Looking to save money and spin a trip out that bit further? Try traveling out of season. The cheapest flights are often out of season ones – Caribbean Trinidad can drop down as far as £150 return in Autumn, from the thick end of a grand in August. This can be especially useful if you don’t have school holidays dictating your dates for you. Tropical countries fare best for out-of-season travel, as their weat ...

[caption id="attachment_4791" align="aligncenter" width="304" caption="Image courtesy of Reza Vaziri"][/caption] Simply wandering around the world with just a bag on your back is top – or damn near the top – of many travel-fanatics’ wish lists. What could be better than feasting all of your senses on every weird and wonderful corner of this globe for weeks on end? Not much, if you ask me, but what many don’ ...

Backpacking holidays can be a very enjoyable and rewarding experience. Without the need to stay in a fixed location, your travels allow you to explore and discover areas that you may have never journeyed to before. Whilst you may stay in hotels now and then you can change your scene whenever you want by simply moving onto the next location. And, the exhilaration of not quite knowing where your journey will ...

Are people from warmer countries happier than those in cold countries? If you take a look at this interesting diagram below, you'll notice that more sun doesn't necessarily mean more happiness or a longer life expectancy. In fact, you may notice how people who live in some of the coldest countries in the world are both happy and live long. Go Canada go! :) Infographic brought to you by flythomascook.com ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="303"] Image courtesy of Ben Beiske[/caption] After a few harshly-learnt lessons myself, I know the sheer importance of travel insurance. After being stranded in Paris over Christmas when the Eurostar broke down (worse than it sounds!), and getting stuck in the Algarve with no money when my purse was stolen; the few dollars I now shell out for insuring my travels is t ...

Busy schedules are no secret to most people these days. Whether you're running from one place to another, stressed out at work or simply exhausted, it's easy to lose track. But for each one of us, there are those little moments throughout the day that put a smile on our faces. We may not think much of them, but it's enough to make us secretly happy. Below are some moments that make me happy without even rea ...

Traveling is filled with inspiring moments and meeting interesting characters. But what you don’t realize is that there are special moments that truly touch you without your complete awareness. Only because after traveling for a period of time you quickly get immune to it. So think hard and was there ever an inspiring moment where you felt completely moved? Luckily enough, I had a few of those moments durin ...

Camping is a clean, wholesome, and natural way to have lots of fun, but it’s not without its dangers. If you are going camping in the wilderness (we’re talking hard-core camping in tents, not in log cabins here), you need to be armed with basic information on how to keep yourself healthy and safe. Here is what you need to know: 1. Be Prepared Before you even hoist that backpack up on your shoulder, make sur ...

[caption id="attachment_4500" align="alignleft" width="256" caption="Photo Credit: extramoneyfree.com"][/caption]Before booking a trip or even a flight do you ever consider booking it with points? I am referring to those points of royalty and rewards you receive from those many credit/debt cards. For us Canadians we tend to love our reward programs since more than 75% of us today have at least one reward ca ...

Sundays are usually my cleaning day and as it turned out my cleaning day was a successful one. I happened to come across my old Europe travel journal yesterday. My travel journey wasn’t necessary a daily journal it was more like a tracker of events that occurred during my time abroad. I wanted to remember all the places I found amazing, days that happened to expire me, and cultural events that I attended to ...