#TRAVEL HACK: HOW TO TAKE A TRAIN LIKE A BOSS – 9 Tips to Ride the Rails Successfully 🚂

To view on your computer, click the title of the article for best display.  What is it about a train? 🤔Is it a scene recalled from an old black-and-white movie that makes it feel romantic? Or could it be the exciting adventures ahead when you think about boarding the train to Hogwarts 🧙‍♂️ on Platform 9-3/4? […]

PODCAST: “A Creative Purpose” – Hacks, Hostels, Portugal and more!

Email subscribers: click on title for best display! Wondering what it’s like to travel full time? 🧐 Curious about staying in hostels, working in a vineyard 🍇 in New Zealand or volunteering in an orphanage in southern Nepal? How about housesitting 🌏 – would you like to know about this – and other opportunities – for […]

#TRAVEL HACK – 8 Simple Things To Do Before Your Next International Trip 🌍

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Hooray! Your flight is booked. You found some amazing free walking tours, bookmarked waaaaay too many fantabulous restaurants to try and started packing. You’re excited and can’t wait to go! But there’s a few more things you ought to do before you head out the door to make sure your international trip is more enjoyable, […]

#TRAVEL HACK: 4 Apps That Are Apps-olutely Awesome!

Updated March 2022. It’s a mystery to me how we ever traveled (or dealt with life!) without smartphones and apps.  I remember using MapQuest printouts to try to navigate around cities and find my hotel, and I guess if I think hard enough I’d recall paper maps, handwritten directions and road atlases. And how did we […]

#TRAVEL HACK: How to Stay Free, Enjoy More Using Workaway & Caretaker Gazette

Updated April 2022  It’s no secret that travel can be expensive, and accommodations are the second most costly item after airfare. Here are 2 of my favorite resources I’ve discovered for keeping down your costs when it comes to where you lay your head each night while increasing your adventure potential and stretching your travel […]

#TRAVEL HACK: 6 Ways to Do Fun Stuff In Australia and New Zealand Without Blowing Your Budget

updated  April 2022 Australia and New Zealand! These far-away countries are on most travelers’ bucket list.  But unlike countries in Southeast Asia or South America, Oz (Australia) and Aotearoa (Maori for “New Zealand”) tend to be quite expensive.  After spending three months traveling extensively throughout Australia, Tasmania, and the North and South Islands of New […]