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The Four Weirdest Places We’ve Slept While Traveling
The Four Weirdest Places We’ve Slept While Traveling I’m sorry if this is your first time here. We’re about ready to get to know each other real quick. Josh and I travel on a tight budget, which often times means a lack of plush pillows and oversized king beds. This also means a hefty…
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Six Travel Hacks to Extend Your Dollar in Europe
SIX TRAVEL HACKS TO EXTEND YOUR DOLLAR IN EUROPE I’ve heard it time and time again. Travelers spending anywhere from $2,000 to upwards of $25,000 for a ten-day jaunt through Europe. The thought of traveling overseas automatically means spending thousands of dollars over the course of just a few days. Learning how to travel cheaply…
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How to Go From Counting Quarters to Counting Countries
HOW TO GO FROM COUNTING QUARTERS TO COUNTING COUNTRIES If you’re reading this and live in the United States or another first-world country, you are more privileged to travel than a vast majority of the world. It doesn’t matter where you started, where you came from, or where you are. You are able to travel.…
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How I Managed to Get Eleven People to Travel to Colombia
How I Managed to Get Eleven People to Travel to Colombia If you ask me how I managed to get eleven people to travel to Colombia, I don’t have an answer. Rewind a few months. I’m sitting in a local rock climbing gym with my friend, Max. We’re both at transition points in…
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Seven Places to Go When You’re Lost, Broke, and Ready for Adventure
Seven Places to Go When You’re Lost, Broke, and Ready for Adventure You’re at a crossroad in your life. Maybe it’s a failed relationship, a crappy job, or just a total “over it” outlook on life. You’re ready to go somewhere. You’re not rolling in dough, but you need to escape and figure sh*t…
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How to Support Ethical Animal Tourism
How to Support Ethical Animal Tourism Oh, animals. They’re fluffy and cute, sometimes massively terrifying, and other times mildly so. We’re instinctively drawn to interact and be in their presence. I mean, who doesn’t want to cuddle an adorable Koala or help bathe a baby elephant? More often than we’d like to admit the…
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It Took Me Three Days to Fall in Love With THIS Country
IT TOOK ME THREE DAYS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS COUNTRY I think New Zealand is the world’s “most wanted” travel destination. Have you ever had someone tell you they DIDN’T want to visit the land of Narnia/Lord Of The Rings? I don’t think so. Are you ready to hear something heartbreaking?…
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Stories Behind My Ten Favorite Travel Photos
STORIES BEHIND MY TEN FAVORITE TRAVEL PHOTOS Pictures are worth a thousand words, but sometimes they’re worth much more. Travel or not, we each have photos we cherish that capture a particular moment of happiness. Or perhaps a not-so-happy moment but a story that shaped the way we think or the way we are. I…
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How I Snagged a $21 Flight to Australia
HOW I SNAGGED A $21 FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA I recently had you all guess where I snagged an international flight for $21 on Instagram. I received dozens and dozens of questions from you asking how it was possible once I revealed I was headed to Australia. Australia?! For $21? Aren’t they usually $3,000? Yes,…
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