Knowing just a few first aid essentials is an important skill when you are travelling the world, and will go a long way to helping you deal with the inevitable simple cuts, scrapes and situations that you will come across. Here is an emergency nurses advice on what to do when you need to administer first aid to yourself or anyone else on your gap year.
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Essential First Aid Tips For Your Gap Year.
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Posted in Travel Health
Posted in Travel Health
The Top 10 Reasons People Say They Can’t Travel. (And Why They’re All Bull****!)
So many people dream of taking a gap year or backpacking around the world, yet so many of those very same people always come up with reason after reason not to follow those dreams. Here is exactly why those all those excuses are absolute bull**** and why you have no reason at all not to take that gap year or round the world adventure.
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Posted in Travel Lists
Posted in Travel Lists
The Ultimate Guide To Travel Vaccinations.
A travel nurses ultimate guide to travel vaccinations on your gap year.
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Posted in Travel Health
Posted in Travel Health
Abraham Hostel Review, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Where is the best place to stay in Tel Aviv? I think I may have just found the answer! When travelling to Tel Aviv there are plenty of accommodation options ranging from budget hostels to luxury hotels, but all of them would have trouble beating the Abraham Hostel for comfort, budget, convenience and sheer outright hospitality.
What To Expect At Israel’s Airport Security.
Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv is infamous amongst travellers for being seriously heavy with security. Horror stories of innocent travellers being detained for hours, missing flights and intrusive luggage checks are the norm, and the average traveller is often paranoid about strip searches and heavy interrogations, but is it really that bad? What is it really like entering and exiting one of the most security conscious countries on the planet?
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Posted in Destinations, Travel Advice, Travel Safety
Posted in Destinations, Travel Advice, Travel Safety
Is Israel Safe To Travel To? Perception Versus Reality.
Is Israel safe to travel to? When people think of travelling to Israel the question of safety and security always comes up. Is it too dangerous to travel in Israel? Are tourists putting themselves at risk in Israel? The truth of the matter is that the reality is very different to what many people assume.
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Posted in Destinations, Travel Safety
Posted in Destinations, Travel Safety
Brexit Package Holiday Surcharge? Just Travel Independently Instead!
Some travel companies are starting to add surcharges to already paid for holidays because the pound has supposedly crashed since Brexit, and traditional holidaymakers are not happy. Is this right?
Tagged with: ABTA, Are package holidays becoming redundant, Brexit, Brexit holiday surcharge, Brexit surcharge, Euro travellers hit with Brexit tax, European travel after Brexit, Holiday firms charging extra after Brexit, Holiday surcharge, independent travel benefits, Mark Warner Holidays, package holiday versus independent travel
Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
Sunrises And Suicides At Masada National Park.
A simple Masada sunrise tour from Tel Aviv led me to explore another one of the Holy Land’s extensive biblical landmarks, one with a history of opulent luxury, violent war and one of the first recorded mass suicides, the infamous Masada National Park.
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Posted in Destinations
Posted in Destinations
Why United Airlines Basic Economy Tickets Worry Me.
United Airlines has just introduced a new basic economy ticket, which strips away the already bare bone ‘luxuries’ of economy class travel completely, including the use of the overhead bin. This is just another landmark in a worrying race to the bottom for all airlines and it signals a lot of problems ahead for all travellers.
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Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
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