Travel Tips
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The Best Tips for Traveling While Working a 9-to-5
I love traveling – obviously. But traveling while working a 9-to-5 job can be really challenging. Over the past four years, though, I’ve been able to visit over 15 countries while working full-time. So, I’ve compiled a list of the best tips for traveling while working a full-time job that I’ve picked up. 1. Travel Locally I strongly believe that no one has to go far to find beautiful places. Explore your city or state, or travel to places for just a few days that are only a few hours away. Of course, depending on where you live, this may extend to just a city over or, if you’re in…
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14 Great Tips for Staying Safe as a Female Solo Traveler
As a woman who likes to travel solo, I’ve had my fair share of scary situations abroad. Luckily, over the past years, I’ve picked up a couple of habits that help me not only stay safe, but also give me peace of mind while traveling on my own. In this post, I’m sharing my best tips for staying safe as a female solo traveler. 1. Stay in touch with loved ones Before you leave on your trip, share your itinerary with a few people you trust. Tell them where you’re staying and what you’ll be doing when. Keep them updated while you’re on your trip. Check in with someone at…
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How to Stay Healthy while Traveling
Staying healthy while traveling is one of the most important things to make sure that you have a good trip. One of the worst things that can happen while you’re in a foreign country is getting sick. Unfortunately, if you don’t take the right precautions, it’s bound to happen. Constipation, diarrheoa, jetlag, heat-related illnesses, and respiratory sickness are just a handful of the common ‘traveler’s sicknesses’. Usually, it is a result of being exposed to a new environment that is foreign to your body. It can also be due to a lack of nutritious foods, as well as dehydration. It is really important to have somewhat of a routine, or…
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How to Survive Long-Haul Flights – 13 Top Tips
I absolutely love to travel – but I think it’s time to address the part I like the least – the actual travel. Specifically, long-haul flights. Because let’s face it, there is nothing glamorous (or fun) about being crammed into a tiny space next to a bunch of strangers with no way to sleep comfortably for hours on end. As someone who lives quite far away from her family, I regularly end up on a plane for 10+ hours, wishing I could just teleport. It is essential to prepare yourself properly for long-haul flights, and can be intimidating when it’s your first time. Luckily, over the past couple of years,…
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How to Travel Lightly – My 10 Best Packing Tips
If you’re planning on traveling anywhere nowadays, you’ll find packing to be one of the trickiest parts. Prices for extra luggage on flights have skyrocketed (pun intended) and it just isn’t sustainable anymore. Learning how to travel lightly is key. I just find that paying an extra 80€ for luggage when the flight itself only costs 25€ is really annoying and a complete waste. It’s also not always the most practical thing to be lugging around a huge suitcase. I’ve recently discovered the magic of traveling only with hand luggage, or, on shorter flights, with just a backpack. It does take a bit more work and sacrifice, but most of…
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How to Travel on a Budget – My Top 20 Tips & Tricks
Over the last couple of years, I’ve tried (and often failed) to travel on a budget. Finally, I can say that I think I’ve cracked the code. I’ve put together a list of my top hacks for traveling without breaking the bank, so hopefully I can help you avoid the same trial and error process I had to go through. 1. Learn to Travel Lightly Flying is such a great way to travel – and nowadays, in the age of budget airlines like RyanAir, WizzAir, and EasyJet, it is completely doable. Of course, finding cheap flights is now a relatively easy thing to do… as long as you don’t have…
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How to Plan the Perfect Trip to Europe – Dos and Don’ts
Want to plan a trip to Europe? Not sure what to expect? Lucky for you, I’ve got a detailed list of dos and don’ts for a trip to Europe. You might think, ‘What makes you qualified to tell me what culture shocks I might experience?’ Well, that’s because I’ve lived it myself. Though I live in Europe now, I only moved here at 24. I recently planned a month-long trip through Europe, during which I visited 5 countries and 14 cities. But between you and me, I still experience the ‘foreigner’ feeling on a daily basis, even though I’ve been here for over 3 years. DOs: 1. Consider buying an…
