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The Lost Girls: A Review

The Lost Girls: A Review

Posted on 11. May, 2010 by .

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Having a blog is kind of like falling in love. You wake up one morning and suddenly you can’t remember what your life was like before you spent every waking moment thinking up travel articles. What did I used to DO with all that free time (I mean, besides laundry, which I’ve been neglecting to [...]

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Lessons from a Croatian Party Boat

Lessons from a Croatian Party Boat

Posted on 13. Apr, 2010 by .

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During the long dark English winter, one of my crazy Australian roommates, Ryan, came up with the idea that we should take a cruise in Croatia. I’d never been on a cruise before and didn’t quite fancy the idea. I envisioned huge impersonal boats full of clueless tourists. The Sail Croatia’s website won me over  [...]

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Bloggers Helping Bloggers: Travel Blog Success

Bloggers Helping Bloggers: Travel Blog Success

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by .

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I don’t usually write about the nuts and bolts of travel blogging, mainly because I haven’t been doing this terribly long and I don’t really feel qualified to give out a lot of advice. That said, I’ve been getting a fair amount of queries lately on how I built Twenty-Something Travel into what it is [...]

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Planning to go Backpacking: Where to Start?

Planning to go Backpacking: Where to Start?

Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by .

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If you are reading this, than chances are you are either related to me (hi mom!) or you want to incorporate more travel into your life.  That can be a really daunting thing, especially if you haven’t done a lot of travel before. Whether you are planning a short trip, long trip, RTW or a [...]

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Giving Back to the World: Frommer’s 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference

Giving Back to the World: Frommer’s 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference

Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by .

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If you are reading this then you are probably in the lucky position of being one of the wealthier people in the world. Even if you feel like you are scraping by, we travelers lead an extremely privileged life compared to many of the people in nations we visit. This is why many travelers choose [...]

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Megabus and the Art of the Deal

Posted on 11. Oct, 2009 by .

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In the age of budget travel it is difficult to tell if that deal you’re being offered is REALLY a deal. Sure Ryan Air will fly you from London to Rome for 5 quid… …Plus £ 40 in taxes… … Plus the £ 5 mandatory online booking fee …Plus £ 30 to check your bag. [...]

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Emily Gerson on Traveling with Contiki

Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by .

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This summer, my sister and I went to Europe; one week traversing Italy, and another week in the Greek islands.  Planning Italy was doable, but organizing the Greek leg was torture. The ferry schedules were always changing and difficult to decipher. We also kept hearing that they are never on time. Great. We learned that [...]

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