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Traveling internationally soon? You'll want to decide how you're going to use your phone abroad so you don't get hit with crazy roaming charges!
In this video, I explain the three ways you can use your phone abroad so you can communicate with people over text/calling, connect to the internet, and #let'sbereal post that pic on Instagram that will make all your friends back home envious. ;)
It's important to know the difference between a travel adapter and converter before you leave so you are capable of using your electronics while traveling...and so you don't blow out your hair dryer!
These tips are for our beginner travelers, or those traveling for the first time to a foreign country that uses different electricity.
Finding a job that allows you to travel often can be tough, though it is doable, and you can start taking steps now if your goal is to land a travel job.
Especially when you realize that your average corporate setting allows maybe 10 paid vacation days per year and that you're working 50 out of 52 weeks...then you definitely need to get creative with traveling when you have a full-time job!
This post is for those who are looking to create a work + travel lifestyle by working for a company/organization and want to be traveling for at least six months or so.
I get quite a few emails asking questions about traveling, work + travel, and blogging (please feel free to email me anytime!) and sometimes the questions can be similar.
So what did I do? Compile a few helpful Q & As into blog posts to share them with you! These Q & A type posts will have an #AskAlly in the title.
This first #AskAlly post is asking about packing for year-long travel. Long-term travel of any kind can be tricky as it is tempting to bring your entire closet and bathroom with you, but that's not reasonable!
Read on for my two easy suggestions to make packing for long-term travel easier.
Hey Ally,
That's awesome, I just quit my corporate job as well to pursue my dream of traveling to Australia. I was wondering if you have any tips for me on what to pack and how much, I will be backpacking for about one year, and have repacked about 3 times already and still have way to much stuff.
I've tried it all: international SIM cards, "WiFi only" on airplane mode, and international call/text packages, so when T-Mobile came out with their new international features I had to try it out.
Anyone who has traveled internationally knows that you have to get creative with your smartphone abroad in order to avoid sky high roaming and calling charges, and T-Mobile's plan doesn't charge for "roaming" off of WiFi.
I needed to upgrade to an iPhone 6S anyways, and switched from AT&T to see for myself what the fuss was all about.
I tried a few new "travel hacks" during my recent work + travel trip, including trying Airbnb for the first time!
This is going to be a three-part series with three different travel hacks I recently tried out, starting with a review of Airbnb, then T-Mobile's international data plan, and finally packing cubes.
Make sure to check back for the other reviews and see if I thought they lived up to the hype!
Each post will be packed with information and tips so you can see if these trendy travel hacks are right for you.
Let's get started with this review of Airbnb!
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