PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST THE WORLD ⇷☓⇸ What to look for: One of the most important things that you can possibly buy and need whilst travelling is travel insurance. While a lot of people think ‘I’m healthy, I don’t need travel insurance. I won’t get sick,’ travel insurance is something you absolutely need on the road. You never know what could happen, and most health plans don’t cover you overseas. It is much more than just medical protection. It covers you when your camera breaks, your flight is canceled, a family member dies and you have to come home, lose a bag, or something is stolen. It’s all-purpose emergency coverage and is the single most important thing you…
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The Top 9 Things to See and Do in Australia
The ‘Must See’s’ for anyone going to Australia ⇷☓⇸ There is a lot to do in Australia and trying to list everything on a continent would be too difficult to do. Below are my top 9 favorite activities: 1. Dive the Great Barrier Reef — Find your very own Nemo in the Great Barrier Reef. There’s a ton of marine life and beautiful coral here to explore—this is a must-do activity. Trips start around 180 AUD for the day. Even if you don’t dive, you can still take a boat out to the reef and go snorkeling. Try to get on a boat that has a permit to go to dive sites a couple of…
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The Ultimate Guide to Australia
Everything you need to know whilst ‘Down Under‘ ⇷☓⇸ Australia is one of the most popular and fun travel destinations in the world. It’s known as a major backpacking, camping, road trip, and diving destination, but no matter your travel style, there is something to draw you here. The country is filled with incredible natural beauty from The Grampians to the Outback, rainforests to pristine white sand beaches, and of course, the Great Barrier Reef. Sydney’s Harbour Bridge and Opera House are iconic man-made wonders, and Melbourne’s café culture will make you feel like you are in Europe. Coupled with world-class surfing, and it is no wonder people never leave. There…
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9 Ways Travelling Can Help You Get a Job
How Travel Can Help You Become More Employable ⇷☓⇸ Its bound to happen. When you travel you are quite likely to change in more ways than one. Mentally, physically, emotionally. You are exposed to so many new environments and situations that it would be hard not to change, and these skills are exactly what employers look for in their employees. The main skill sets that travelling can offer you are: 1. Social Skills Whilst travelling on your own or with someone you learn to either become more introvert or force yourself to be extrovert. You want to make friends and fight off that loneliness and so you strike up conversations…
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Whens Best To Travel?
For those of you that think: ‘I Cant Travel Right Now’ ⇷☓⇸ Its always in the back of your mind, whether you realise it or not. Subconsciously you’re thinking of escaping to some exotic country with white sandy beaches, clear blue seas, hot weather and an alcoholic beverage in your hand. Its something you see and hear on a regular basis whether its a billboard on the side of a building or adverts on the train and buses you’re on going to and from work. They are selling the dream you so desperately want but one you instantly dismiss whether its because of money or time. Something will always come…
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How To Find Cheap Flights
How I Afford to Travel the World – One Flight at A Time ⇷☓⇸ The main crux to any travelling plan is getting there! Its the hunt for for a cheap flight which is the deciding factor as to when it is set stone that you’re jumping in with both feet and taking the leap to travel. These days there is no reason to pay out of this world prices for flights due to the amount of competition that is currently out there. Types of Tickets Round The World Tickets The main question I was asking myself was whether or not to buy a round the world ticket or a one…
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The Essential Guide to Taking a Gap Year
The Infamous Gap Year Break ⇷☓⇸ This term gets thrown around a lot and as the name suggests, its a break away from something, to do something different. It can be a break away from education, or work, to chase down those dreams.Whether that is traveling the world, working abroad or trying something new. It doesn’t even have to last a year which is the brilliant part about it! Who Can Take One? When you think of people taking a gap year the image that first pops into your head is a student and more often than not this is the case. However! They are not the only ones. It…
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Should I Travel Alone or With Other People?
TRAVEL STYLE – SOLO/PARTNER/GROUP? ⇷☓⇸ This is a question that I have often pondered myself. Should I go by myself, take a partner/friend or go as a group. There are numerous pro’s and con’s to each one and at the end of the day its up to your individual preference. SOLO TRAVELLING If this is your first time travelling then it can be incredibly daunting and frightening. But seriously…go solo! It has numerous benefits which will build you as a person and develop your character. You will decide what you want to do, where you want to go, what you like, dislike, how short or long you may stay and…
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Does Going Home Mean Failure?
To Travel is to live, if you at least tried then its worth it! ⇷☓⇸ I get asked on a daily basis; ‘But what if it doesn’t work out?’ ‘What if you don’t enjoy it?’ ‘What if you want to come home?’ quite regularly now that I have made the move to leave and travel around the world. And they are also questions I have asked myself. They aren’t unrealistic and there is every chance this may happen. What if? It’s those ‘WHAT IF’ questions which prevent a lot of people from taking the plunge and living their dreams. I cant let that happen. I honestly have no idea how long I will…
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Too Old to Travel?
How old is ‘Too Old’ to travel? ⇷☓⇸ I hate it when people say this. There is no age limit to when you can go travelling. Its not a young persons game anymore and anyone can do it. I’m someone who resents being told I cant do something and if anything it just makes me want to do it more. I am only 32 but still people say to me ‘Aren’t you too old to go travelling now?’ Not at all! As I have stated in previous posts I don’t fit in to the conventional social lifestyle of getting a partner, married, job, mortgage, kids and marriage. That isn’t for…
