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posted Monday, July 13, 2015
Keeping your travel documents organized is a top priority if you want a stress-free travel experience. There is nothing worse than getting to the ticket counter when checking in for your flight and frantically having to dig through your bag to find your passports, thinking for half a second you may have forgotten them, as […]
posted Monday, June 15, 2015
More and more airlines are cracking down on their carry-on baggage policy. Passengers will no longer be able to board a plane with more carry-on items than they are allowed and that are also too big or heavy. This crackdown will lead to more flights leaving on time, as it will take less time for […]
posted Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Most destinations have a high season and a low season for their tourist industry. A shoulder season is when a destination is either going into or coming out of their high season. Travelling during the shoulder season could be the smartest decision you make, however there are a couple of cons to consider along with the […]
posted Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Have you ever watched a movie and thought, ‘I’d like to travel there!’ Sometimes a movie can ignite a travel bug inside of us and other times a movie can make us want to see where it was filmed because the movie had such an impact on us. Either way, if you are trying to […]
posted Friday, March 13, 2015
The Biodiversity Costa Rica, although a small country in Central America (51,100 sq km) boasts 4% of the planet’s expected biodiversity. To put this into perspective, Costa Rica’s official website compares how many species you will find per 1,000 sq km in Costa Rica to Brazil. In Brazil you will find on average 6.5 plant species, […]
posted Friday, February 20, 2015
In the lead up to your well-deserved holiday, your excitement about your trip may be all that is on your mind. I completely understand and so I have done the research and brainstorming for you and come up with my top 6 tips to keeping your house safe while you are enjoying your travels so […]
posted Monday, February 2, 2015
There is nothing worse than looking forward to your holiday for weeks and weeks and then when it is finally here you get sick. Chances are, you probably picked up a bug on the flight to your destination. Here are my top 3 tips to staying healthy on a flight. Keep hydrated. Flying causes you to […]
posted Friday, January 9, 2015
When travelling, your hand luggage stays with you the entire trip and so you want something that you are happy with. I wanted a backpack and decided to invest in a Briggs & Riley bag. You will have to fork out a little extra than you would normally for a backpack but it is definitely worth […]
posted Friday, November 28, 2014
Before we begin, let’s distinguish between a traveller and a tourist. A tourist is someone who is intent on seeing the attractions (usually the ‘must-see’ attractions) without giving much thought to what they are going to see. For example, a tourist would visit a famous art gallery even though they don’t even like art but […]
posted Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Cruising at Christmas became our family tradition. It was such a magical experience for our family that I wholeheartedly believed in Santa Claus for a long time. Our Christmas presents would magically appear on our beds Christmas morning, and then the bigger presents that Father Christmas couldn’t bring on a cruise would be left at […]
