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Do I need Travel Vaccines and which ones should I get? Why do I need a travel vaccines?  Will it hurt?  Does it have side effects? Presumably you are reading this because you want to know whether you need to be vaccinated for your upcoming travels or not? What are the...

How can I earn money abroad? If you are going "right now" you have a lot less choice than if you are planning for the future. There are jobs, and work that anyone can do, and you should be able to find on arrival - and there are careers that you can progress in, and...

Travel Emergency - What do I do? We all learn the number to call for the Police or an Ambulance when we are toddlers. When we first travel overseas it seems strange when we realize that not all countries have the same emergency number. I grew up in the UK and...

What is a Travel Visa and Why do I need one? Travel Visas may be required to visit certain countries depending upon your Citizenship. They became more prolific after World War 1 with the growth in cross border train traffic; but date back hundreds of years to when...

What is a Nomad? Dictionary.com says - noun. a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply....

When you imagine your travels, do you envisage yourself immersed in the local culture, or far removed from it in a 5 star gated resort? Most of us imagine the culture but then book the swankiest hotel our budgets will stretch to. Imagine how interesting it could be if...

Is Travel Insurance a Scam? We see this question asked all the time, all over the internet. There is a genuine belief that travel insurance is some kind of scam, so we have decided to share some numbers. We run a travel club with a few hundred members. Our most valued...

Whilst Air Travel may be fast, comfortable and easy, there are a few reasons why you may want to consider a road trip by Bus for your next trip; Boarding Ease: You don't need to check in an hour or two before your journey when you take the bus, and there may be a stop...

A phobia is simply described as an irrational or obsessive fear. Just as described, a phobia sounds very unreasonable to someone who doesn't have it, but can be a genuine restriction to the phobic. Hodophobia is a type of phobia that has to do with fear and avoidance...

As travel becomes easier it is easy to overlook safety issues. We jump on a plane and go, and most of the time everything is fine. Some places however have a higher share of crime than others. Following on from our recent piece on the safest places in Africa and in no...

The world has gotten much smaller because of air travel, and that is generally a good thing. Its important to consider other modes of transport for a number of reasons including, cost, ecology, and sometime simply just slowing down and making the most of the journey....