49 Places to Visit on the Ultimate American West Coast Road Trip

49 Places to Visit on the Ultimate West Coast USA Road Trip

This article may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I will earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks!Are you putting together an itinerary for the ultimate west coast USA road trip? Then don’t miss my top picks among these incredible, unforgettable places, stretching from the Pacific Coast trough through the interior to …

How to Make the Cheapest International Phone Plan for World Travel

Wish you could make or receive calls from one phone number, from anywhere in the world, and with the other person being none the wiser? Thanks to Google Voice and Skype you can easily do just that. Here’s how to make the cheapest international phone plan for travelers that you can imagine. With this approach you can: Make calls from …

How to Start Credit Card Hacking for Fun and Profit

How to Get Started Travel Hacking for Fun and Profit

One of the pivotal moments in my journey to becoming the travel hacking vagabond that you all know and love, happened a few years back while working the desk job. And it’s all thanks to my start credit card hacking… My boss had just announced he was going to retire and that’d we would be losing our jobs at the …

Cheap First Class Tickets: $117 to Fly Overseas, Round Trip with First Class?

If you’ve been following my blog for any amount of time, you know that I’m all about travel hacking, and making travel more affordable for everyone.  Some of you may be wondering what is travel hacking if you’ve never heard of it before. Well, it’s basically the BEST way to dramatically cut your travel expenses. Not only that but it …

The Only Travel Guide You’ll Need for Auckland, New Zealand

Photo Credit: McFotoSFO via Compfight cc Paris may be known as the city of love, but Auckland is the ‘city of many lovers,’ at least according to the English translation of its Māori name, which is ‘Tāmaki Makaurau.’ In fact, many foreign colonizers and native tribes have fought over its territorial ownership for centuries. Today, it continues to be one …

8 Things to Do in Fairbanks Alaska in the Winter

The cold ground below gave a loud crack … Then another. “This isn’t good,” I thought to myself as I realized what was happening and looked at our rental car beside me. We were in the middle of nowhere outside of Fairbanks, Alaska and had been looking for a wide open space during the dark of night. It was March, …

London Backpackers Guide

The Backpacker’s Guide to London

At first glance, London doesn’t seem like the ultimate ‘backpacker’s haven.’ However, if you look at it from a different angle, you’ll see a side that cultivates budget travelers all over the world. One requirement, though: the city requires you to muster all the patience, from booking parking spaces or budget flights to making the most of free activities and …

How to Travel Overland through Central America

How to Overland Central America: What to Know Before You Go

I had the pleasure of chatting with Jason Moore over at the Zero to Travel podcast about how to overland Central America, where we discussed our big road trip through every country in Central America, including touching base on what to know before you go, what to expect when you are on the road and so much more. I must …