“But I don’t have the money,” is the most common phrase (usually uttered with a sad sigh) I hear from people who want to travel, but don’t (or, as they would say, can’t). The second most common is, “if only I had the time off work!” So how can you …
Read More »Yok Sae-ung – Why I Travel
by Yok Sae-ung of GadaboutsCorner.com Whenever I’m asked for reasons why I travel and why I often travel alone, I don’t really know. I never really considered why I go on trips. This is the very first time I’ve stopped to pay attention to what causes my journeys. After days of …
Read More »Melissa Arulappan – Why I Travel
by Melissa Arulappan of TravellingTrunks.com My earliest memories of holidays were associated with long train journeys as we travelled days from the North of India to the South where my grandmother lived. The journeys were holidays by themselves. I remember meals of roast chicken and caramel custard, relaxed afternoons on …
Read More »How to Find Cheap Flights
Ah airtickets. The bane of most wanderers is the high cost of flights and since the days of steamer ships and trains are mostly over and the hyperloop and transporter are still under construction. Raise your hand if you often find yourself in a moment (hours) of procrastination typing “cheap …
Read More »First Timer’s Guide to Oktoberfest
by Alex from The Wayward Walrus “How to Oktoberfest Like You Know What You’re Doing” So how did the largest beer festival in the world, bringing over 6 million people to Munich annually, get it’s start? Let’s take it back to the year 1810. Bavaria’s Crown Prince, soon to be …
Read More »5 Ideas to Beat the ‘Being Back Blues’
Have you ever had a debilitating case of post-adventure come-down, departure depression, or as I’ve started calling it, the “Being Back Blues”? I got back from an amazing trip to Guatemala a few days ago and thanks to a dodgy helping of aeroplane grub I’ve been in bed ever since …
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