Travelettes

A Plea to Postpone and Not Cancel Your Travels During COVID-19

April 9, 2020

Inspiration, Personal Stories, Travel Tips

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If like me you have (or had) travel plans for this year, then you'll no doubt be pretty devastated at the travel restrictions and lock-downs around the world. The pandemic has literally altered life as we know it. But instead of rushing to cancel your flights, tours and accommodation, have a little think about the wider implications of your actions. [...]

The obsession with travelling

November 21, 2019

Eleni

Personal Stories, Wanderlust

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We all love travelling. The fact that you're on this travel platform and clicked to read this specific post already says something. As the travel market grows and tourism booms, everybody has the travel bug. Being a digital nomad in Bali, getting your Eat, Play, Love on in Italy or roadtrippin' across Europe were once the dream. Today, they are all achievabl[...]

When being a total tourist is encouraged

November 15, 2019

Eleni

Inspiration, Personal Stories

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You’re probably thinking ‘what is Eleni on about?’ So many guides tell us to find the local spots and offer insider knowledge as that’s where the real magic is. I’m not arguing the opposite, in fact, I agree and I look for these guides just as much as the next person. Actually, I’m one of the people writing these guides so believe me when I say that this is [...]

What it’s like living in a tourism-dependent country

August 2, 2019

Eleni

Cyprus, Personal Stories

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Up until my mid-teens, I never really realized that I was living in a holiday destination as spending my summers by the beach and sharing holidays with tourists was all I knew. Thinking back, it probably hit me when I left Cyprus to go to university abroad and I found myself talking about my island’s warm weather, blue waters and popularity amongst traveller[...]

Travel with Nashipae: Meet the inspiring woman who quit her job and moved to Kenya

July 2, 2018

Caroline

Inspiration, Kenya, People, Work & Travel

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Sometimes you come across stories of people completely outside of your online and offlice bubble and it just hits you. Something they say, something they stand for just moves you in a way you're not moved that often. When Sinja's story - which you will read below - popped up on our Facebook feeds, we knew we had to introduce her to you guys. She quit her job[...]

Are we heading back on the beaten track?

January 22, 2018

Kathi

Inspiration

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What is the hottest travel destination this year? I mean, where do you have to go, if you want to up your Instagram game, impress your friends back home and hopefully also that cute traveler in the hostel bar across from you? After all, you don't want to be that person, who has to say, 'I've not been there yet', when everybody else seems only interested in t[...]

Fulfill your dreams with TravelStarter

June 5, 2015

Kathi

Inspiration

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'Dream big & do what you love' - that is possibly my favourite mantra to live by. Unless you dream big and push the limits of your own possibilities, you might never know your own full potential - and really, that would be a complete waste. But as so often with big dreams that will change your life, they need money to be fulfilled. The food truck in whic[...]

The Footprints We Leave Behind: Exploring the Impact of Tourism

February 22, 2015

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A Few Days in Yellowstone National Park

October 26, 2010

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Places, Yellowstone National Park

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Yellowstone has got to be the most famous National Park in the United States. It’s a top destination on a lot of travelers’ USA itinerary and somewhere I, as an American, felt repeatedly embarrassed for never having visited. Ever since I was a little girl and first heard about geysers and grizzly bears, I wanted to go to Yellowstone, but the trek from New J[...]

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