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7 Tips on How to Finance World Travel – It’s Easier than you think!

F inancing a dream trip can seem like a daunting and unachievable goal. For most, it’s a daydream that never comes to fruition. “I could never come up with that kind of money” is an excuse often used. Why not? People just like you do it all the time. For many of those wandering vagabonds, how to finance world travel is simply a matter of changing their outlook on expenses and redefining what it means to be “rich.” They have placed monetary worth in experience over materialistic items. In return, they are rewarded with unforgettable memories and an overall greater outlook on life. Once you get in that mindset you will clearly see that world travel is cheaper than you think. Change your outlook. Become rich with experience. Obviously, everyone’s financial situation is different. The one common thing is that there is potential to save for all if you really want to. You just have to be committed to the idea of travel and what it can bring you. Once that is in place you can start ma...

Couchsurfing 101

His hair was tangled and wild, his eyes piercing. “Get in”, he gestured to a bright pink Land Rover. I threw my pack in the back and climbed in, my friends followed suit. Ghassab, our Couchsurfing host, got in next to me. He turned to look at me with cool eyes, he seemed to be assessing me. “Why are you here?”  he asked. “I want to meet your goats.”   It was the right answer, he smiled at me, gunned the engine and we jolted along the potholed road. We passed through the small town clinging to the outside of Petra’s National Park and headed into the desert. Ghassab’s very pink Land Rover We crossed a dry river bed, bumped past towering rock formations and followed an ever fainter track into the horizon. We must have been driving for nearly an hour before Ghassab suddenly made a sharp right and left the trail altogether. We stopped in front of a huge pinnacle of rock, I could see a small tent nearby and something glinting, perhaps a pan...
Are you actually not wanting forward to that Thanksgiving journey upcoming month? Properly, for these spontaneous vacationers, South African Airways has extended their fall sale, providing roundtrip flights for beneath $one,000 for journeys from NYC or Washington in November. Hmm, afternoon football and turkey coma vs. safaris and seashore entertaining.