One of my favourite buzz words from the recent global financial crisis is ‘staycation’ – the act of holidaying or travelling in the country you live rather than taking off abroad. The premise is that it can save you money and also help drive money back into your home country’s economy, thereby resulting in the […]
Location Independence: Finally Discovering Exactly What I Want
May 11, 2011 by 8 Comments
Travelling through India over the last couple of weeks has given me a lot of time to think about my future travel goals, and as some as you know I’ve spoken before about my aim to start travelling long-term from mid-2012. Recently this goal has been sitting a little uncomfortably inside me – I haven’t exactly […]
Guest Post – Follow Your Dreams, Not People’s Reservations
May 5, 2011 by 5 Comments
I recently decided to start including an ‘Inspirational Traveller Of The Month’ guest blog on Woman Seeks World, so I’m pleased to bring to you the first ever article in this series. This maiden-guest post comes from the lovely Toni from Reclaiming My Future, a 20-something wanderluster suffering from a quarter-life crisis, determined to ditch a normal […]
Would You Try A Competitive Sporting Holiday?
April 12, 2011 by 4 Comments
Last weekend I travelled to Brighton on the south coast of the UK where I completed my first ever marathon in just over five hours. The sun was shining, the crowds were cheering and apart from my legs all but self-combusting at the finish line, I had a completely fun and unique travel experience – […]
The Serendipity Of Travel
April 4, 2011 by 19 Comments
I’ve always loved the word ‘serendipity’. Not only for the way it’s consonants seem to pop from your lips but also how this pronunciation seems to somehow represent its very meaning – to discover something beautiful when you were looking for something completely unrelated, and often ordinary. It wasn’t until a couple of weeks ago […]
Travelling Efficiently
March 31, 2011 by 8 Comments
Sometimes when we travel we don’t have as much time in certain places as we’d like, and if you’re a weekend tripper like I have been recently this is especially true, as you’ve no doubt tried to pack in as much sightseeing and leisure time into every second of your trip – even if sometimes that means […]
Are You Ready To Move Abroad?
March 21, 2011 by 21 Comments
Deciding to move to another country is a huge decision and certainly not one to be made on a whim…or is it? Should we agonise over how we’ll cope away from home, or just go for it and deal with any issues later? I still remember the day I decided to move to the UK. […]
My Ultimate Travel Playlist
March 7, 2011 by 4 Comments
Anyone who’s ever done a road trip with friends, or sang along to ‘Holiday Road’ in National Lampoons Vacation knows that music and travel go together like ‘desert’ and ‘island’. From deep fist pull-downs to Bon Jovi while cruising Route 66 to chilling at Cafe Del Mar in Ibiza, everyone has one great travel memory […]
Why You Shouldn’t Be Scared Of Solo Travel
February 28, 2011 by 31 Comments
I’m not going to lie – being on your own in a foreign country with little more than the belongings on your back can be terrifying. You don’t speak the language, your friends and family are hundreds of miles away and you have no clue how to get to your hostel…it’s fair to say that one […]
