Beijing, China: The Planning Stage
It’s pretty bad that I am just getting to planning this trip to Beijing, China now considering that I leave in about a week. Granted, [...]
18 Packing Essentials for Backpacking
When backpacking, you learn so much about the countries you're visiting, the people you meet, and if you're lucky, you learn a little bit about [...]
Best Thing To Do In Any New City: Free Walking Tours
Visiting a new city can carry a bunch of different emotions along with it: excitement, anxiety, anticipation, frustration... just to name a few. Recently, I [...]
Top 10 Reasons Why Backpackers Should Always Opt for Hostels over Hotels
One of the most important aspects of any kind of travel is having a place to rest your head at the end of the day [...]
Airbnb Best Practices
Let this be said upfront: I love Airbnb. I have stayed at quite a few over the past year, and many have been fantastic experiences, and I'm sure I will stay at more Airbnbs over the coming years as well. However, I recently had a not-so-great experience with Airbnb. It really isn't worth going into the specifics about it, but it has lead me to develop my Airbnb Best Practices.
Headed Somewhere Warm? Tips For Light, Cute Outfits
This is a guest post written by the lovely Lisa Prang of lmpcollections.com. Headed somewhere warm?Many people struggle with figuring out what to [...]
Travel Safety in Egypt: Reflections
There were at least three occasions before I went to Egypt that the idea of me getting my head cut off was brought up in [...]
Five Cheapest & Best Points Hotels in Beijing
I'm going to Beijing for two nights on one of those ~$450 roundtrip business class fares from Washington DC. Usually when I travel alone I [...]
Russia Visa How To
Man... I struggled a bit with the Russian Visa... it seemed like depending on where I was looking online there were all kinds of different [...]
Cairo Travel Guide
The sprawling city of Cairo and the surrounding areas can easily take weeks or months to even start to make a dent in, so with [...]