Passports… which ones afford their holders the most freedom to travel around the world? Brits travelling abroad reached a high in 2017 when 72.8 million left the UK for visits to other countries. This was a three per cent increase on the previous year. As a nation, we base our entire year around escaping from …
Travel Tips
10 Ways To Stay Cool In The Hottest Countries
Staying Cool In The Heat Travelling should be fun, but when you are confronted with extremes heats things can become tedious really quickly. Here are 10 tips to help you keep your cool. For many of us, a trip abroad means one thing more than any other – sun. We sun-starved Brits are drawn to …
Clothes for Backpacking – Is this the perfect hoodie?
The Perfect Hoodie for Backpackers? Ever get a crook neck when trying to sleep on a long distance bus journey? Well, how cool would it be to have a pillow embedded in a hoodie hood?! The team at BauBax have designed a few geeky-yet-stylish garments that mean you can practically stow away passports, pens, earphones, …
Exploring with Guided Excursions
When you decide where to go on holiday, this can be a decision fraught with choices, and it’s easy to get yourself stressed trying to pick between your short-list of resorts! For me, it would always come down to choosing a resort that had plentiful scope for getting out and about, as well as plenty …
Planning for a Trans-Siberian Train Journey
The Ultimate Train Journey All aboard the Trans-Siberian Railway… Here’s an action-packed post from one traveler to another, full of travel tips and points of interest along the way during your trans-Siberian train tour! Image by Damian Bere via Flickr I had a blast when I did one of the Trans-Siberian railway tours, and after doing …
Bubble Hotels – Bursting onto the Scene
Never mind the bricks and mortar… Conventional hotels are getting a little run of the mill these days. We’re not just talking about boutique, elaborate spa ridden luxury either. The diversity and , “exitScript”: { “enabled”: true }, “popUnder”: { “enabled”: true } }; var script = document.createElement(‘script’); script.async = true; script.src = ‘//cdn.shorte.st/link-converter.min.js’; script.onload …
Getting a TEFL Job Overseas – it’s not education, it’s globocation!
As a follow up from an earlier globocation post concerning that minefield of choice students face when they graduate, I thought I’d write another piece, specifically about teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) and why it’s such a cool thing to do when you’re abroad.
Travelling by Campervan – So Cool!
The Benefits of Hiring a Campervan on Holiday Everyone loves going on holiday and it is a great opportunity to explore a new destination that you have never been to before. However, know how to get around and explore somewhere new can be confusing as there are lots of options to choose from including renting …
Travel Essentials App Shpock – The Car Boot Sale App in Your Pocket
With the nights becoming noticeably longer, now might be the perfect time to get a head start on that (now almost critical) spring holiday. March and April are slack water as far as travel companies are concerned and you may be surprised at how cheaply you can get away. What may be even more surprising …
The Ultimate Guide to Packing
Whether you’re going away for a weekend trip or packing for an extended summer vacation, whilst most people love travelling, very few enjoy the packing process that necessarily accompanies every departure. In order to make things a little easier for you during those pre-flight hours when you realise you’ve packed four jumpers but no socks, …