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Travel Planning and Tips
These blogs are useful when you are planning your trip and when you are "on the road". From working out where to go, packing and budgeting to looking at accommodation, options, transport and independent vs. group travel.
Packing for the Independent Traveller
What do you really need to take with you? The answer is simple- way less than you think! But clearly what you pack, depends VERY much on...
Annie Mason
Jan 17 min read
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Becoming a full-time grey nomad.
Some thought on living on the road after 3 years travelling. For most of us travel is something you fit in between life. If it’s...
Annie Mason
Feb 22, 202412 min read
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Cruising for Beginners: Choosing the right cruise.
Cruising has changed dramatically since COVID. Companies are trying to recover lost profits after 2 dismal years by trying to cash in on...
Annie Mason
Feb 15, 202414 min read
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10 steps to plan the perfect trip.
Travel Planning is everything you do from the minute you first start thinking about a trip, right up until you walk out the door. It is...
Annie Mason
Aug 15, 202319 min read
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Respectful Travelling
I wanted this post to be more than a simple list of cultural tips and travel etiquette. I wanted to find an umbrella to allow me to...
Annie Mason
Jul 2, 202315 min read
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Cruising:Baby Boomers taking to the seas.
On the list of the fastest growing sectors in the tourist industry, cruising is up there at the top. With over 300 ships at sea every...
Annie Mason
Jun 17, 202312 min read
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House Sitting Tips
A new way to see the world on a budget! We first heard about the idea of house sitting from friends who had sold their house, and set off...
Annie Mason
Jun 16, 20236 min read
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Independent Travelling.
Independent Travelling: The best way to see the world. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do...
Annie Mason
Feb 10, 20239 min read
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Travellers Technology
How do you choose what to take? Do you remember the days of hard copy guidebooks, dog eared travel journals, going door to door late at...
Annie Mason
Jan 13, 20239 min read
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Eating well on the road.
There is no doubt that one of the biggest challenges for us when travelling, is managing our diet. It must be very hard for travellers...
Annie Mason
Jan 12, 20236 min read
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words of wisdom from one traveller to another
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