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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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Should I break up with my boyfriend to travel the world?
Sometimes readers send us questions and I do my best to answer! This one seemed like it might be relevant to many of our readers so I decided to answer publicly via a blog post! Dear Backslackers, I have a travel question and hope you can help! I’ve been with my boyfriend, let’s call…
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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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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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Ten Things I Hate About You, Backpackers
Why do I hate backpackers? Let me count the ways.. I hate the way that you’re a slob, I hate the way you travel in mobs. I hate the way you bargain down, I hate the way you dress like a clown. I hate the way you really stink, I hate you leaving your hair…
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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…
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Fifteen emotions only backpackers know.
Backpackers are a special breed. We experience the ups and downs of life on the road and see more in a year than what most people see in a lifetime. With that comes of a range of moments for which we never knew the emotion existed for. The highs are the highest you will ever…
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You’re not a real backpacker if…
Are you a REAL backpacker? Are you sure? You’re not a real backpacker if… … you stay in anything other than hostels. … you pay more for a meal than your room. … you don’t get drunk every night. … you’re not drinking right now. … you carry a laptop. … your passport has no…
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Five Ways to Get Free Accommodation in a Hostel
No one has the budget to travel forever. No one. You may think you have enough money in savings but eventually it will all run out. Every cent of it. But there are ways to stretch your travel dollar. Accommodation will be one of your biggest expenses when traveling the world. Unless you take an…
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Free Things Backpackers Love
Backpackers are cheap. Extremely cheap. So cheap that if you give them an option to do something that costs anything or to do nothing, they will usually go for doing nothing. And if there’s one thing a backpacker loves more than something cheap, it’s something free. Here are some free things backpackers love …