Christmas is a major holiday for many people around the world, and spending it abroad during your gap year or backpacking adventure can be tough, but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s how you can deal with backpacking or taking a gap year over Christmas.
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Is Solo Travel Safe? Essential Gap Year Safety Tips For All Solo Backpackers.
Solo travel is an amazing way to see the world and countless backpackers head off on solo gap years every single day, have a life changing adventure and have the absolute time of their lives, but is it safe to travel solo? Is backpacking or taking a solo gap year really too dangerous? Especially for women? Let’s look at the absolute facts and see if solo travel really is safe or not with expert safety advice for all solo backpackers.
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Posted in Travel Safety
Posted in Travel Safety
Should Backpackers Travel With Tour Groups or Organised Tours?
Backpacking is all about independent travel, but is backpacking solo all it is cracked up to be? should backpackers take a step back from that and travel with tour groups?
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Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
Dreaming Of Space Tourism In Huntsville, Alabama.
In the very near future space tourism is going to be the ultimate in adventure and experience travel, and with a galaxy’s worth of space orientated experiences that any travellers bucket list would be proud of, Huntsville in Alabama will be at the very heart of this exciting new aspect to the travel industry.
How To Avoid Trouble On Your Gap Year.
Taking a gap year is an amazing adventure and the majority of backpackers don’t have any problems at all on their big backpacking trip around the world, but there are times when things can get a bit out of hand, when problems arise or when you just find yourself in a situation you weren’t prepared for. Here are the top ways to make sure you steer clear of most types of trouble on your gap year.
What To Do After Your A Levels? There Is No Wrong Path.
What do you do after your A Level results? Go to University? Start a career? Travel the world on a gap year? Maybe your results weren’t what you were expecting? Whatever your results and whatever you choose to do it is really important to remember that there is no right or wrong choices, there is no wrong path. Whatever you decide to do will be the right choice for you at the time, and you can always change your mind later. And if you do decide you want to take time out to travel or take a gap year, you know where to come to for advice and inspiration!
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Posted in Travel Video
Posted in Travel Video
Why You Should Travel Slowly.
There is always the temptation on any gap year or backpacking trip to ty and fit as much in as humanely possible, but that isn’t always the best thing to do. Here’s why you should slow down, take your time and really soak in the culture, the atmosphere and the experience of the places you are visiting.
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Posted in Travel Video
Posted in Travel Video
Top Tips For Travelling Solo.
Solo travel is genuinely one of the best ways to see and travel the world, but many people do get nervous or apprehensive about it, often worrying how they can actually do it themselves. These expert tips will take the worry out of taking a solo gap year and give you all the tools and information you need to travel the world solo and on your own terms.
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Posted in Travel Video
Am I A Bad Backpacker?
After 15 plus years of travelling the world I have probably made every travel mistake you can think of and then some at one point or another. But does that make me a bad traveller? What do you think?
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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