The budget airline model on the whole has been great for travel and has opened up the world to millions of backpackers and gap year travellers, but it isn’t always a good thing. There is a dark side to those low, low prices, and those flights for £10 across Europe are not always the bargain they may seem to be on the surface. So should travellers still fly budget airlines? Or is there a better option?
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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!
Tagged with: A Level, A Level results, backpacking, gap year, no wrong path, travel and career, what to do after college, what to do after university
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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.
Tagged with: backpacking, best way to travel, don't fit too much into your gap year, don't rush your gap year, gap year, how to backpack around the world, how to make RTW travel more enjoyable, how to stay healthy on your gap year, independent travel, relaxing travel, responsible travel, round the world travel, slow travel, slow travel movement, travel slowly, what is slow travel
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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?
Why Everyone Should Travel Solo At Least Once.
Solo travel is one of the best ways to travel the world. I get that it can be intimidating for many first time backpackers but it really isn’t that bad, and the majority of travellers end up loving it! Watch…
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Top 10 Gap Year Myths Debunked!
Anyone who is everyone thinks they know what it is really like to take a gap year, and the stereotypes pushed by the media and the expectations that so many people put on going backpacking around the world sometimes couldn’t be further from the truth. Here are the top 10 myths of taking a gap year that just aren’t (always at least) true!
Tagged with: backpacker stereotype, backpacking, gap year, gap year myths, gap year myths debunked, gap year stereotype
Posted in Travel Lists
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