authentic travel experience is not read about or followed, but rather created. It’s something you must invent yourself.
In this post, Brooke highlights four au pairs working abroad, and their experiences with travel and learning about the local culture.
Follow these 6 simple steps to bargain more effectively for souvenirs when traveling abroad.
7 tried and true tips for meeting and connecting with new people when you’re traveling abroad.
[B]ackpacking is a pretty cheap way to travel. The biggest cost you’re going to encounter is booking flights to your destination, then after that it’s all about the street food …
Using his recent trip to Sri Lanka, Mark illustrates how little planning one need’s to have a successful trip.
During my years of travel, I have taken language lessons at three different language schools with two separate stints at the same one. Language learning is my preferred alternative travel …
Introducing VisaHQ, a US-based service offering online travel visa and passport services.