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Why you should go into debt to travel
Everyone wants to travel the world, but a lot of people think they can’t. One of the biggest excuses for not traveling is not having money. People think they need a huge savings account or a digital nomad job to travel. But that’s not always true. Yes, it does help if you have a massive…
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Seven Lies Backpackers Tell
Everyone lies when backpacking. Pretty much no one tells the truth 100% of the time when on the road. Whether you’re trying to impress other backpackers, one-up a fellow traveler, score with some foreign chick, or get a deal, lies are just part of the job. And the lies backpackers tell range from innocent white…
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QUIZ: What digital nomad job should you have?
So you want to be a digital nomad? You want the ability to travel the world for free. You want the ability to make money no matter where you travel in the world. You want to work from your laptop on the beach. Yeah, you and everyone else. If you want to be…
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Ten Travel Conundrums Every Backpacker Has Faced
Two roads diverged in a wood, and Iā I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost There comes a time in every backpacker’s trip where they face a travel conundrum, where they have to make a choice. Sometimes it’s a quick decision that really doesn’t…
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How can I travel as a broke college student?
Sometimes readers send us their travel questions and I do my best to answer! Robin wanted to know how to travel as a broke college student. I hear you! How to travel on a college budget that barely covers books and ramen is a question many of us have! Since this reader question seemed like…
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What Travel is Like in Your Teens
Travel in your teens is like no other time in your life. You’ll never be that young again. You’ll never be that attractive again. You’ll never have that same stamina again. You’ll never have so much time again. And you’ll never have your parents supporting you again. When I graduated from high school I couldn’t…
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What Your Backpack Says About You
A backpacker’s backpack can show a lot about them. After all, it is their lifeblood. A backpacker’s backpack contains everything they own, everything they need. How much or how little is in that backpack says a lot about who you are as a traveler. What does yours say about you? What do you want it…
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Ten Reasons to Start a Travel Blog Today
If you’re traveling or have traveled or plan on traveling, chances are, at some point, you’ve thought, “should I start a travel blog?” I mean, why not? Almost every traveler has one nowadays. But just because you can start a travel blog, should you start a travel blog? HELL YES! And here’s why… Ten Reasons…
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Questions Backpackers Would Rather Never Hear Again
If you’ve been backpacking the world as long as I have you’ve inevitably heard all the same questions, every day, from every single backpacker. Over and over and over. It gets kind of obnoxious after a while. Yes, sure, they’re those basic “getting to know you” questions. But it gets old. Fast. And sometimes you…
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Eight Things Backpackers Should Resolve NOT to Do
Happy New Year fellow backslackers! Every January 1 travelers, backpackers, and dreamers make lists of New Year’s resolutions for the coming year. Maybe you want to save for a big trip. Maybe you want to finally take that big trip. Maybe you want to become a digital nomad or a ski instructor. This is the…