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Letting Go of Fear
Are you anxious about traveling long-term? Read on to discover ways to calm your fears and finally take the next step to make your travel dreams a reality.
59 Questions to Ask Yourself
Are you constantly questioning your life decisions and wondering if there is more out there? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you’d be a perfect fit to join our community.
5 Reasons to Add Overland Travel to Your Trip
Overland travel is the epitome of independent travel – only you make the rules! Rachel Denning writes from the road about the advantages of this distinctive form of exploration.
Dream Big and Travel Far
Melissa Bannigan did what few single mothers have the courage to do: she quit her job so that she could educate her own child and travel the world. She’s created a business out of her passion and now works to inspire and empower other women to follow their dreams and live passion driven lives. And now, she’s inviting girls to join her on life changing adventures in Peru!
Seven Unique Ideas For Summer Road Trips
Summer is road trip season! Pack your bags, grab your kids, tie Grandma on the roof, and buckle up as Jenn Miller offers some “twisted” road trip fun that even the most jaded traveler (even a fourteen year old one) is sure to enjoy.
The Long-Term Traveler’s Guide to Love on the Road
Travel is not just about the places you see and the things you experience, but also the people you encounter along the way, and of these characters, none loom larger in memory as the lovers. For those new to long-term travel, and even for those who are no strangers to romance on the road, here is some advice to make the most of these peripatetic love affairs.
Travel Burnout as a Couple
Traveling with a partner is great, but what happens when one of you is burned out and the other isn’t? Writer Aimee Cebulski looks at the issue of travel fatigue mis-match and how to deal with it.
How to Make Friends in a Foreign City
Spain is a terrific country to visit, but what happens when carefree traveler days turn into antsy expat months, and you realize that “making friends” isn’t as oh-so-breezy as your teenage self believed? Manal A. Khan recounts her hunt for congenial companions in the adopted home of Madrid.
The Perfect Day
When you travel long-term, not all days are filled with sightseeing and museums. Sometimes you find yourself in the perfect little fishing village, and your days are simple.
The Importance of Optimism
Jenn Miller points out that an optimistic attitude is not something you can order at REI along with your titanium spork and have delivered in a lightweight packing cube to fit nicely alongside your water filter and guidebook. A very few people come by it naturally but, for most of us, it’s an exercise in character development and intentionality. It’s a quality born of adversity and enough miles under our belts, literally and figuratively, to have some perspective on the journey. In short: you’ve
The Best of 30 Days of Indie Travel
#Indie30 may be over, but we wanted to reflect back one last time with our favorite post and tweet from all 30 days of our community art project.
10 Things Backpackers Do But Don’t Admit
Many backpackers love to remind you how green, tolerant, ethical, understanding, and open-minded they are, but some of that tends to go out the window in real life. Kaila Krayewski shares 10 observations of on-the-road hypocrisy here.
Travel “Rules”
Is it possible that the “rules” we follow when traveling are actually limiting the experience for some travelers?
First-Time Backpacking: What I’ve Learned
Jenn Miller discusses the difference between packing your backpack for the average RTW and packing for an unsupported backpacking trip. She touches on why, most of the time, it doesn’t really matter what you pack and why cutting the weight in your pack is less important than taking care of the most important piece of gear you possess.
A Day in the Life
Join David Joshua Jennings in a Tibetan Settlement in south India for a average day in the life of a long-term traveler.
Looking For Adventure
#Indie30 may be over, but there is still lots to learn from our month-long art project. Here are our favorite submissions from the final week, and we’ll have one more round-up that highlights our favorites from each day of the project. Stay tuned!
Travel Advice
On our final day of #Indie30, we share the best travel advice we’ve ever received and dole out some of our own.
Design Your Own Hostel
Have you ever sat around the hostel after a few drinks and said, “We should totally open our own hostel!”? Well today you get your chance!
Music and Travel
Music and travel go hand in hand for many people. Are there any songs that just make you want to get up and go? What about any songs that remind you of past travels? Share them with us!
HSP and World Travel
Do you feel overwhelmed by crowds, noise, and instability? Are you jumpy and a worrier? Kelly O’Laughlin shares tips on how you can travel the world successfully when you are highly sensitive to your surroundings.
Holidays Abroad
Long-term travelers inevitably end up celebrating holidays away from home. We want to hear some stories about celebrating holidays in other cultures.
The Perfect Trip
Hypotheticals are always fun, and today we want to know where you would go and what you would do if time and money were no factor.
Travel Photos
Most travelers love to take photos while traveling. Today we want you to show off some of your favorite pictures!
Terrible Accommodations
If you’ve traveled long enough, you’ve probably stayed at least one night in some pretty horrific conditions. Feel free to get creative with today’s prompt!