Not booking a package tour means you’re (a) are most likely cheap and (b) need to hustle. One of the likely tourist traps you will fall into is having to get from the airport to the place you’re staying. When it’s your first time in a foreign city, it can feel rather intimidating as you … [Read more…]
Guest post by Bee Appel. Bee Appel is a South African studying her MBA in fashion, in the fashion capital of the world (Paris). Her blog focuses on her artwork, fashion, beauty and vacays in some of the most exotic destinations in the world. Be sure to follow her quirky and cool blog here. On … [Read more…]
Guest post from Bee Appel. Bee Appel is a South African studying her MBA in fashion, in the fashion capital of the world (Paris). Her blog focuses on her artwork, fashion, beauty and vacays in some of the most exotic destinations in the world. This article is re-blogged – find the original here and be … [Read more…]
Frequent flyer miles pretty much suck with many airlines right? Either they have booking restrictions, time periods or the price of the flight is higher than that the normal flights. It really frustrates me when companies treat their loyal clients badly (read the letter written by the Travelstart CEO to SAA here) . As … [Read more…]
When traveling internationally, I generally use booking.com for accommodation (with Trip Advisor in the background of course). After our decision to travel to Europe, I went clicking away on Booking.com only to realize how expensive a hotel room per night was. This was primarily attributed to the weak SA/EUR exchange rate. Desperately searching for cheaper … [Read more…]
Recently I had to bail on a family time-share holiday due to studies (sigh). I felt terrible as we had gotten an extra vacation rental and now it would be completely unoccupied. To make it up to the family, I figured that the least I could do was to sell the extra apartment to make … [Read more…]
Pronounced “Hvor” – This little place in Croatia is trending as the latest and most exciting “party” island to be. Being 4 girls on a Eurotrip and not having much to spend, we decided that this would be the ideal place to let loose and have some affordable fun. We flew from Marjorca to Croatia. … [Read more…]
This is not the usual posts we blog about, but it seemed fitting during this time. In the famous words of Bertrand Russel “War does not determine who is right – only who is left” This can be said for the conflict going on in Palestine. I must admit, when I think of that war … [Read more…]
I can never be accused of not doing my research. Choosing the hotel we wanted to stay at on Koh Samui literally took months. We had high expectations and not the biggest budget. We wanted a hotel on the beach, close to the main area of Chaweng but far enough to feel secluded and away … [Read more…]
We arrived at 8am at Siem Reap airport. We were tired from our very early flight and couldn’t wait to reach the hotel. We were greeted by a very friendly driver from the hotel. He greeted us warmly and gave us cool towels. As he drove, he told us about the town and gave us a … [Read more…]