Money is sometimes over looked as a way of making your trip go longer. You’ve most probably worked your ass off in a bar to earn it for your trip of a life time so why chuck it down the drain from the word go. Shopping around for the best exchange rate can be a

Gapyeardotcom are currently holding a competition were they are giving away the opportunity for backpackers to jet off to Australia for free! Barmy! The Competition is called I’m A backpacker get me in here The six victorious entrants will be flown from the UK courtesy of Qantas. Once in Australia, they’ll spend their first night

I read about this on a finance hacking blog and its been working really well for me whilst I save up for a trip. This is for people who have an urge to always use there debit card to pay for things without thinking about it. get 31 envelopes and mark them 1 to 31

I stumbled across a great website on the web called the burning house poject. Its a fantastic idea! the concept is your house is on fire and you can only grab whats most important to you and let the rest all burn away. For travellers its a little different as we don’t have a house

Best destinations of 2011, top travel predictions for 2012…. Allot of travel blogs have covered this already so no need to repeat it all over again for your entertainment you already grabbed the picture. Travel Dave for 2012? The year of the olympics and and a date that many Londoners have known about for some

Until “Beam me up scotty” becomes a reality, transit is apart of life. This wonderful moment when a journey of a thousand miles start with one footstep. Your pumped for an adventure but you have to put the journey into consideration. First its the one element that bounds us from the destination itself. It could

I’m blown away by the New Kindle. Travelling is fun again, now I look forward to the train rides and long haul flights as I can dig into a book and get lost in time. Never before have I been able to keep my whole library including my Lonely planet guide books in my back

Goal one. To Visit every country in the world. I Remember my bedroom from 7 years ago. I had this distinct European map on my wall which my Dad got me. It was massive and super awesome as you could write on it like a white board. That was great because I could draw lines

Books can be the biggest problem How do they do it? You turn up at the airport and some sly dog turns up with a bag that looks more like the one you would pack for school let alone a trip! They arrive with no check in baggage just a simple small size bag and

The Most frequent question I get asked by everyone is how do you find cheap flights? I have no problem with people asking me as I have a host of answers but I’ve decided to write up a blog as a guidance to my skills and techniques to finding a cheap flight to help people