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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No one likes a bad hostel roommate. You know the type: smelly, messy, rude. The guy that spreads his stuff out all over the room, the guy who doesn't understand personal space, the guy who doesn't understand personal hygiene. The guy who doesn't understand hostel...
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I am planning my very first trip abroad. So. Excited. But when you're planning on leaving school, quitting your job, whatever, to travel, you need some stuff. Travel stuff. Travel stuff that people who have never traveled before (hello ME!) probably doesn't have. Luckily, there...
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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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Some people love to travel. Other people just can't get enough of it. Do you love to travel? Do you love to travel more than the next guy? Do you eat, sleep, and breathe travel? Are you a nomad who is always on the road?...
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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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