Vagabonding is often considered the backpacker’s bible. It is a treatise on the personal and world benefits of travel, especially long-term travel. I still have my original copy and occasionally thumb through chapters. Ten years later, find out why Vagabonding is still a must-read for any backpacker worth their salt.
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How I Find the Money to Travel
A lot of people have this misconception that travel is expensive, that whenever and wherever you go, you are going to spending a lot of money. In some places like Europe, that may be true. In some people’s cases, that is always true. But for most of us that isn’t true. Travel can be cheap and cheap doesn’t mean bad.
How Jim Didn’t Let a New Disability Change His Travels
In this post, Jim Kirkland, a 64-year-old US Army veteran, explains how he travels with mobility issues due to an unusual autoimmune disease called Inclusion Body Myositis. Here are his tips and advice for how he travels and resources you can use if traveling as a veteran and/or in a wheelchair.
10 Common Questions about Solo Female Travel
Kristin Addis of Be My Travel Muse as she answers the 10 most common questions she gets from solo female travelers on topics such as money, safety, getting over negativity, meeting people overseas, and much, much more.
Australia Travel Guide
Australia is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world. It’s known as a major backpacking, camping, road tripping, and diving destination. Backpacking Australia is considered a “must do” for backpackers. It’s a central highlight on the round-the-world trail. I started coming to Australia in 2008 as a backpacker. It hooked me and, […]
How to Choose & Buy the Right Travel Backpack
Picking the right travel backpack is an important part in planning your trip. Pick a bag that’s too big and you’ll have too much extra weight to carry around. Too small and you’ll never fit all your stuff in the thing! Pick the wrong material and your stuff will be soaked when it rains. These […]
How to Travel the World in a Wheelchair
Posted: 4/30/15 | April 30th, 2015 A few months ago, I was browsing the Internet when I came across a travel blog written by a guy who traveled the world in a wheelchair. For hours, I read his blog, intrigued by what he did. I love when people don’t let their limitations hold them back. […]
23 Ways to Cut Your Expenses and Have More Money for Travel
No matter how cheap we want to be, travel requires some money. There’s no way to avoid that, so in order to save for our trips, we need to cut our expenses. Here are some simple and creative ways to cut your expenses, make money, and get on the road sooner!
How to Live and Travel Full-Time by RV
Posted: 03/07/19 | March 7th, 2019 Over the past few years, there has been an explosion of people giving up the daily grind to live and travel in vans, RVs, and other nontraditional abodes. While traveling in an RV has been something people have been doing for decades, new sharing economy websites, better resources online, […]
Why You Should Get Travel Insurance When You Travel
Updated: 7/25/23 | July 25th, 2023 I’ve written about buying travel insurance a lot. I’ve talked about how to find the right policy, shared a list of the best travel insurance companies worth checking out, and answered a few of the most common questions on the subject. But while I’ve talked about the practical “how-to” […]
The Best Travel Credit Cards for 2024
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Does Travel Really Change People?
Posted: 11/29/21 | November 29th, 2021 If you’re like me, you believe that travel can change people. Exposure to the world and those who live in it is often a positive force for change. But, lately, I’ve been thinking about how we oversell just how much travel can change people’s minds. (I was opining about […]