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How To Score Luxury Accommodation As A Budget Backpacker.

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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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.

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Ministry Of Coffee Review, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

The Ministry of Coffee is a boutique hotel in the heart of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with a high standard of amenities at a perfect flashpacker price point, it is more than reachable for any budget backpacker who wants to treat themselves for a few nights.  

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Avoid Travel Burnout And Indulge Your Inner Flashpacker.

Travel burnout is a very real thing, and there is no shame in upgrading to flashpacker status from time to time to rest and recover.

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Posted in Travel Talk

What Type Of Backpacker Are You?

With so many types of backpacker on their gap year, what type of traveller are you?

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