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One of the most common reasons I hear about why people can’t travel as much as they would like is lack of time. So the…
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How do you reignite your wanderlust when you can’t travel? It seems that my last post, about feeling like you’ve lost a little bit of…
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“I can’t afford to travel” is one of the top reasons that people tell me they are holding back from following their dreams of exploring…
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Updated: 07/09/23 If you’re wondering “so what is a grown-up gap year?” then you’ve come to the right place. Put simply, a grown-up gap year…
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When you first start making travel plans, especially if you’re going on a long trip, like a sabbatical or a career break, one of the…
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I was reading in the paper this week that by February most people have given up on their New Year’s resolutions. Dieters remember that lots…
In a couple of weeks time we’re heading to Berlin for a long weekend with a group of friends. I’m so excited, as it will…
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I never really thought of myself as a control freak. I always considered myself to be quite a laidback, go-with-the-flow, kind of traveller. (I can…
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As I mentioned in a previous post one of the big differences I noticed about travelling on my 30b430 trip, compared to the ‘traditional’ gap…
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Setting a budget for my trip It’s all very well getting super-organised about your saving but how should you go about setting a budget for…