Tag Archives: Travel Advice

Why It’s Never the Perfect Time to Travel

With 2012 just beginning, many will be thinking of vacations and trips around the world. They’ll be pondering exotic locations and amazing adventures. And then abandoning those dreams as rapidly as they were thought up. Something will come up and plans will be put off until tomorrow as you wait for “the right time.” But, [...]

Travel Advice From Traveling Couples

This is a guest post by Elise, one half of Positive World Travel. It’s a different type of format than I’ve done in the past but let’s see how it works. It has almost been 2 years since Anthony and I started traveling together. In that time, I’ve learned more about Anthony and our relationship [...]

Do You Ever Lie When You Travel?

Walking into a new hostel, hotel, city, or getting on a tour without anyone knowing you, can be liberating. There’s no baggage or preconceived notions that follow you. There’s just you and who you are at the moment right now. Everyone there is a blank slate. In fact, you can fill in that slate with [...]

18 Lessons from 5 Years Around the World

Five years is a long time to be on the road. Five years spent living out of your backpack, with no permanent home or address. I never thought I was going to travel this long. It was only gong to be a year, maybe 18 months tops, and then I’d go back home, find a [...]

Expert Traveler’s Advice for New Travelers

Back in April, I celebrated 3 years of traveling blogging and in 5 days, I will celebrate five years of traveling. In honor of both those occasions, I asked you, my readers, six questions as a lead up to my big travel anniversary. It’s been really interesting seeing your responses over the last few months. [...]