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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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How to Celebrate Thanksgiving Abroad
As a backpacker you’re going to spend all your holidays away from home. Take a moment to be sad, but then forget about it. Do you actually remember Thanksgiving with your family? It involves constant questions from Aunt Sally about what you’re going doing to do with your life after you graduate from college. It […]
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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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10 Annoying Things Backpackers Do in a Dorm Room
There are plenty of things to be annoyed about when staying in a hostel: early check out times, crappy free breakfast, flooding showers, dirty sheets. The list goes on and on. But sometimes the most annoying thing about being in a hostel is the other backpackers and the annoying things backpackers do. Load, rude, obnoxious: […]
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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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Five Halloween Costumes for Broke Backpackers
Halloween in universal. They might not actually observe the holiday in every country, but you can always find someone, wherever you are, who wants to celebrate. If you’re traveling on October 31 you will definitely be able to find a backpacker bar or hostel that is hosting a Halloween Party. So don’t worry, you’ll be […]
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Five Tips for How To Survive TBEX Travel Blogging Conference
I’ve never been to a travel blogging conference before. I actually don’t even know anything about travel blogging, I just write posts when Amy tells me to and she does all the work. But I know a lot of you travel bloggers out there are attending TBEX travel blogging conference this week. The conference sounds pretty […]
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Backpacker Quiz: What Kind of Backpacker Are You?
You’re traveling the world: what kind of backpacker are you? Do you pinch every penny or do you splurge at every corner? Do you stay at roach-infested hostels or five-star hotels? Do you go with the flow or do everything by the (guide) book? Take our backpacker quiz and find out what kind of traveler […]