Five Easy Ways to Save Money on Accommodation

The cost of accommodation can be an expensive part of your travels, especially if like to stay in hotels. But of all the travel categories, the cost of accommodation is the one that is the easiest to...

Finding Your Perfect Women's Hiking Trip

We rounded up the best women's hiking trips to make your next ladies adventure a planning breeze. Hiking in Europe is a safe experience. This includes hiking alone, on a self-guided trip, with a...

Nana & White

Nana is a young Vietnamese woman who converted a large garage on Phu Quoc (a Vietnamese island off the coast of Cambodia in the Gulf of Thailand) into a hostel herself. She called her hostel...

Hostels are not just for younger travelers

My international travels did not begin until I was 47. I was on a super tight budget, so I learned about hostels. Everything I read talked all about the party life for young people. Was I crazy to...

Blag your way into fancy hotels!

Pay for cheap accommodation in a hostel and then pay for a day pass to use the facilities of a luxury hotel. It works out way cheaper to do this than stay in mid-range hotels with pools, and...