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I'll always have a soft spot for Europe and it's one of my favorite regions to talk about.
Since some of the most frequently asked questions in my inbox are about travel tips for Europe (after how to work abroad/earn income while traveling, of course) I made a short YouTube video on just that - Europe travel tips!
We're nearing the end of 2016 and another year of travels in the books! Can you believe it?!
For a majority of 2016, I was working full-time, yet I still managed to get to five countries! One question I was often asked this year was how I traveled while working a full-time 8-5 job that only offered 10 days of paid vacation.
I thought I'd write out the top four things I did that allowed me to work + travel so much this year in hopes that there will be some takeaways for any of you wanting to travel around a restricted schedule.
It’s a classic story: you travel or study abroad in college, have a massive desire to continue traveling afterward, and vow to make a big trip happen once graduation rolls around.
However, expectations from parents, peers, and professors may suggest otherwise, like settling down to a “normal” routine and climbing the ladder in the corporate world instead of traveling out in the world.
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!
One of the greatest things about traveling is seeing how other people around the world live. We all are humans and have the same human needs, we just tend to go about satisfying those needs differently.
Going out to eat, what people wear, how people interact, and other cultural differences are so fascinating to see and experience when you travel.
Here are a few (kind of random) observations of differences I've come across as an American traveling in Europe over the past several years:
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