F*ck Yoga, Go Travel Instead.
A lot of people get into yoga because they’re looking for something—they want to be happier, kinder, calmer. They want to be able to handle life better. But a lot of the positive results of yoga only happen once we get “good” at it. For example I...
How to Choose the Perfect Travel Phone
It can be incredibly useful at times to have a functional phone when you travel. That way you have access to Google Maps, can call your accommodation if you’re delayed or can use apps such as Google Translate so you have a clue what’s going on around you...
Travel Without A Plan
I’ve always been a bit of a planner and so the thought of travel without a plan used to make me very anxious. My natural tendency is to want to know what I’m going to do and when. Where I’m going to go and where I’m going to be. What there is to see and...
The 6 Secrets to Successful Family Travel
A lot of people want to travel with their family but assume it will be too difficult and complicated. I have met countless families on my travels who attest that, actually, to the contrary family travel is great and they couldn’t be happier that they...
Avoiding Food Poisoning While Traveling
A lot of people get really paranoid about getting food poisoning when going traveling. It’s an understandable concern. No one wants to spend a week stuck inside sprinting between the bed and the toilet, especially if in a hostel, when you could be out...
How to Choose the Best Travel Backpack
Choosing the best travel backpack is one of the most important decisions you will make when preparing for your trip. I strongly suggest, for your own sanity, that you travel with a backpack rather than a suitcase unless you are planning on staying in one...
How To Travel on a Budget – Keeping Track on The Road
How to travel on a budget is as much about how much you save before you leave for your trip as it is how you keep track of your money whilst on the road. There's not point saving up loads of money then just to go around makin' it rain everywhere you go.There are a...
How To Bargain Like A Local
I don't know anyone, apart from my Dad, who actually enjoys haggling. Most of us, from Western countries especially, are never taught how to bargain as it's a pretty useless skill in most day-to-day shopping activities back home. It's not in a lot of the...
Reducing the Impact of Theft
Unfortunately no travel safety tips will ever be able to completely remove the risk of anything bad happening on your travels. The good news is however that travel is actually a lot safer and no way near as risky or dangerous as people, and the news, like to make out....
Coping with Toilets While Traveling
The toilet situation can, at times, be difficult when traveling. The standards of cleanliness are frequently extremely different to back home or even just the way toilets work. So here’s my round up of how to handle the different toilets of the world, from...
Find out how to quit your job, travel the world, and transform your life
Hey I'm Chantell
I quit my job to travel in 2014 and it's one of the best decisions I've ever made. I know first hand how hard it can be to get everything in place in order to be able to travel, to know what to pack and where to go, let alone how best to go about your travels once on the road. Here I share everything I've learnt so far so you don't have to learn through as much "trial and error" as I did...Read more
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