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Is It Fair To Expect Crowdfunding To Replace Travel Insurance?
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Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
How Travelling In Your 30s Is Different Than In Your 20s.
Is taking a gap year different in your 30’s than it is travelling around the world in your 20’s? Read on to find out.
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Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
Adventure Is Just More Fun In The Philippines!
The Philippines is far more than just a tropical paradise, the country has a lot to offer adventure seeking backpackers and adrenaline junkies on a gap year too, and makes raising your pulse more fun than you can imagine!
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Posted in Destinations, Travel Talk
Posted in Destinations, Travel Talk
EgyptAir Flight MS804 Is A Tragedy, But It Is Not A Death Knell For The Egyptian Tourism Industry.
EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed on 19th May 2016 killing 66 people, and as always there are the carrion cries of doom, declaring that flying is no longer safe and that the Egyptian tourism industry is dead. This simply isn’t true.
Getting Lost In Travel Can Help You Find Your Way.
Traditionally many people had their life plan set out for them. School, job, marriage, kids and death. In recent years more and more people are shunning that paradigm but not knowing what else to fill it with, what path in life they should follow. Can travel be the answer?
Tagged with: backpacker, backpacking, can I take a career break, career path, don't know what to do after university, gap year, gap year life changing, gap year life skills, gap year mid life, gap year or life experience, life after university depression, life after university is hard, route in life, rtw, taking a gap year, things to do after graduation from university, travel, travel changes you, what should i do for a career, what should i do right now, what should I do with my life, what to do after school, what to do after university, what to do with my life at 20, what to do with my life at 25, what to do with my life at 35, what travel can teach you
Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
An Open Letter About Thailand And Koh Tao.
After recent high profile murders on the Thai island of Koh Tao, the question is being asked is Koh Tao safe? This is a calm and measured response to those questions.
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Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
If You Stop Travelling, The Terrorists Win.
Terror attacks by definition are meant to instill fear and change your way of life. That is why I will never allow terrorism to stop me from travelling the world and why I will never allow the terrorists to win.
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Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
What Happens When A Backpacker Goes On An All Inclusive Holiday?
I have travelled the world now for over 20 years years, with over a hundred countries on almost every continent under my belt. It is safe to say I’m an experienced traveller. Yet in all that time, with all those countries, I have never really been on a traditional package holiday. Find out what happened when I accepted a challenge by Mark Warner Holidays and arrived at a package resort.
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Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
Why Employers Should Be More Open Minded About Annual Leave.
Annual leave is no longer fit for purpose, but travellers dreaming of a gap year don’t have to quit their jobs to travel the world, they just need a paradigm change, and more importantly, their employers do too.
Tagged with: achieving work life balance, annual leave, annual leave vs vacation, backpacking, balancing careers and a gap year, balancing work and travel, career break, career break on CV, career break on resume, career break secrets, career break travel, flexible working, gap year, How do you achieve a work life balance, How do you keep a work life balance?, How do you maintain a good work life balance, How do you manage your work life balance, how to ask for a sabbatical, how to negotiate a sabbatical, importance of balancing work and travel, is annual leave enough to travel, keeping a balance between work and travel, quit your job to travel the world, reason for sabbatical leave, sabbatical, sabbatical request letter sample, travelling the world while having a career, what is work life balance, why is work life balance important, work life balance benefits, work life balance tips for employees
Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
Hi, I'm Michael! I'm a former nurse turned published author and world travelling professional adventurer! I have spent over twenty years travelling over 100 countries and I want to inspire you to do the same! Want to know more about me? Just click here!
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