Category: travel guides
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What’s your travel style?
If you want to know if you’re more of a “Planner” type of traveler or more of a “Free Spirit”, take this free quiz I made below. This quiz is part of the “How to Take Your First Solo Trip” course.
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What type of traveler are you?
There are many different “types” of travelers. From the foodie to the nature-enthusiast, to where you are on the planner vs. free-spirit spectrum — knowing your travel preferences will help you design a better itinerary to make the most out of your solo trip. Take this 5-question personality test to find out which one you…
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Budget Travel Ethics
The potential issue in question There are ethical ways to travel, and not so ethical ways — traveling on a budget is no exception. Critics of budget travel argue that it is unethical because it does not support a destination’s local economy as much. Ensuring that your money stays in the local economy is immensely…
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How to Travel for Free: Couchsurfing
Couchsurfing is the only form of accommodation that, yes, lets you stay somewhere for $0 total when traveling — is there really no catch?
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Budget Travel 101: Save Money with Hostels
Everything you need to know about staying in the cheapest form of accommodation Day trip on Maui with volunteers at Howzit Hostel Introduction Have you ever become best friends with someone you just met? The weird but wonderful phenomenon of spending one day with a person but feeling like you’ve known them for years? When…
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How to Travel for Free: Work Exchanges
The number one question I get asked is, “How do you manage to travel so much?” My answer is always something along the lines of, “I just make it work.” Although travel is appealing to many, most people brush it off as something reserved for the future. “When I have more money,” many say. Or,…
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Best of Hawaiʻi 🌺- Big Island (Hawaiʻi Island) ❤️
Introducing this series: Since August 2024, I have been living and working across the islands of Hawaiʻi. I began on Big Island, then worked my way up to Maui, Oahu, Molokai, and Kauai, where I am currently writing this. I am extremely fortunate to have spent several weeks on each island, exploring the most beautiful…
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Is Traveling a Form of Modern-Day Colonialism?
Listen to the audio version of this article on my podcast gottacaseofwanderlust! A foreword before reading Neocolonialism is a controversial yet important topic to discuss in conversations about responsible tourism. My intent with this article is not to shame (as I am far from a perfect traveler myself), but to spread awareness based on research…
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How to travel alone: A guide to becoming more comfortable with your own company
Solo traveling is a way to experience a destination most intimately and profoundly, but to solo travel, you need to be equipped with the knowledge of how to be alone.
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The Journey to Solitude
The significance and steps to travel solo Do you want to travel but have no one to go with? Perfect. Because all you need is yourself! Why solo travel? Solo traveling is an adventure that I recommend to everyone. Undoubtedly, it’s a completely different experience than traveling with someone else; your trip becomes a more…