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Staying connected while traveling abroad is no longer an indulgence, it is a necessity – and Pocket WiFi for travel makes it easy!
We used to scramble to find free WiFi hotspots in cities around the world, desperately connecting to unsecure networks and feeling utterly helpless when it wouldn’t work.… Read the rest
Lost luggage is not a fun way to start (or end) your vacation. Let me rephrase that: The airline losing luggage is the worst way to kick off a trip. Yet, it happens. Airline luggage gets misplaced or misdirected every single day.… Read the rest
The Great Travel Debate: Backpack vs Suitcase. The quandary about which luggage – backpack or suitcase – is the best bag to travel with has raged for decades. As we prepared to become full-time travelers, it was something we pondered. A LOT!… Read the rest
Essential travel items – like clothing and toiletries – are featured in most travel packing lists. However, we think there are everyday items for traveling that are just as important to be packed into your suitcase!
Whether you are making a road trip packing list or organizing things to pack for a long haul flight on an overseas vacation, we highly recommend these must-have items for travel!… Read the rest
Deciding to buy a camera for travel is a big investment. While cameras today are more affordable than ever, they still cost a good amount of money.
Travelers – especially those on a budget – may be inclined to forego purchasing a real camera for a trip.… Read the rest
My desire to visit Vietnam was ignited the first time I glimpsed a photograph of Halong Bay. It countered the image of Vietnam I had conjured in my head; the one where chaotic streets are overcrowded with motorbikes and stifled with pollution.… Read the rest
On the day that we left for our Around the World Trip in 2014, I was less than confident about what I had packed to travel the world.
I had researched, made a concise long-term travel packing list and had been collecting items for almost six months.… Read the rest
Beep. Beep. Beep. My eyes snapped open at the sound of my alarm and in the complete darkness I groped the bedside table in search of my phone. The bright screen showed 4:00am – a ridiculous hour for an alarm to be beeping – and under normal circumstances I would be irked, but I was already alert and awake.… Read the rest
When traveling through Europe, it seems logical to go from Ljubljana to Budapest – and it made sense for our travels, too.
After our two-week stay in Ljubljana, we picked Budapest as our next destination, a natural progression after we had worked our way north through the Balkans.… Read the rest
Our remote and off-the-beaten-path location of Zancudo, Costa Rica implies a sense of isolation. The single, unnamed dirt road runs parallel to the six-mile stretch of Playa Zancudo and ends at the point.
It is easy to feel secluded and cut off from the rest of the world, but, in reality, there are several day trip destinations.… Read the rest