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How instantly travel plans can take a change: New Mission, Australia and Thailand

I’m truely lucky. Not even sure if Luck is the word to use but I have no way of describing it. Maybe its not luck at all, maybe its just having the ability to promote my self or to go for an opportunity or looking at situations differently. All I know is i entered a

How to Divert Disaster – Managing Cancelled Flights

Its around this time of the year when Europe gets hit my a massive snow fall and all hell breaks loose because they cant cope with a little snow. Countries such as Finland however which is three times the size of England and has a quarter of the population of London can some how magically

More Bang for your Buck! How to get the best deal on Exchanging your travel money.

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

Help Travel Dave get to Australia: I’m A Backpacker Get me in Here!

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

Saving up money for your travelling trip of a life time

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

What would you grab if your hostel dorm was on fire?

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

Goodbye 2011, Welcome 2012.

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

Transit

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

Amazon Kindle: the perfect gift for any Traveller

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

My Current Goal in Life

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