Going somewhere alone for the first time raises a lot of questions. Will I be safe? What happens if I get lonely? Isn’t it expensive? Do I need to book everything in advance? These are the questions almost every new solo traveller asks, and most of them have straightforward answers. This post tackles the most …
Twelve browser tabs are open. One has flights to a city you can barely pronounce, another shows a hostel with suspiciously good photos, and a third is a packing list written by someone who apparently owns four pairs of hiking boots. You have never planned a budget trip before, and every tab seems to disagree …
Your first budget trip is thrilling. It’s also a little terrifying, because the to-do list seems to grow every time you open your notes app. Flights, hostels, visas, money, insurance, packing, that niggling fear you’ve forgotten something important. I still remember standing in a departures hall on my first proper shoestring trip, realising I’d booked …