Backpacking around the world on your gap year isn’t all about ultra budget backpacker hostels and dorm rooms. Sometimes it is, but there’s no rule that says you have to stick to that either, and there are some real luxury options out there for even the most budget of backpackers if you know how to bag them!
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How To Score Luxury Accommodation As A Budget Backpacker.
Tagged with: backpacking, budget accommodation, budget travel, flashpacker, flashpacking, gap year, gap year budget, how to budget for a gap year, How to budget for an RTW trip, how to get a bit of luxury on your gap year, how to travel on a budget, luxury accommodation, luxury travel
Posted in Travel Tips
Posted in Travel Tips
10 Essential Gap Year Packing Suggestions No One Ever Thinks About.
Packing for your gap year or backpacking trip can be a daunting task, with so many first time travellers taking far too much stuff, and almost nothing of what they actually need! This is a list of some of the essential items that are so useful on any gap year or round the world adventure that most people don’t even think to pack!
Tagged with: backpacking, backpacking essentials, backpacking essentials Asia, backpacking essentials Thailand, backpacking packing list female, gap year, gap year essentials, gap year packing list, travel essentials, travelling essentials list, what do I nee to pack for my gap year, What to pack on your gap year
Posted in Travel Lists
Posted in Travel Lists
8 Easy Steps To Quit Your Job And Travel The World.
Quitting your job to travel the world is a dream for many, but the reality isn’t quite as simple as that and there are some careful practicalities to consider if you want to follow that dream. Here are 8 steps you need to take if you want to quit your job to travel.
Tagged with: backpacking, career break, career break secrets, gap year, how to plan a career break, how to quit your job and travel the world, how to travel the world and quit work, Quit your job and travel the world, quit your job to travel the world, quitting your job to travel the world, steps to quit your job and travel the world
Posted in Travel Lists
Posted in Travel Lists
10 Backpacker Rules It Is Totally Okay To Break.
Being a backpacker means travelling around the world a certain way, in a certain style and with a certain budget. Or does it? Here are 10 backpacker rules you are totally allowed to break.
Tagged with: backpacker, backpacker bubble, backpacker lifestyle, backpacker rules, backpacking, backpacking south America, backpacking South East Asia, backpacking through europe, flashpacker, flashpacking, gap year, gap year advice, gap year lifestyle, gap year rules, what is being on a gap year like, what is it like to be a backpacker
Posted in Travel Lists
Posted in Travel Lists
Why Taking A Career Break To Travel Is A Good Idea.
Fitting your work and your life around your dreams of travelling the world is not only possible, but by taking career breaks when it suits you and not your employer you could be doing yourself a whole multitude of favours too.
Tagged with: backpacking, benefits of a career break, career, career break, career break NHS, gap year, pros and cons of a career break to travel, sabbaticals, taking a career break at 30, taking a career break at 40, taking a career break to travel, taking a sabbatical, taking a sabbatical to travel, taking time off work for travel, will my career be stalled by going backpacking, will taking a gap year ruin my career
Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
Should You Travel To Dangerous Countries?
The world is filled with countries that are seemingly off limits to any mere mortal traveller. With tales of extreme danger and endless conflict or terrorist attacks filling the headlines, is anywhere safe to travel to? And should you travel to those countries that are deemed unsafe?
Tagged with: backpacker safety, backpacking, backpacking danger, backpacking safety, gap year, gap year safety, gap year safety tips, is a gap year safe, is backpacking dangerous, is it safe for a woman to travel alone, is it safe to travel, is it safe to travel the world, is travel dangerous, is travelling the world dangerous, most dangerous countries, round the world travel, should I travel to, should I travel to dangerous countries, solo female backpacker safety, travel safety advice, where is safe for travel, world's most dangerous countries
Posted in Solo Travel, Travel Safety, Travel Talk
Posted in Solo Travel, Travel Safety, Travel Talk
Epic Backpacker Fails And Why They Don’t Matter.
Things will go wrong on your gap year at some point, it is just a fact. You will miss a flight, lose something, make an epic gap year fail that at the time will feel catastrophic. But when all is said and done, they rarely matter in the grand scheme of things.
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