Traveling around New Zealand, you’ll find a wide range of hostels in this small country: decrepit, run-down chains; modern conglomerates; quirky, little family-owned places; hip, modern flashpacker hostels, and everything in between. And, during...

My first experience with hitchhiking was in Belize. Back in 2005, I hitchhiked the entire country, as it was the most common way locals got around. If they were doing it, why not me? It was a lot of fun and much easier and safer than I thought...

Getting access to Wi-Fi, let alone unlimited access, is becoming more important to travellers than the type of accommodation they choose. In fact, studies show that Wi-Fi has a significant impact upon where people now choose to stay on their travels. In ...

As you can tell from following our journey around Australia we don’t always stay in our five by three-metre camper trailer. I’d go insane living ONLY in that for 18 months. I like the stability of it and always having a place for my things, but sometimes...

We weren’t sure what to expect from our family getaway to Jackson Mississippi. We didn’t know too much about it, except that it was the birthplace of blues and had a checkered history with the Civil Rights Movement. When we organized to visit...