While free travel apps like Uber, TripAdvisor, Google Maps and Google Translate have become smartphone staples, there are a plethora of other travel apps out there for meeting people, organising itineraries, discovering new experiences, booking transport and even finding the closest loo! Without further ado, here are the ten best free travel apps of 2017:…
How To Go To Singapore (And End Up in Melbourne Instead)
This Queen’s Birthday long weekend, we booked tickets to go to Singapore via Scoot, a low-cost Singaporean airline. But somehow, we didn’t end up in Singapore. Instead, we found ourselves in Melbourne. What went wrong? More than words can describe so I’ve included a whole bunch of photos. Read on to find out! Here’s my…
Avocado Toast vs Property
Avocado toast, I feel for you. What have you done to incur the wrath of “middle-age moraliser” (whatever that means) Bernard Salt (#saltnotbae) and property mogul “some rich dude” Tim Gurner? Apparently you’re responsible for us millennials not being able to afford property and other adult things. But it’s okay that we can’t afford these adult things.…
West Coast to East Coast USA By Train for Only $223
I travelled from West Coast to East Coast USA by train in February of 2016 for only $223. This equated to approximately $300 AUD due to poor exchange rates. From memory, this was roughly equivalent to my flight back (from JFK to LAX). I digress. This train trip was definitely worth the dollar dollar bills I…
Documenting vs Experiencing
We’ve all been there… …Snapchatting, Instagramming, Facebook Live-ing or photographing our experiences in an attempt to memorialise them. And there’s nothing wrong with that. In fact, I encourage others to document their lives, especially when our memory is only getting worse. The question is how much are we truly experiencing when we’re busy documenting said experience? How much documenting…