Planning

Travels are something that is even sweeter when you share them with other people. Any trip to new and exciting places becomes far more interesting when you get other people to be…

Over the last decade, the discipline of travel hacking — strategically using credit cards and loyalty programs to get jaw-droppingly cheap flights — has upended travel costs for long-term travelers. But not…

So you’ve made some new friends and now you want to get to know them a little bit better. How do you go about doing that? You’ve tried going to the movies…

Long haul flights and international travel with small children isn’t for everyone, but I often think parents are put off for the wrong reasons and the benefits of travel are then overlooked. There…

Last night, I received a call from Graeme on French Island, Australia. He put me on loudspeaker to him and six other wwoofers. I have never met any of these people, they…

To capture to essence of a journey is every traveller and photographer’s dream, but crossing half the world and getting disappointed by a dream destination, the sudden lack of enthusiasm or simply…

In six days, we board a flight from San Francisco, California to Lima, Peru at 5:50 a.m. and start a two month adventure to Patagonia. With our backpacks, a good map, a…

First time in Israel: a country with an ancient past and a troubled modern history. A childhood dream-destination for many travellers, and not only because of its relevance in religious tourism. First…

What strikes most of the tourists visiting Berlin is its soul, once torn by the negative recent past but now, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it’s a lively…