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Backpacker Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Budget Backpacker
Do you know a traveler who pinches every penny? Does your friend stay in the cheapest hostels and comes home covered in bedbug bites? Is your son or daughter on a gap year on your dime? Then you have a budget backpacker in your life. What are the the perfect gifts for the budget backpacker?…
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Backpacker Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Expat Traveler
Do you know someone who is living abroad? Someone who left their comfortable life back home to live somewhere where he or she can’t speak the language and has to pay $10 for a jar of peanut butter? Someone who is over both being back in their home country and back on the road? Then…
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Backpacker Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Flashpacker
Do you know someone who is traveling the world, but never seems to leave his or her laptop? Is the first question your friend asks when getting to a hostel, “What’s the wifi code?” Does your son or daughter pack more electronics than clothes when going on vacation? Then you have a flashpacker in your…
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Backpacker Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Solo Female Traveler
Does your daughter love to go it on her own? Does your wife or girlfriend need to get away without you every once in a while? Is your best friend never in town? Then you have a solo female traveler in your life. What’s the perfect gift for a solo female traveler? Read on for…
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I’m living with my parents to save money to travel and it totally sucks.
I’m living with my parents to save money to travel around the world for a year. And it totally sucks. I mean, I’m like 22 years old, I just graduated from college, and I’m living with my parents. Ugh. It wouldn’t be so bad if they’d just leave me alone, but I feel like I…
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7 Signs You’re Planning a ‘Round the World Trip
I’ve been planning my upcoming ’round the world trip for like ever. Some days I think I’ll never have the money or time! Ugh. In the mean time though, I’ve been doing nothing but planning and DREAMING. Are you planning a ’round the world trip too? Is someone you know planning a ’round the world…
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Twelve Steps to Prepare for Your ‘Round the World Trip, As Told Through Cat GIFs
How do you prepare for your ’round the world trip? The answer is different for everyone. Some people spend years pining over guidebooks and travel blogs before finally deciding to go for it. Some people just decide to go and go. But no matter who you are or how you plan, there are certain steps…
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Five Animal Experiences To Add To Your ‘Round the World Trip
I LUV animals so much! Who doesn’t? Cute kittens. Precious puppies. Manic monkeys. Beautiful bears. I love them all! And when traveling around the world there are so many opportunities to interact with animals! I just can’t wait! Here are the top five animal experiences I can’t wait to have on my ‘round the world…
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Five Travel Packing Hacks for Bringing Everything You Need to Travel the World
Yeah. Right. Well I totally know I’m going to need way more money than I will ever have, but I can’t imagine bringing only half the clothes I think I need! I mean, you need clothes for daytime, clothes for night, clothes for bed, clothes for the beach, clothes for hiking, clothes for dressing up,…
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Why I want to plan our entire ’round the world trip
Zach and I are planning a ’round the world trip. He doesn’t think we need a plan. He thinks we just buy a ticket and go and, “See where the wind takes us.” Whatevs. No. I want to have a plan. I’m not leaving America if I don’t know where we’re going, where we’re staying…