Many travelers believe that budget travel stops once you arrive in the United Kingdom, but I’m here to tell you it’s possible with the right mindset and attitude. When I was budget traveling in Scotland, I made use of a lot of these tips to save money over the two weeks I spent there. And
Remember all tho Sandals commercials you watched on the TV as a kid? I always thought that was the only way anyone ever traveled, by paying for an overpriced resort on powdery white sand and calling it a vacation. Then I started traveling solo. And I realized that travel was a lot more accessible than
During the two and a half years I spent saving money to travel the world, I did anything and everything I could to save as much money as possible. And when I first started looking for advice, I felt like a lot of it didn’t apply to me. I wasn’t a college graduate making a
When I started traveling a decade ago as a young solo female, safety was my biggest priority to keep myself comfortable in so many new and unfamiliar places. Prior to my first solo trip abroad, I had never been out of the country, and with the US media feeding me the “US, good; rest of
While most trip-planning involves dreaming of the sweet photos you’re going to take and the mouth-watering food you’re going to grub on, we cannot help the inevitable reality of air travel. Sometimes it flat out sucks *shrugs*, and that’s the truth! It doesn’t hit while you’re reading blogs for inspiration or finalizing bookings, it happens
There is no greater controversy in the travel sphere than the topic of insurance. To buy it or not to buy it is the age old question, which has answers in two categories: it’s a complete waste of money or you should never travel without it. The lack of clarity leads to much confusion about
Finding cheap flights used to be a matter of luck in the past, but these days, getting a solid deal on a flight is pretty straightforward if you know where and when to look. I’ve overpaid on my fair share of flights, but now I have gotten round-trip flights to Europe for under $500, domestic
