While you are traveling, especially if you’re staying in a hotel room, eating out in restaurants can get tiring, and expensive! Sometimes you just wish you could cook a meal and stay in for the night, but how do you do that when you stay in a hotel? Well, there are actually a lot of meals you can prep right in your room, using the basic items that are already there! Here are my top five tips for cooking in your room and helping you save money in the process!
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What To Do During A Layover
Lets admit it, airports can be boring and stressful! They aren’t a place where most people would like to waste their free time. Unfortunately, when you’re flying, you may find yourself with hours of extra time in an airport. Whether you have an intentional layover, or your flight is delayed, etc. it can be hard to come up with things to do during a layover. Below are my top ideas for how to burn through that time, and what to do during a layover!
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How To Hide Money While Traveling
While traveling is a blast and you will probably have some of the most memorable moments of your life, it can be riskier than your average day to day life. Of course I don’t mean to imply that you will be mugged or pick pocketed every time you go on a trip, but there are more chances for accidents. Whether you are taking in all the sites and simply forget your wallet or lose a card somewhere, or you are unfortunately robbed, it is always a good idea to have your money hidden to avoid thieves, and back up incase your wallet goes missing.
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Post-Travel Blues
Post-travel blues are something that most people don’t talk about that much, but almost all travelers have experienced. At the end of an amazing, life-changing, full of adventures trip, you are back home, and you may find that you feel a little bit, well, bleh. After a few days, people don’t want to hear about your trip anymore, they’ve moved on from the excitement of you coming home, and life goes on… But what about you? You’ve just had the best time traveling, and but it feels like at home, the only thing that’s changed is you. Lets talk about how to deal with post-travel blues, and hopefully avoid the full brunt of their affects.
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What To Do If You Get Lost In A Foreign Country
While getting a little bit lost when traveling can add adventure to your trip, if you get lost in a foreign country, it can be a little scary, and dangerous, if you aren’t careful. Especially if you don’t speak the language, it’s stressful and you may start to panic. I’ve outlined my top 5 tips for what to do if you get lost.
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5 Reasons You Should Travel In The Low Season
Traveling is one of the best things that you can do with your time and money. Being able to open your mind to what the world has to offer and experience different cultures to their fullest is worth every cent spent on it. BUT, can you spend less and do more? Can you avoid the crowds but still see the main attractions? YES!! How you ask? Travel in the low season! Travel/Tourism/Hospitality is all split into three seasons, peak season, which is their busiest time, shoulder season, which is on either side of peak season where it’s slowed down some, but is not quite their lowest, and then there is low season, or off season as some call it. Low season is the time of year when there is the least amount of tourism and travel. Remember that some places seasons are not the same time of year. For example a beach’s peak season is summer and off season is winter, but a ski resort may be the opposite, where peak season is their winter, and summer is their off season. There are so many benefits to traveling in the low season, I’ve highlighted my top 5 reasons below.
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