Archive for January, 2018

  • Two people sat having a drink together

    Safer Travel Tips

    Always do your research before you go. Find out about the different cultures and laws where you plan to visit. Even America, Australia and other English-speaking countries have different ways from the UK.

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    Travel Packing List

    When packing, we suggest being organised and thinking carefully about what you are taking with you. This will help to make your life much easier.

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  • Two people posing during skydiving

    Adventure Sports Safety

    Typically Gap years are a time for adventure, and more often than not, Gap Year travellers decide to indulge in some adventure sports to help compliment that ‘once in a lifetime’ trip.

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  • Person hiking in South America

    Debunking the Myths – Travelling Alone

    Myth: You should never travel alone. Truth: Although your family meant this well, this false phrase really shouldn’t hold you back from exploring the world alone.

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    Debunking the Myths – Travel Before Kids

    Myth: You have to travel now before you’re tied down with kids. Truth: Of course there will be endless opportunities to travel, just look at your grandparents running off to Spain every other weekend!

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  • Morocco airport

    Travelling Morocco

    I travelled to Morocco with a friend from college, Rachel, for two weeks. We arranged it through a company and it was made up of around 14 people of all ages, from the UK and Australia.

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  • Vietnam boats cooking

    Streetwise in Vietnam

    At the age of 32 I kinda thought I was really streetwise and at ‘one’ with surroundings! I have lived in various cities around the world and have learnt how to conduct myself as a adult – or so I thought!

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    Accident in Vietnam

    The Financial Services Ombudsman has found Boots’ travel insurance, provider, AIG/Chartis, guilty of unreasonably using small print to avoid a claim and ordered them to pay in full.

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    I was kidnapped

    More than three years have passed since this unfortunate event. Luckily, nothing tragic then happened to me. I was neither raped nor stabbed, sequestrated nor assaulted; I was only threatened.

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  • Terrifying Ordeal

    The trip to Nepal was something we’d been planning for nearly a year. Myself and three friends had booked a ten day trek around the Annapurnas in the Himalayas, followed by five weeks in India.

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