All of us have been there. You check into your hostel, and someone on staff shows you up to your room. He opens the door, he points out your bed...
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So you think you're a well-seasoned traveler? Or even a travel expert? Do you think you've traveled more than anyone else you know? Prove it. We all know that country counting matters and the more countries you've traveled to, the better traveler you are. So...
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So you just graduated college...
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Everyone wants to travel around the world. Why wouldn't they? Traveling is the best way to spend your teens and early twenties before you get too old to enjoy yourself. The problem with traveling though is that you need money to do it, no matter...
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When you're traveling around the world, you want to meet new people, exciting people, fellow travelers. The last thing you want to do is meet locals while traveling. Locals are boring and most of them have never left their hometown before. Locals might try to...
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You'd think backpackers would be pretty laid-back people. After all, they are living life on their own terms and wasting away their lives as hippies on the beach. But you'd be wrong. It's easy to set a backpacker off. Here are five ways to piss off...
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It's almost April Fools Day — one of our favorite holidays here at The Backslackers. No matter where you're traveling this year, you can celebrate April Fools by pulling epic hostel pranks on your hostelmates, fellow travelers, or even your friends and family back home....
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You might think you know what a hostel is, but do you really know hostels? Gone are the day of cookie cutter backpacker accommodation where you know what to expect. Nowadays there are hostels of every type for every type of traveler in every location...
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Thailand has some of the best food in the world. My mouth waters thinking about the epic meals I had on Khao San Road, street stalls in Chiang Mai and Pai, and endless beach stalls in the south. If you're heading to Thailand I'm sure...
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When you decide to backpack around the world you probably think about epic parties, the grandiose beaches, the iconic sunsets, the friends you'll make, and the countries you'll tick off your bucket list. You probably don't think about the shit, the puke, the garbage, the...
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