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Travelling without your significant other. Is it totally crazy and just plain wrong?
Not at all.
Everyone has a different approach to travel; for some, being the lone wolf is best.
I’m going to assume that anyone actively seeking out this sort of advice wants to travel alone for wholly innocent reasons — namely, a burning desire to see the world –and nothing nefarious (ahem…Thai school girls, cough…Kuta cowboys).
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Feel like you need escape? Read these 10 reasons and see if it’s time to hit the road.
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So you finally did it. You moved back home. You gave up on your dreams of being a lifetime traveler in exchange for a pension, a steady paycheck, and a stable home environment.
Are you a slave to technology miles away from home? Here’s how to break the chains.
Are you addicted to tech? Photo by Adrian Sampson
As travelers, we like to think of ourselves as intrepid, independent, and adaptive. We forgo modern comforts in return for experiences and relationships that are difficult to find within our own societies.
Many of us are trying to find answers, find a purpose, or find ourselves, away from the ???noise??? of daily lives which have become mundane and unfulfilling.
Tags: The, Joy, Traveling, Unplugged
The decision to travel with our children was not one my husband and I took lightly. We both had always wanted to travel, but I was too scared to take the leap of faith.
As parents we wanted our children to experience what the world had to offer.
Our family had also been through an extremely tough time before our trip. We had experienced death and change on a profound scale, and our marriage had only just managed to survive.
Tags: What, Every, Parent, Should, Know, About, Traveling, With, Their, Kids
Your dreams on the road can offer insight into yourself and your journey. Tim Patterson shares his own experiences.
I press my tongue against a tooth in the back of my mouth. It wiggles.
“That’s weird,” I think, feeling a little anxious. After all, I’m 25 years old. My baby teeth are all gone and I’m way too young to start thinking about dentures.
Tags: Dreams, You, Could, Experience, While, Traveling, And, What, They, Mean
I work in the publishing industry, and I’m also an avid reader - so it’s no wonder I??ve been knee deep in Kindle speculation for the past few weeks.
Kindle is Amazon??s new portable reading device; it??s smaller and lighter than a book and it holds over 200 titles.
Other companies have launched similar, relatively unsuccessful products in the past but Kindle??s connection to bookselling giant Amazon is making people wonder whether this could be the device that actually redefines how we read.
Tags: Does, Amazon, Kindle, Signal, The, Death, The, Traveling, Paperback
Paraphrased from an outline by Nat Geo:?
1. ?determine?how well you know the host (s).
2. ?don’t overstay you’re welcome.?
3. ?accommodate your hosts’ schedule.
4. ?don’t expect a free tour guide.
5. ?bring your own toiletries.
6. ?control your kids!
7. ?clean up after yourself.
8. ?help with meal prep.
9. ?don’t eat (or drink) them “out of house and home”.
10.remember to be courteous….. bring a gift!
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TRAVEL WELL AND ENJOY! ?
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Tags: Tips, for, NOT, over-staying, your, welcome, while, traveling, this, holiday, season
The internet has totally changed travel. It has made it easy to keep in touch with people back home as well as keep up with what is going on around the world.
For some, this can be overwhelming. Here are some tips I’ve discovered from traveling with a laptop for the last seven months. While many of these are laptop specific, some will be useful even if you only visit an internet cafe occasionally.
Tags: Tips, For, Managing, Your, Online, Life, While, Traveling
“After spending all that time traveling half-way around the world, what have you learned?”
I lean back in my armchair and contemplate this important inquiry that I am so often confronted with since returning back home to the US after a long journey.
Trying to come up with a coherent response to this seemingly overwhelming and complex question, my head drifts back, eyes shut, and I think back to the past eight months on the road.
Tags: How, Traveling, Taught, Human
There are more than 70 million grandparents in the United States and many of them have a passion for travel, providing an incredible opportunity to share this love with the grandchildren. Traveling with grandkids offers a unique bonding activity that can??t be experienced during a family get-together or a short visit.
Travel and lifestyle expert Nan Zimmerman has partnered with BoomerTowne.com, an informational Web site for baby boomers. As a member of the BoomerTowne Council, Zimmerman has advice for any adult traveling with younger children, including grandparents who might not do it frequently.
Tags: Traveling, with, Grandchildren, Adventure, Lifetime