The Daytona Beach Experience

Continuing our East Coast Ocean Road Trip – I’ve now named the scenic coastal drive from Fort Pierce to St Augustine such – we headed North to Daytona Beach(D) of our fix of sun, sand, surf and speed! But I’ve skipped a point along my suggested map above! Extraordinarily hungry, as there was a seeming lack of stores along the coastal roads (stock up on...

The East Coast Ocean Road Trip: Part I

I have been lucky enough this year to have taken some pretty amazing road trips along some of the world’s most scenic coastal drives!  We drove the Great Ocean Road, Australia, this past January, and were mesmerized by the dazzling coastline, stunning waterfalls, iconic surf breaks and natural monuments along the way.  Our adrenalin was then pumping in February when...

A City Which Revolves Around…Cheese!

Having never written about food before, and having noticed how well received my recent posts on international cuisine have been, I have decided to go in search of more interesting and amazing blog topics on food! Europe’s public theatricals centre around their cheese, and their passion for locally produced cheese is rather comical to the eyes of someone coming from...

Why you’ll get further being nice to Airport Ground Staff

This week’s guest post is from Bex over at “Life Beyond Borders Blog”!  A jack of all trades, Bex has previously worked London Heathrow airport, where she dealt with high profile passengers and learnt a lot about the logistics of aircraft travel.  She has written the below post based on her experiences as a member of the ground staff. I worked for a number of...

You meet some pretty amazing people while traveling – whether they’re famous, royal or just have amazing stories and experiences to share, meeting people, forming friendships, and chatting with the locals is part of the traveling experience. The one thing traveling extensively has taught me is that the world really is an incredibly small place, and that...

Yesterday we posted the winner of this week’s postcard competition from the Smallest Post Office in the United States! Remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube...

Foodie Friday: Flavors from Around the World!

Last week’s “Foodie Friday” blog was so well received that I have decided to make “food” a weekly topic every Friday! As such this week Hannah and Adam from Getting Stamped share with us their favorite flavors from around the world.

The Great American Pastime – Baseball!

Baseball is the great American pastime.  Growing up in Australia meant that I became familiar with sports such as cricket, “Aussie Rules” and rugby, and never really gave much thought to the game of baseball.  However when spending time in America it’s hard not to get swept up in the baseball phenomenon.  Known as “America’s sport”, sitting in your...

How I Afford To Travel

How I Afford To Travel I grew up being told that you can achieve anything you want if you’re willing to work hard enough to get it.  And while it may sound like cliche advice, it’s the best advice I was ever given.  You CAN achieve anything you want, so long as you want it badly enough.  You can be anything you want, achieve anything you want, and even travel the...

Free Accommodation Options Overseas

There are so many great options for FREE accommodation while traveling which you may normally overlook. Why pay premium nightly rates at a hotel when you could be house-sitting on a private island? Why cram into a shared hostel room when you could be sleeping comfortably on someone’s couch? Why not try home exchange, or for that matter camp!! This week we...

Couch Surfing! Another Accommodation Option!

In recent years, hospitality exchange websites have revolutionised the way people travel. It used to be unheard of to go and stay in a stranger’s house for free while you’re traveling, but now it’s become a way of life for some people, and a means for connecting travelers across the globe.

Couchsurfing is an example of one of these websites, and its success has grown massively year on year since it was founded in 2004. Hundreds of new members now sign up each day to get involved with this innovative and interactive networking tool.

Traveling is Not Dangerous – LIFE is Dangerous!

So I know I said that this week was all about accommodation, however I’m interrupting my scheduled post tonight for breaking news. One of the most common excuses for not travelling is that it is dangerous. This frustrates me, because you’re just as likely to get into a dangerous situation in your home town than you are when travelling. Example: About 4 hours ago...

Continuing our week of accommodation related posts, tonight Nicole and Michael from Suitcase Stories share their expertise on house sitting!  As avid house sitters, Nicole and Michael want to share their experience and show others how a life of travel is not only possible, but also affordable through house sitting. When people hear that we are traveling indefinitely...

Bigger is Better! How to Obtain a “Suite” Accommodation Deal!

