Driving a Lap of Australia is one of the most epic adventures you can ever do. I would know – I did it myself! But a journey of this magnitude means doing a lot of research, planning, and preparation beforehand. From how you’ll travel, what your setup will be, and where to go (and when!), there’s… Read More Driving a Lap of Australia: Top Tips for Planning Your Trip
My month road tripping Tasmania was one of the best of my entire Lap of Australia. Tasmania is a dream to explore – especially if you like the outdoors and hiking. Public transportation is very limited or simply non-existent in Tassie, so most people choose to rent a vehicle and road trip. After driving all… Read More 12 Tips for a Road Trip Around Tasmania
Driving a Lap of Australia – solo – is my greatest accomplishment to date. I spent 338 days on the road, and slept in my vehicle for 158 nights. This was my year in Australia: on the road in my Nissan X-Trail, driving and road tripping, living my best life and having incredible adventures. Living… Read More What I Learned About Life Living Out of My Car
This year, I finally got to live out one of my greatest travel dreams: I took a scenic flight over the Great Barrier Reef in Australia! This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the most incredible experience. Here are all the details for how you can do this, too! How to Book Your Scenic Flight I… Read More Ultimate Bucket List: A Scenic Flight Over the Great Barrier Reef
Did you know you can take a ride on the real-life Hogwarts Express? The Jacobite Steam Train in Scotland is one of the best rail journeys in the world. It’s a bucket-list experience for any Harry Potter fan, and an incredible way to explore the Scottish Highlands. Here’s what you need to know about this… Read More What You Need to Know About the Jacobite Steam Train in Scotland
One of the top reasons I was obsessed with visiting Orkney? I wanted to take the shortest commercial flight in the world, which is between two of the small islands – Papa Westray and Westray. This was something I’d dreamed of for years, since I found out it existed. Here’s everything you need to know… Read More The World’s Shortest Commercial Flight: Papa Westray to Westray With Loganair
There are a lot of things I wish I had known before I moved abroad. Life isn’t necessarily a walk in the park, and if you live abroad you will undoubtedly struggle at some point in time. I have definitely struggled. For me, one of my biggest challenges since I moved to the UK in… Read More Getting My UK Driver’s License: My Battle With The Wrong Side Of The Road
One of my favorite experiences on the Isle of Skye was taking the ferry from Elgol to Loch Coruisk. There are so many amazing places in Skye (and in Scotland in general!) to explore, and it’s hard to see them all! But I knew I wanted to go on a boat trip during my trip… Read More A Ferry Trip From Elgol to Loch Coruisk on the Isle Of Skye, Scotland
The Rocky Mountaineer is one of the most superb train journeys in the world. This luxury train was the reason I spent a week in Canada in April, and WOW. What an experience! About the Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer has four different routes to choose from: First Passage to the West (Vancouver to Kamloops… Read More All Aboard the Rocky Mountaineer: Vancouver to Banff!
Use public transportation or rent a car? That’s probably the main question when planning a trip to Malta. Malta is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, the most densely populated in Europe, and has the highest rate of car ownership in Europe as well. The island isn’t big, but traveling distances… Read More Visiting Malta by Public Transportation: Tips and Tricks For Getting Around!
Earlier this year in March, I had the opportunity to visit Brussels for the day on a work trip with Eurostar! For those that don’t know, Eurostar is the train that runs from London to Europe. It connects the UK by train with the rest of the continent. The most popular trips from the UK… Read More To Brussels on the Eurostar
The Highlands in Scotland is one of the most beautiful and iconic parts of the country. As so much of this area is remote, wild, and untouched, one of the best ways to get around is by car. Certain areas (particularly rural ones) are so much better to get around with a car! So when… Read More 12 Tips For Planning Your Scottish Highlands Road Trip
Night trains are one of the most common ways to save a decent amount of money as a budget traveler when traveling. You save a night’s accommodation and instead pay for a train ticket, and you don’t lose precious daylight time getting from Point A to Point B. Taking night trains can certainly be intimidating… Read More The Best Travel Safety Tips For Night Trains
One of the things I personally use travel blogs for the most is to research transportation. Some of my most popular blog posts have been on transportation, specifically night trains—my night train posts get hits every single day! You can also check out my best travel safety tips for night trains. I recently took the… Read More The Tbilisi To Yerevan Night Train
Anyone traveling on a budget in Europe will be familiar with the many European budget airlines and their intrigues. Ryanair, EasyJet, Jet2, FlyBe, WizzAir, etc. have all made their fortunes by offering dirt cheap basic airline fares, and charging for anything and everything else. Successfully traveling on budget airlines is an art—an art that may… Read More 12 Tips For Flying European Budget Airlines
My trip to Lviv was short but sweet—I had just a few days in the country before heading back to Poland, this time to Krakow. I’ve already written about taking the Warsaw-Lviv night train, but wanted to do another post on the Lviv-Krakow night train, in case anyone is traveling that direction and is wondering… Read More The Lviv-Krakow Night Train
One of the things that I use travel blogs for the most is for transportation advice—and especially overnight transportation. I recently took the night train from Warsaw, Poland to Lviv, Ukraine, and wanted to do a full write-up of the journey. You can read all about my best safety tips for night trains here! To… Read More The Warsaw-Lviv Night Train
I’ll never forget booking my first flight to Europe: five years ago, my best friend and I sat down, opened up the Expedia webpage, and bought a round-trip flight from Minneapolis to Dublin for a 3-week trip the summer after my high school graduation. It was just about 3 months in advance. Price tag? $1024.… Read More 10 Tips For Booking Cheap Flights to Europe
On my most recent trip to the Balkans, I spent a lot of time getting from one place to the next. There were surprises, random detours, many “I wish I had known!” moments—and all of it required a lot of patience. While undoubtedly some of this advice will apply to the other southeastern European countries… Read More Planes, Trains (Coach Buses, Minibuses, Ferries), and Automobiles: Transportation in the Western Balkans
All aboard! Nothing quite makes for a better story than taking the night train through Central-Eastern Europe. In order to save time and get a cheap fare, I took the 22:25 train from Budapest, Hungary, to Belgrade, Serbia. While this wasn’t the first time I’d traveled by night train in this part of the world… Read More Taking the Budapest-Belgrade Night Train