We have only one Earth. While it’s exciting to explore every corner, it’s important to preserve as many of her wonders as we can for future generations. Working with partners committed to sustainability and leaving things better than they found them is something that sets us apart. These suppliers make us comfortable sending our travellers…
Category: travel tips
travel tips: getting through tsa airport security without hassle
The last, oh, ten years have been increasingly frustrating for airline travellers. Unfortunately, the lines are only getting longer and the security only getting tougher. Getting through TSA airport security without hassle is all many of us want to do. However, when was the last time you ended up in a line behind someone who…
seven tips for surviving the dubai malls
I recently spent three days in Dubai, and it was not at all what I expected. The Dubai malls are literally a way of life here, and we saw very few people outside on the streets. The Dubai malls, though, are a completely different way of life to ones you might be familiar with from…
travel tips: travelling with your technology
Laptop. Camera. Phone. iPad. As a traveller + writer/digital nomad, these four items take up most of my carry-on luggage, along with all the batteries and chargers that go along with them. I was recently asked by someone who reads my blog if I could write a post about travelling with your technology. I’ve never…
practical advice for travelling to the united states
Imagine a country with 89 international airports scattered across 3,797 square miles of vast countryside and towering cities.. welcome to the United States. A literal melting pot of cultures, the States is a *huge* country that many people barely scratch the surface of. Every single state is different, and I don’t just mean that there…
travel tips: best personal care items for travel
You know how airplanes sap the life out of your skin, leaving it dry and scratchy to the touch? Just walking down the jetway seems to zap all of my skin’s moisture. With the small liquids rule, it can be hard to decide which products to throw in your carry on and which ones to…
travel tips: making the most of luggage space
Remember when it didn’t matter when you got on the plane because there was always space in the overhead compartments? I mean, I know that’s been freaking ages and now we all rush to be the first in line – even if it means sitting in the cramped plane for an extra half and hour…
travel tips: staying fit while travelling
It was while I was standing at a beer festival, on my seventh or eighth tasting glass of good, hoppy, Australian craft beer that a friend turned to me and asked “how do you stay fit while travelling?!” I sipped my beer and said, “I don’t do much.”
on the road: the arts trail in golden bay, new zealand
New Zealand often has surprises up its sleeve. For example, I went north into Golden Bay the week before Christmas expecting small towns and empty beaches. Imagine my surprise then, when I drove into Takaka and saw a long main street full of galleries, cafes, and shops. It made me wonder, what else is in…
12 things to do in the coromandel
The Coromandel is one of the more remote regions of New Zealand, namely because its difficult to access further north than Whitianga without a car. It is a jaw dropping beauty of a place, though, and it consistently ranks in New Zealand traveller’s top ten. I feel madly in love with the Coromandel peninsula when…