All Entries in the "Travel Tips" Category
Q&A – Cell Phones and ESL
I get many emails from travelers all over the world asking me questions about my travels. Here are some of the recent ones that are great to share with everyone! If you have a question, don’t hesitate to ask!
Q: from Dave – Brooklyn
I came across your blog and was very impressed by your decision [...]
Creating an Effective Travel Blog + Contest!
I recently realized that I have been without a ‘typical’ job now for longer than I’ve ever held a job at a particular company – 3 ½ years. My typical length at an employer was about 3 years before I would move on and up.
I’ve been traveling and blogging now for 3 ½ years; [...]
Millican Travel Gear Give-Away!
As most of you know, I have another website that is my pride and joy…Briefcase to Backpack. It <hopefully> provides inspiration and travel advice to those corporate dwellers that want to desperately escape the cubicle and see the world. My partner, Michaela Potter, and I have been working really hard on getting the site up [...]
My Three (Girlie) Travel Secrets
One of my best friends (who I love dearly…Angie…ahem) always sends me (and other victims) these crazy ‘chain’ emails. She always begins the email by apologizing for sending it…which I find a little weird. You know the kind, the chain emails where you need to fill something out about yourself and send it [...]
Annapurna Itinerary
Tiger Balm Tales – vol. 3
Start from the beginning! Tiger Balm Tales – vol. 1, vol. 2
We saw the first glimpse of them from the plane window – the rigid, snowy Himalayan peaks. They were practically at eye level with our cruising altitude; you could reach out and touch them as if they were the [...]
The Beginnings of a Nepal Trekking Plan
Tiger Balm Tales – Vol. 1
Why? Such a simple question, yet it resonated in my head many, many times on my most recent trip to Nepal.
Why was I going back to Nepal?
Why did I ask my dad to come with me?
Why did he decide to actually come with me?
At this point in my 26 day [...]
The Plan
I’m on the move again. After one year of staying in one country and one city (yet many different apartments!); I’ve got itchy travel feet again. I’ve packed up my meager possessions in two suitcases, gave back my motorbike key, said my goodbyes, bought a one way ticket, and the wheels left the ground last [...]
In Search of…A Plan
After arriving a day late to Ulanbatar, I had a lot of ground to make up. I arrived with no plans except for a guest room booked for one night. My plan was to make no plans and to figure it out when I arrived. In addition, I had another goal, I really wanted to [...]
Always Pack Your Toothbrush In Your Carry-on
Many people hate airline travel. They hate overpriced airline tickets, they hate the cramped space, the crying babies, the lost luggage, and the swine flu or myriad of other viruses you tend to catch on the plane. However airline travel is usually necessary to accomplish a vacation, so no matter how much you hate it, [...]
Saigon City Guide
Last month I produced a Saigon City guide podcast for one of my favorite travel websites, The Indie Travel Podcast. I love writing, and I wasn’t really sure how I would like researching and doing a podcast, but it proved ot be a lot of fun! So – here’s everything you want to know about [...]
Leaving on a Jet Plane…Tonight!
Just a quick update – I’m on the move once again; I’m taking a vacation….yeah! Ever since I made the decision a year ago to come back to Asia and live in the area, I knew that one of the things I wanted to accomplish was to round out my Asia travel experience. There’s one [...]
Reasons to Take a Career Break and Travel
I recently contributed an article to BootsnAll Travel highlighting the “Top 10 Reasons to Take a Career Break…and Travel”. I wrote this with the help of my business partner, Michaela Potter, in order to promote our recently launced website -
Briefcase to Backpack: America’s Career Break Headquarters
If you haven’t been to the site, then please go [...]
How to Live Out of a Suitcase
Check out my latest article on The Indie Travel Podcast about how to live out of a suitcase/backpack while doing long term travel.
You may wonder how on earth you can live out of a suitcase or backpack. I can’t say it’s easy, but with a few of these tips, you’ll at least make sure your [...]
Travel Q&A with Ottsworld
I’ve been blogging now for close to 3 years and I get questions from strangers weekly. The questions range from
“Are you rich?”
“How can I do what you are doing”
“How did you come up with the name for your cat?”
“What did you pack?”
“At what point did you know you were going to take a career break?”
“Where [...]
Suitcase Diet: What you DON’T need to pack!
I love traveling, but I hate packing. It’s really one of the most stressful things about traveling for me. Sure, this should be easy, but when you’re packing for a long trip and you will be lugging your pack around for months, efficient, smart packing all of a sudden becomes priority #1!
Of course I hate packing [...]
Shop till you Drop
I’ve been busy working in retail this weekend…actually, I’ve been building a store! No, it’s not a brick and mortar store, it’s an online travel store for Ottsworld readers. Of course this little project that should have been rather simple ended up taking me about 4 hours, but it’s done now; mission accomplished!
Check out my [...]
Recession Proof Travel – Eliminating the Middle Man
Check out my latest post on the Indie Travel Podcast about how to save money while traveling.
Booking tours online can be a great way to organize your trip ahead of time. But it’s also a pretty sure-fire way to waste money – a fair proportion of the cost goes to the middle man. Learn how [...]
