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  • Why You Should Always Use a Guidebook When Traveling

    Why You Should Always Use a Guidebook When Traveling

    O-M-G! I recently bought my first guidebooks so I can plan our upcoming ’round the world trip! I’m just starting to read them but they seem so useful! I can’t imagine how anyone plans a trip without one — you should always use a guidebook when traveling! I bought three of them: Lonely Planet Europe […]

    March 25, 2014
  • The Best Hostel Games to Play in Hostels

    The Best Hostel Games to Play in Hostels

    When you’re traveling long term, you’re not going to want to leave the hostel every night or every day. There will be a lot of times when you’re just too tired or hungover or over it to want to leave your dorm to go somewhere else. That’s OK — you don’t have to go out […]

    March 18, 2014
  • How to Tell Your Parents You Want to Travel The World After College

    How to Tell Your Parents You Want to Travel The World After College

    Here’s the big question: how to tell your parents you want to travel the world after college and not sit at a desk? My parents don’t know yet that I’m planning to take a gap year between college and getting a job. They think I’m going to start a career once I graduate, but I […]

    March 11, 2014
  • Five Best Excuses to Drink Around the World

    Five Best Excuses to Drink Around the World

    After high school I didn’t want to go straight to college like everyone else I knew, so I decided to take a year off to travel around the world in the my last years of being a teenager. By the time I was 21, the legal age to drink in the US, I had already […]

    March 4, 2014
  • My Dream ‘Round the World Itinerary

    My Dream ‘Round the World Itinerary

    Zach and I are going to travel the world for a whole year: that’s about a whole year longer than I’ve ever traveled anywhere before! Since I’ve never even left America I plan to cram as many countries as possible into that year. My ’round the world itinerary is going to be jam-packed with exciting […]

    February 25, 2014
  • Why I’m Afraid to Travel Around the World

    Why I’m Afraid to Travel Around the World

    Zach and I are planning a year-long ’round the world trip where we’re going to backpack around Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America. I’ve never traveled outside of America before so I’m S-C-A-R-E-D. I don’t know what to expect — as excited as I am, I’m still nervous! Zach says I have nothing to worry […]

    February 18, 2014
  • Top Five Places I Want to Experience Around The World

    Top Five Places I Want to Experience Around The World

    Zach had traveled EVERYWHERE but I’ve never ever left America before! I am excited to get my passport soon so we can travel around the world! There are SO. MANY. PLACES. to see out there, but there are a few that I’ve been DYING to see forever. So I compiled a list of the top […]

    February 11, 2014
  • How to Apply for Your First Passport

    How to Apply for Your First Passport

    I just applied for my first passport ever! I don’t have it (YET!) and I won’t get it for a long time because it takes 4-6 weeks and will be delivered to my parent’s house not my apartment at school. BUT. I. AM. SO. EXCITED! I’ll hopefully get to hold my very first passport when […]

    February 4, 2014
  • Meet The Backslackers!

    Meet The Backslackers!

    We’re Amy and Zach — The Backslackers — and we are L-A-Z-Y. This summer, after we graduate from college, Zach and I are going to set off on an adventure of a lifetime: a year-long ’round the world trip. On our gap year between graduating college and getting real-world jobs, we’re going to backpack through […]

    January 28, 2014
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