What exactly is Flashpacking and why and how do I do it? Upgrading to more comfortable accommodation, eating out at nicer restaurants and splurging or spoiling yourself from time to time can be done on a backpackers budget, if you…
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Backpacking VS Flashpacking.
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Posted in Travel Video
Posted in Travel Video
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!
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 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
Top 10 Tips For A Stress Free Trip.
Travel can be stressful, especially if you are heading off on a long term gap year or backpacking trip, but it doesn’t have to be. Here are my top tips for staying stress free on your next trip, most of which have been learned the hard way!
Tagged with: backpacking, flashpacking, flexible travel, gap year, gap year stress, independent travel, slow travel, stress free travel, stress free travel tips, stress while traveling, stressed when travelling, tips for stress free travel, travel, travel slowly, travel stress, what to do when things go wrong on your gap year
Posted in Travel Lists, Travel Tips
Posted in Travel Lists, Travel Tips
Backpacking And The Hustle Burnout.
At some point along your epic gap year you will be burnt out from all the touts, the haggling and the taxi mafia. You will get the hustle burnout and you will need a holiday from travelling. That is where flashpacking comes in!
Tagged with: backpacker burnout, backpacking, backpacking burnout, dealing with scams on your gap year, dealing with touts, flashpacking, gap year, gap year burnout, holiday from travel, how to avoid travel burnout, how to deal with scams on your gap year, how to deal with travel burnout, luxury backpacking, signs you are experiencing travel burnout, signs you may have travel burnout, surviving backpacker burnout, surviving travellers burnout, taxi mafia, too much travel, too much traveling, travel advice, travel burnout, travel scams, what is flashpacking
Posted in Travel Advice
Posted in Travel Advice
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
Posted in Travel Talk
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