Tag: Backpack Travel

  • Five Best Luggage Backpacks for Women Travelers

    Five Best Luggage Backpacks for Women Travelers

    Wearing a backpack as luggage isn’t just a way to travel, it’s a way of life. Hoisting and hauling all your possessions for the duration of a trip connects more deeply to the experience overall. It’s attached to you, literally, unlike pulling a suitcase. As a backpack traveler, your pack may become your cuddly sleeping…

  • Luxurious Lido, the Budget-Friendly Beach of Venice

    Luxurious Lido, the Budget-Friendly Beach of Venice

    Thanks to a last-minute travel buddy and an over-booked hostel, I ended up finding a silky-sand beach near Venice, Italy on a backpacker-friendly budget. You might be under the mistaken impression that Venice is all about pungent canals, overpriced-everything and couples-only romance. I hope this post changes your mind, because Venice is high on my…

  • Backpacker on a Cruise

    Backpacker on a Cruise

    I recently had the incredibly good fortune to take a cruise, pretty much for free! A friend of a friend canceled past the refund window, so just for the gratuity cost ($12/day) and my transit to/from the port in Galveston, Texas (low cost on Spirit Airlines), I had a six-day cruise to Mexico which included…

  • 6 Tips for How to Overpack

    6 Tips for How to Overpack

    Every travel blogger seems to have a “How to Pack like a Pro” post. This is not one of them. While I completed my Eurotrip as a purported “backpacker,” I started with a backpack AND a suitcase (the contents of which were later dispersed through France and Italy once the roadtrip fell through). Trying to…

  • 8 Guys You’ll Meet as a Backpacker and What You Can Learn From Them

    8 Guys You’ll Meet as a Backpacker and What You Can Learn From Them

    There was a time when I’d walk to Winnemucca, hula-hoop through Honduras and kayak to Kenya to find The One. Globe-trotting romances are often fleeting, but they can still enhance your own world. Whether you’re packing a bag right now or just dreaming of international budget travel, here is a sampling of men you’ll meet…