Authored by Sam Johnson from Book a Suite  If you’re traveling with a group on a budget, it may not occur to you to look at multiple bedroom hotel suites for your stay – after all, the suites at any given hotel are the biggest and best rooms available, so it’s no surprise that you’ll often pay a premium rate for these premium rooms. What may surprise you is that...

Foodie Friday: Five Weirdest Things I’ve Eaten on my Travels

This week’s guest post comes from Megan over at Meganotravels! After discovering her amazing blog and realizing that she runs a segment each week called “Foodie Friday” I asked her to submit a blog about the strangest food she has eaten during her travels! Andrew Zimmern I am not, but when I’m traveling somewhere new I try my hardest to stomach some of the...

That’s what we get for waking up in Vegas!!  Read more about the Las Vegas Strip and Nightlife! Remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube...

Collecting Countries vs Collecting Memories

Before I began traveling I sat down and brainstormed what I wanted to collect from each country I visited.  I knew I wanted to travel the world, and I thought it would be amazing to have some kind of unique collection to show for it at the end of my journey.  I mean how cool would it be to have shot glasses from every country in the world for instance! As I traveled...

National Celebrations in Norway!

This week’s guest post comes from Lew at Planet Lew! An Australian currently living abroad in Norway, this year Lew celebrated her first “syttende mai” with thousands of other patriotic Norwegians out to celebrate their National Day!  Lew blogs about her love of travel, food and music, and you can follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. A lot of...

Spotted: The Big Five Animals of Africa

An African Safari is generally quite high on the bucket list of any traveler, and between Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia, there is no shortage of options or availability!

Each country is a popular safari destination in their own right, however when Mike and myself had the opportunity to spend two weeks traveling through one of these countries, we opted for Tanzania.

Figuring that we couldn’t go wrong on safari in the Serengeti National Park, we chose an absolute classic African Safari setting which pretty much guaranteed that we would spot the “Big Five!”

This week’s guest post is from adventure couple Kathleen and Brock who run the travel blog “Our Favorite Adventure”. REASONS YOU SHOULD GO ON A BIKE TOUR So you want to go on a bike tour?  Make it a reality and you will have the most fun you have ever had in your life…guaranteed!  Don’t know what a bike tour is?  It’s a two-wheeled, man-powered...

The Fakahatchee Ghost: Spotting a Florida Panther

Posted by Mike Jerrard    There it was, standing just yards ahead of us with eyes which seemed to pierce straight through to our souls. For a moment we were lucky enough to share an old dense overgrown logging road deep in the Fakahatchee Strand with a ghost.  And then just like a true ghost it would vanish without a sound back into the cypress swamp. This ghost...

The Ten Commandments of Travel

Author Unknown Regarding Travel: Thou shalt not expect to find all things precisely as they are at home.  Thou has left home to find things different. Thou shalt travel in a spirit of utter humility. The fact that people may think, speak and act differently does not make them inferior. Thou shalt not let thy travel companions get on thy nerves, for thou art paying...

In Two States at Once: Hoover Dam

Ever wanted to be in two places at once?  After a recent visit to one of America’s most famous landmarks we are able to say we have achieved exactly that! Hoover Dam straddles the Colorado river – which forms the US State border separating Arizona and Nevada, and since its completion in 1935, the dam has become one of America’s most famous national historic...

What Travelers Steal…“Souvenir”…from Hotels.

When staying at hotels there’s a fine line between complimentary in-room perks and sticky fingers!  Soaps, shampoos and conditioners?  Free of charge! Little chocolates on the pillow? Help yourself! Taking the pillow home WITH the chocolate?  Well that may be crossing a line! A recent Hotels.com survey discovered that more than a third of travelers around the world...

Colors of the World: Photo Essay

You may have recently seen me feature a guest blog from Nicole and Michael at Suitcase Stores on World Landmarks.  Their first photo essay submission was so well received that I have asked them to submit another one! Color is all around us, if only we open our eyes we will see exactly how much.  A cloudless vivid blue sky.  The rich greens in a rain forest.    The...