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September 19, 2023
Italy is a country that is best driven around – slowly – in the tiniest car you can find! 🚗
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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
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