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Travel Briefings

September 19, 2023

Italy is a country that is best driven around – slowly – in the tiniest car you can find! 🚗

Travel Inspiration

September 11, 2023

Haggis, Whisky and the Hogwarts Express: Scotland’s most iconic hiking route is a dream come true! 🥾

Travel Inspiration

September 4, 2023

Little known even to Japanese nationals, Matagi have been struggling to conserve their traditional customs. 🏹

Travel Inspiration

August 25, 2023

From a remote beach oasis and a lesser-known mountain town to surreal botanic gardens. ✨

Travel Inspiration

August 21, 2023

Bulgaria’s popularity as a travel destination has really started to pop off! ⛰️

Travel Inspiration

August 15, 2023

At least 1500 waterfalls are marked on maps of Te Waipounamu! 🌊

Travel Inspiration

August 7, 2023

What I have learned from globetrotting alone, bright-eyed and open-hearted with my wheely backpack and rip-off Birks. 💫

Features

July 28, 2023

20 years of travelling has taught this writer to always dress like an onion! 🧅

Travel Inspiration

July 17, 2023

Dodge the crowds and treat yourself to one of the Mediterranean's best-kept secrets! 💎

Features

July 17, 2023

As someone who identifies as queer with tattoos, I've experienced the unique challenges of finding acceptance. 🏋

Travel Inspiration

July 8, 2023

Travel doesn't have to break the bank! Allow us to guide you on the path of frugal enlightenment. 🐷💰

Travel Inspiration

July 4, 2023

A tongue-in-cheek guide to surviving the climate apocalypse this European summer. 🥵

Travel Inspiration

July 4, 2023

Often when I share accounts of my first solo travels at age 18, I watch as my audience's eyes flash with horror... ✈

Travel Insurance & Safety

June 26, 2023

Do you have all the vaccinations you need to go travelling? 💉

Travel Inspiration

June 21, 2023

While I've spent tens of thousands of dollars on travel, I’ve learned that there's one expense I can’t quite justify. 🧳

Travel Inspiration

June 13, 2023

An interview with Tom Voirol, who spent two weeks looping Costa Rica with a bunch of pals. 🏍️

Travel Inspiration

June 12, 2023

Bali belly is a sickness that comes for many weak-stomached Westerners. 🙊

Features

June 5, 2023

There are plenty of reasons to be eating less meat right now. 🥦

Travel Inspiration

May 30, 2023

Some local-ish knowledge of off-the-beaten spots in Spain's Catalan capital. 💃🏾

Travel Inspiration

May 29, 2023

A bear conservationist living in Japan shares his recommendations for nature activities and farm stays. 🐻

Travel Inspiration

May 23, 2023

Learning about your biases and heuristic tendencies can help you make better travel decisions! 🧠

Travel Insurance & Safety

May 22, 2023

For people with anxiety, a trip overseas can be a stressful, overwhelming and destabilising experience. 😰

Travel Inspiration

May 15, 2023

Slow travel is more than simply checking off a list of sightseeing attractions... 🌍

Travel Insurance & Safety

May 11, 2023

With inflation at dizzying heights, you can't help but wonder, "Do I really need travel insurance?" 🤔

Travel Insurance & Safety

May 10, 2023

Tips to help you safeguard yourself against mosquitos when you’re travelling. 🦟

Features

May 8, 2023

An alternate way of recording your travels and capturing those smaller, purer moments that your phone can't! 🎥

Travel Insurance & Safety

May 8, 2023

How to keep the dreaded jet lag at bay when you change time zones travelling 😴

Travel Insurance & Safety

May 2, 2023

So what actually is travel insurance and what should you be looking for in a policy? 🧐

Travel Insurance & Safety

April 25, 2023

Freely's Snow Sports Boost offers benefits that may lend a hand when you go skiing, snowboarding or snowmobiling 🏂

Travel Inspiration

April 19, 2023

Exciting and impactful feminist endeavours that will enrich your experience of Nepal’s capital. ✨

Travel Inspiration

April 19, 2023

Riding camels in Morocco was a contrast of extremes: a metaphor for the desert itself. 🐪

Features

March 29, 2023

For gender minorities like myself, entering these public bathhouses poses a great dilemma. 🛁

Travel Inspiration

March 22, 2023

If you're hankering for a culturally adventurous travel experience, look no further than Uzbekistan! 💚

Travel Inspiration

March 14, 2023

Long-distance bicycle touring is enjoying a new golden age. 🚴⛺

Travel Insurance & Safety

March 9, 2023

Whether you’re travelling for business or pleasure, it’s a sound idea to build your immune system up before you go! 🍊

Travel Inspiration

March 2, 2023

Wander off the beaten path and put Kazakhstan on your bucket list. ⛰️

Travel Inspiration

March 1, 2023

Being around the intelligence and charm of these quirky horses was a highlight 🐴

Travel Insurance & Safety

February 28, 2023

Top tips for staying safe when you’re overseas and on the sauce. 💃🏾

Travel Insurance & Safety

February 9, 2023

If you’ve got a trip booked and are wondering when you should buy travel insurance 🤔

Travel Insurance & Safety

February 9, 2023

You actually don’t even need to be climbing to experience this incredibly annoying phenomena 😵‍💫

Travel Inspiration

February 1, 2023

Some are going to challenge you and others just delight 🏄🏽‍♀️

Travel Inspiration

January 13, 2023

Landlocked in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China is this wild, magical place ✨

Travel Inspiration

November 22, 2022

Many of us aren’t always as responsible as we would like when we travel

Travel Inspiration

November 3, 2022

PDS, Excess, Boosts, exclusion....What does it all mean exactly?

Travel Inspiration

August 24, 2022

Though snowsports are among some of the greatest activities to do, they do inevitably come with risks.

Travel Inspiration

August 12, 2022

From the sweeping moonscapes of Utah to the coastal temperate rainforest of Alaska.

Travel Inspiration

August 11, 2022

7 Things to Add to Your Mexico Bucket List that you might not have heard of

Travel Inspiration

March 31, 2022

Whether you're a foodie, a keen hiker or a culture buff, Aotearoa/New Zealand is an incredible place to visit!

Travel Inspiration

June 2, 2021

Will we be plunging into aquamarine waters in the shadow of a volcano on a Pacific island? Freelies give their best bets