When you’re travelling, your backpack is without a doubt the most important thing that you take with you. Depending on the type of trip you’re going on, you may have to pack it, carry it and unpack it every single day. Almost everything you have will be inside it, so if water gets in or [...]
Tomorrow I’m flying out to Seattle to begin the first part of a two month trip around North and South America. I’ve basically been saving up my earnings from my internship at BT and now I plan to make the most of the time I have between now at when university starts again. On July [...]
We were sitting in the living room of the international volunteers’ house, discussing a new arrival. Chris: “I think she’s arriving next week.” Andrew: “Why would she arrive a week later? She’d be effectively paying more for each week then.” Chris: “What do you mean?” Andrew: “Well, you paid £500 for this, right?” Chris and [...]
Travel guides: big and heavy. When you go on holiday, there’s nothing better than having a good travel guide book. The best ones like Lonely Planet and Rough Guides provide accurate and in-depth information about the places you’re at or going to, with maps, pictures and so on. This is especially useful when you don’t [...]
When it comes to buying flights, there are quite a few options available. You could go to a travel agent in your local town, contact one over the phone or go directly to an airline’s website. But increasingly people are turning to price comparison websites which appear to show you all of the available options [...]