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40 Tips to Help You Travel Smarter, Cheaper, Safer, Lighter and, errr… Awesomer!
I’ve been travelling for the past decade and have a tonne of travel knowledge knocking about in my brain. For the past month or so I’ve been sharing a “Daily Travel Tip” on my Facebook page. It’s my way of sharing all the tricks I’ve learnt to travel smart, save money and make my trips as awesome [...]
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Are Budget Airlines Really Cheaper?
On the surface, budget airlines always appear to be the cheapest option. However, fares aren’t always as they seem when it comes to budget airlines. There’s a myriad of hidden charges when flying on budget airlines – whether that’s baggage fees, seat selection fees, credit card fees or flying out of a far flung airport [...]
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How to Make the Most of Your Annual Leave
I wasn’t always lucky enough to have a location independent income. I used to work in an office job for a living as a personal assistant. I lived and worked in London for a few years and had a great job in the heart of Bloomsbury. It’s the modas operandi for most young Kiwis – [...]
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How to Build Your Own Cheap RTW Ticket
I’ve been professing my love for Skyscanner all over my Facebook page these week. Skyscanner conveniently allows you to select “Everywhere” as an option when searching for flights. This makes it super easy to select the cheapest destination from your point of origin or the cheapest origin to your desired destination. This makes it really [...]
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Travel Hacking New Zealand: Transportation on the Cheap
Transport will take a big chunk of your New Zealand budget. For such a small country, the distances between main centres are reasonably large. Diversifying your travel options will most likely be your best option. I’ve already covered how to get cheap flights in New Zealand so now let’s cover travel hacking New Zealand via [...]
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Travel Hacking New Zealand: Finding Cheap Accommodation & Activities
New Zealand isn’t a cheap place to visit. Some might argue that it’s even prohibitvley expensive especially given the cost involved in getting all the way down here. The Kiwi dollar is strong making it painful to buy when you’re coming in from the US or Europe. Tourist activities, accommodation and eating out are a [...]
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Travel Hacking New Zealand: Finding Cheap Flights in New Zealand
Travel Hacking New Zealand Throughout February, as part of our “Spotlight on New Zealand” series, I’ll be sharing my tips for travel hacking in New Zealand. Each Monday this month expect a new installment in the series. First up… Finding Cheap Flights in New Zealand New Zealand has just two domestic airlines services – Air [...]
Meet Bethaney, Lee and toddler, Reuben. We're a semi-nomadic family of flashpackers who spend some of the year at home in NZ and the rest out enjoying the world. Want to know more about who we are and where we travel? Check out our about us page.
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Surprise! We’re heading to…. Sydney, Australia! Using my super travel ninja skills, I found cheap flights from Christchurch to Sydney on Emirates that I just couldn’t resist. Sydney wasn’t exactly on the cards for us this year but nevertheless that’s where we’re headed. We’re leaving New Zealand to housesit for Lee’s parents in Mooloolaba on the [...]
How to Visit Multiple Countries in a Short Amount of Time
Last year, for my 30th birthday, I decided to set myself the goal of seeing 100 countries before I’m 40. I calculated that I needed to visit at almost eight countries a year for the ten years. Well, I’m eight months into this project and I haven’t visited a single new country. Actually, I haven’t [...]
Four Things to Consider When Contemplating Living Abroad
Becoming an expat, working and living abroad, is an exciting concept and one that many people would jump at the chance for. If you’re working for a multinational company with offices across the globe, securing an expat position in a foreign branch is a great option. These big companies know all the ins and outs [...]
How to Save Money in Las Vegas
Las Vegas is designed to relieve you of as much of your precious cash as possible. If you’re smart, however, there are ways to make a trip to Las Vegas affordable. Here’s how to save money in Las Vegas: 1. Avoid public holidays. As you can imagine, Las Vegas get busy at holiday weekends. Room rates [...]
The Birth of a Nomad
It felt like just a few months ago that we were tripping around South East Asia with a tiny not-quite-two-year old boy. Enjoying spicy food, riding third-class trains through rice paddy fields and going through the trials of parenthood on the road. That was a year ago. Some of you may have wondered why we’ve been [...]
A Little Slice of Paradise Called Bali
There’s a little slice of paradise in the South East Asia. A tropical haven where peace, beauty, culture and nature abound. A little slice of paradise called Bali. Why is Bali so popular? Part of the reason Bali is so popular, particularly with holidaying Aussies, is it’s proximity to Australia. You can find a range [...]
40 Tips to Help You Travel Smarter, Cheaper, Safer, Lighter and, errr… Awesomer!
I’ve been travelling for the past decade and have a tonne of travel knowledge knocking about in my brain. For the past month or so I’ve been sharing a “Daily Travel Tip” on my Facebook page. It’s my way of sharing all the tricks I’ve learnt to travel smart, save money and make my trips as awesome [...]
Are Budget Airlines Really Cheaper?
On the surface, budget airlines always appear to be the cheapest option. However, fares aren’t always as they seem when it comes to budget airlines. There’s a myriad of hidden charges when flying on budget airlines – whether that’s baggage fees, seat selection fees, credit card fees or flying out of a far flung airport [...]
How to Make the Most of Your Annual Leave
I wasn’t always lucky enough to have a location independent income. I used to work in an office job for a living as a personal assistant. I lived and worked in London for a few years and had a great job in the heart of Bloomsbury. It’s the modas operandi for most young Kiwis – [...]
Exploring New Zealand’s Great Outdoors with Children
New Zealand is famous for it’s great outdoors. Dense rainforest, majestic plains, towering peaks… it’s what draws 2.5 million tourists to this little country every year. How much of New Zealand’s outdoors is accessible with smaller children? Surprisingly, quite a lot. Here are a few suggestions of how to get back to nature in New [...]
