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Astronaut Space Suit at Johnson Space Center in Houston

It’s no surprise that millions of people visit the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas every year. It’s considered the number one family attraction in Houston and it’s not just for science geeks. Touring…

Good watch for traveling

If you do not travel often, keeping track of the current time is second nature. For anyone who travels, time becomes very relevant, very quickly. Of course, travelling around the world puts us in different…

When it comes to traveling, there is one question I always get, “How can you afford to do it so much?”. While this was my most pondered questioned as well a couple years back when…

Money road sign

Consumers in need of money transfer services (often the frequent traveler!) don’t always shop around for the best rates. This phenomenon is prevalent worldwide, but notable in two world superpowers – the UK and the…

With virtually all forms of communication now easily accessible from your pocket, spending extended periods of time away from home no longer means you have to shut down your business. It’s entirely possible – and…

Beaches in Thailand

If you have been keeping up with me for the past two months (come on, I know you checked in at least every of couple days to see what I was up to…right?), you would…

Building friendships while volunteering

Guest Post from Andrew Tipp Gap year volunteering. It’s a rite of passage. For years intrepid young backpackers have been leaving home to do some good and see the world. This has naturally resulted in…

Cash Point

If you travel a good amount of the time, finding ways to access your money abroad will surely become something of importance. Back in the day, you took around travelers checks and brought them to…

Alaska Air Plane

When I decided to go to Asia a few months ago, I was only confronted with one major problem, shelling out for the hefty ticket!  I’ve been to Europe a few times, and I’ve managed…

a great way to meet people in a new city

If you are one of those people who love to travel for long periods of time – you know… just drop everything, pick some remote (or not so remote) place, and set up home there…

traveling as a blind person

Not being able to see should never stop you sightseeing – even though the world is a tricky place to navigate if you have 20/20 vision. Travelling as a blind person, or with a blind…

backpacker

Backpacking around the world is a great way to explore new places but with more of a budget minded outlook. Because you’ll be moving from place to place  more often than not, it is imperative…

Marco Polo

(…or, How to Reconnect with the Pace and Poetry of Overland Travel) Marco! Polo! Ever wondered where that tiresome game originates from? Of course you haven’t, but it’s an interesting and relevant story, so read…

fake currency

The Following is a Guest Post from Emily Buchanan. It’s a well-known fact that when you’ve been travelling on a sweaty chicken bus for 12 hours straight, you’re going to be more susceptible to scams. Even if you’re…

It was only a matter of time before I decided to put pen-is to paper and bust this post out, and I figured I best do it now while I’m still single and can get…

I refuse to pay full price for things.  Yea I know I’m Jewish, but this has nothing to do with my that. From clothes to traveling, I feel with a little research, you can save…

Palma is the only real city in the Balearic islands, with a population of more than 300,000. However, the pace of life in the city is a lot slower than in the cities on the…

Well, it’s not easy to become a travel blogger.  You need to have insider media and PR contacts at massive companies, have traveled the world over on your own dime already, and be devishly good…

If you remember, I wrote a post about how timeshares are a horrible investment (which you should know because you read everything I write), but what I didn’t do was provide a solution for those…