Travel Articles and Advice

Travel Tech

Digital Workflow for a backpack-photog-blogger One travelers system for backpups and uploads, sans film.

Memory Card advice - How to keep your memory card from corrupting your innocent photos

Uglify Your computer and and protect it from thieves while your traveling abroad
Uglify your mac/PC to prevent thievery, then add Phone Home to be extra safe.

How to save money on travel gear - Saving money on the gear you need for your next trip abroad

Go Analog - Use a map on your next road trip. It might not be the stone ages but this is our challenge to you.

Which e-reader to use for guidebooks while traveling

Photography Tips - for taking better self portraits. Just watch out for that double chin

Perfect cell phones for traveling - here are a few of our favorites to bring with you when going overseas.

Travel Insurance information

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Is it safe to travel? Find out what you can do to protect yourself from the dangers of the world

Make your travels count - Find out how to make a difference in the palces you travel

Why buy travel insurance? It can save your trip and your pocketbook

Travel insurance advice - read this before buying your travel insurance policy

Travel insurance coverage - Get the details on your coverage and how it can protect you

Insurance Questions? I thought so. Find out the travel insurance answers you need

Insurance for travelers who "don't need travel insurance"

True stories from travelers who looked danger and theft in the face and how they were saved

Is travel insurance for you? Check out this overview

Practical Travel Advice

Advice on banking while traveling overseas. This one can actually save you money, but you might still feel guilty afterwards

How to be cool. These are some easy tips for any traveler who just to fit in and be considered cool.

Five ways to save money while traveling - These simple steps will allow you to hang on to those Euros, dollars and yen while you travel abroad.

Is it mandatory to learn the language of the places to which you travel? Sean pondered the issue as he made his way around Latin America.

Make that journey by sea - Its relaxing pace is a lot of fun and much more memorable. Here are a few ways to go trans continental without a plane.

A few more creative ways to make a few more bucks - Be sure to bone up on these skills just in case you find yourself short of change when you're abroad. This won't get you rich, but every bit helps. Or....

Get an actual job - that way you can work and travel and get paid while you do it. Sure you'll be working, but at least you're doing it in a place somewhere exciting in the world.

Souvenir gimmicks we see while we are traveling and what you can do to improve on them. Who knew writing on a grain of rice was so popular the world over?

What to do with personal belongings when you leave for a trip abroad. You only have a couple options and here are the best of them.

Travel Movies, Films and Media

Indie Travel Docs You need to see - 10 MPH, 180 Degrees South and Throw Down Your Heart are just a few of the great indie doc titles to catch.

A Map For Saturday another great independent tavel documentary. Check out the trailer and read our review.

Best travel films of 2009 has our three top picks of travel themed movies.

The best travel TV programs ...when you dont have cable TV. If you are saving money, than you probably had to cut the cable. All is not lost for your travel TV programs.

Inspiration to Travel

How to save for your next trip within a year- Here we will crunch the numbers to send you away to a trip to anywhere in the world.

What's the easiest way to get a travel job? The answer is easier than you may think

Start traveling now - Here are reasons why it is important to begin your life now, especially if you want to travel.

Don't be afraid to work abroad! - This will be a life changing experience you won't soon forget. Cast doubt aside and go overseas for a real opportunity.

Great travel photographers of our time These photographers have made the most memorable impact on my traveling style. Here is some of there work.

Gap year in the US - It is not a common practice to take a gap year for most US high school students, but that should change. Here's why.

Marco Polo vs. Ibn Battuta- These two adventurers saw the world in a different way while others sat back and waited. Here is how their journeys compare.

Burger vs Burger: Round 1 in a fierce competition of an English Burger vs an Australian Burger.

And last but not least is a page dedicated to some of the more interesting travel sites online and the ones we are happy to call ourselves fans of.