People who travel light have different needs, and finding useful travel gifts for them can often be a challenge. The secret to success is that it must be a unique, lightweight and useful travel gift. While this may sound like an impossible challenge, it’s not. As a person who always travels light, I can offer …
This is a collection of articles on travel planning and tips. They cover the range from where to begin, to safety while on the go.
We have been travelling for many years and have visited over 60 countries on six continents. We offer general money tips here. Many save you either money, time, or simply make your travel easier.
In addition, we share several products and services we use and recommend. These make our lives easier, better, or safer.
We also have tips on individual countries and cities, but these are listed in the regional destination categories.
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Enjoy our articles featuring travel planning and tips:
Start Pet and House Sitting Worldwide
New Zealand is beautiful, but expensive to visit. Auckland is my home, and I love it here. Visitors flock in daily and are greeted with seemingly unlimited luxurious options at a premium price. There is no doubt that many of these will create lifelong memories. However, for animal lovers, there is an alternative: House Sitting …
Travel Planning Resources – A Getting Started Guide
Whether you’re headed out on a weekend road trip or a year-long around the world adventure, you need to start the travel planning process somewhere. Over the years we have found many travel planning resources that simplify the process while saving us both time and money. Basic questions are often answered by life events or …
How to Photograph Waterfalls (Travel Photo Tips)
There is something magical about a cascade waterfall spilling over a cliff. Whether it’s a huge waterfall or a gentle trickle, capturing the waterfall photography effect that you want is easy once you know a few simple tricks on how to photograph waterfalls. The secrets lie in having the right equipment and understanding the camera settings …
How to Pack Light for a Cruise and Have All the Cruise Essentials
Yes, packing light for a cruise and having everything you need is possible. We have done it successfully multiple times. The trick is knowing the cruise essentials, including what to bring on a cruise and sticking to a packing light checklist. It’s true that one of the advantages of cruising is unpacking only once while …
25 Tips for Cruising on Princess that Everyone Should Know
This list of Princess Cruise tips and tricks needed to be written. Even after two weeks on board the Island Princess, we were still discovering things that made our lives better. These tips for cruising are not mysterious secrets of cruise ships, nor are they true cruise ship hacks. But rather they are things we …
Unique Ways to Travel: If You Haven’t Yet, You Really Should
{This post was written for Albom Adventures by Kacey Mya.} The great thing about travel is that it never has to be the same way twice. Sure, it’s easy to take a plane or car somewhere, but even these methods can be spiced up a little bit to give you a more unique experience. In …
7 Types of Tours and Guidelines for Organizing Each of These
{This is a sponsored post written by Private Guide.} Not every traveler would accept with pleasure an invitation to wander around the city for hours. There’s no sense in persuading or making him change his mind: there are also other tours to do instead of sightseeing ones. Someone is happy to go to the mountains …
Reflections of an 18-Night Princess Cruise – Is It for You?
Have you ever wondered what it is really like on a cruise ship? Is it relaxing, invigorating and fun OR boring, crowded and just one giant food fest? We recently disembarked from an 18-night cruise on the Island Princess, a mid-sized ship in the Princess Cruise fleet. This is our longest cruise to date and one that …
Eating Onboard: How to Cruise Without Gaining Weight
I gained very little weight after 19 days eating onboard the Island Princess. It’s an impressive accomplishment. Every meal on a Princess Cruise includes expertly prepared, appetising, and flavorful food. Whether or not you have been on a Princess ship before, prepare to leave this page hungry, and with the tools to enjoy eating onboard without …
Best Lightweight Walking Shoes: A Perfect Travel Partner for my Feet
Having recently tried my second pair of Xero shoes, I can honestly say that I have found the most comfortable lightweight walking shoes for travel or every day use. And I am not the only one. Xero shoes are worn by people in 94 countries. They use them for more than just travel. These are …
Oosterdam: A Photo Tour of This 5-Star Holland America Ship
As soon as I stepped onboard the Holland America Oosterdam I realised that all cruise ships are not the same. Oosterdam’s tasteful decor caught me by surprise. I have cruised eight times in the past on five different lines (all 3 or 4-star ratings). The Oosterdam is impressive, an understated beauty, a refined elegance that I …
Top 10 Hotel Alternatives – Save Money With These Options
Finding hotel alternatives is one way we afford long-term family travel. We haven’t won the lottery yet, so we are always looking for ways to save money. Accommodation used to be a huge chunk of our budget. As we travelled around the world, we learned a few tricks and discovered many hotel alternatives. Whether you …
Top 10 Essential Things to Bring When Traveling the World
We are a family of four including two teenage girls. Collectively we have visited 48 countries on 5 continents. We pack light and have developed an essential things to bring list over time. My number one travel tip – Always pack light. Whatever you think you need, cut it in half, or even quarters. Remember, …
Advantages and Cautions of a Home Exchange
Home Exchange is one of our secrets to affordable travel. Simply defined, it’s a house swap. It’s quite a bit like the movie, “The Holiday“, only with more planning. However, after doing a few, we want to share our best home exchange tips to help you avoid some of the mistakes we made. A successful …
