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How to Do Oktoberfest on a Budget: Travel Guide & Tips

February 10, 2023 By John Widmer 54 Comments

receiving a lowenbrau liter of beer, which costs 10.30 euro and is a great way to enjoy Oktoberfest on a budget

So you want to go to Oktoberfest but are realizing how expensive it’s going to be in 2024? You’ve come to the right place. This post has all the tips and resources to help get you to Munich’s Oktoberfest for cheap! Oktoberfest in Munich is one of those quintessential travel […]

Filed Under: Drinking Around the World, Beers Around the World, Posts, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Best of, Europe, Germany

The Ultimate Travel Packing Checklist and Packing Tips

October 22, 2020 By John Widmer 76 Comments

The ultimate travel packing Checklist

It’s not always easy to know what’s the best travel gear to pack, whether packing for a short vacation or for long-term world travel. Yet after traveling around the world for 6 years to 100 countries, we’ve developed what we’ve found to be the best travel packing checklist for value and […]

Filed Under: Preparing, featured, Posts, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Best of

Devil’s Pool Victoria Falls: All You Need To Know (And How To Survive!)

April 2, 2020 By John Widmer 82 Comments

Showing how to visit Devil's Pool Victoria Falls - lay right down on the edge of the waterfall!

Devil’s Pool is a natural pool of water that’s situated atop of Victoria Falls, renown for being among the largest waterfalls in the world. Right on the edge of this massive waterfall, a calm pool of water forms. This is known as the Devil’s Pool Victoria Falls. And daring visitors […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Posts, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Africa, Best of, Zambia, Zimbabwe

40+ Best Gift Ideas for Travelers 2019: Travel Gift Guide

December 8, 2019 By John Widmer 40 Comments

Holiday Gift Guide for Travelers 2019

It’s that time of year again when we’re all on the hunt for that perfect present for all those special people in your life. But what are some unique gift ideas for people who love to travel? We’ve carefully culled together some of our favorite travel gift ideas for 2019. All […]

Filed Under: Travel Tips Around the World, Posts, Travel Bargains Tagged With: Best of

How to Travel the Galapagos on a Budget: Travel Guide & Tips

April 22, 2019 By John Widmer 133 Comments

Galapagos marine iguana with sea lions are some of the wildlife you can see for free in the Galapagos

Is it actually possible to travel the Galapagos on a budget? Many assume a trip to the Galapagos will be a very expensive proposition. You wouldn’t be wrong to think so. Even Googling “Galapagos Tour” may send could send someone into sticker shock. One of the first organic search results […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Destination Guides, Posts, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Best of, Ecuador, Galapagos, South America

Bolivia Salt Flats Tour to Salar de Uyuni: Review, Travel Guide, & Tips

September 30, 2018 By John Widmer 51 Comments

Jumping Salar de Uyuni Bolivia salt flats

A top highlight for any trip to South America tends to be a Salar de Uyuni Bolivia Salt Flats tour. After exploring the continent for more than a year of adventures, the standard 3-day Bolivia Salts Flats Tour remains one of our absolute favorite experiences. The landscapes crossed during this […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Destination Guides, Posts, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Best of, Bolivia, South America

Inca Jungle Trek Review: The Most Adventurous Route to Machu Picchu

July 20, 2018 By John Widmer 90 Comments

Inca Jungle Trek to Machu Picchu activities: ziplining, mountain biking, whitewater rafting, and hiking

The Inca Jungle Trek is such an awesome way to get to Macchu Picchu! If you’ve been following this travel site, then you know there are two things we often look for in a travel experience: awesome adventure, and great travel values. So when considering the many different ways to […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Posts, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Best of, Peru, South America

Travel Update: We’re Circumnavigating the Globe Without Flights!

September 30, 2017 By John Widmer 13 Comments

Heather & John circling the world on a cruise to Japan

In this travel update, we’re announcing our new travel goal that will take us into our fifth year of Roaming Around the World: To completely circumnavigate the globe without the use of flights! We have a yearlong agenda planned to literally roam entirely around the world! We are so excited to […]

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Biking Death Road Bolivia Review + Tips to Survive the World’s Deadliest Road

May 31, 2017 By John Widmer 63 Comments

Death Road Bolivia as shot from a drone

Death Road is a terrifying and deadly road in Bolivia connecting the Andes Mountains to the Amazon rainforest. In fact, it’s often referred to as known as “the most dangerous road in the world.” For decades this stomach-churning gravel road on the side of a cliff was plagued with hundreds […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Posts, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Best of, Bolivia, South America

Best Hotel Booking Websites: Where To Find The Best Hotel Deals

May 22, 2017 By John Widmer 32 Comments

5-star hotel deal in Thailand

There are so many hotel booking sites out there today, it can be a painstaking task to attempt to filter through them all to truly find the best hotels deals. Advertisements suggest that a great solution is to use a hotel metasearch that aggregates all the other websites. But we can tell you […]

Filed Under: Travel Tips Around the World, Posts, Preparing, Travel Bargains Tagged With: Best of

How to Travel Napo River by Boat: Coca, Ecuador to Iquitos, Peru

March 19, 2017 By John Widmer 66 Comments

Yasuni National Park excursion from Nuevo Rocafuerte

What an adventure! Traveling from Coca to Iquitos by boat was a journey into the unknown. Looking at a map, it seems to be a logical route from Ecuador to Peru using both the Napo River and the Amazon River. But, this river voyage is not a commonly traversed path […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Blogs, Misadventures Around the World, Posts Tagged With: Best of, Ecuador, Peru, South America

Pullmantur Monarch Review of a $159 Transatlantic Repositioning Cruise

January 18, 2017 By John Widmer 42 Comments

Pullmantur Monarch ship deck and pool

Update, as of 2020 the Pullmantur Monarch was decommissioned due to the global shutdowns around the world. Sadly, as of 2021 Pullmantur was completely liquidated and the Monarch has been sold for scrap. We’ve decided to leave this article up to provide an account of what it was like to […]

Filed Under: Cruising Tips, Posts, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Best of, cruise

Oasis Overland Review: Across Africa – Nairobi to Cape Town

December 10, 2016 By John Widmer 45 Comments

Oasis Overland truck on a dirt road traveling from Nairobi to Cape Town

It was an incredible adventure to take an overland trip across Africa, 56 days coast-to-coast from Nairobi to Cape Town. Finding it difficult and costly to pursue such a trip independently, we put our faith with adventure tour operator, Oasis Overland, to pursue this trip. And since returning from this […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Posts, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Africa, Best of, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

21 Misconceptions & Curiosities to Understand Before Traveling to Cuba

January 9, 2016 By John Widmer 37 Comments

Havana street with Cuban flag and capital building

Cuba can be quite a curious country. We can easily proclaim that it is one of the most unique and interesting countries of the 50+ we’ve visited during this two-year trip around the world. Between our pre-trip research about Cuba and roaming around the island nation itself, we experienced lots of […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Blogs, Destination Guides, Posts, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Best of, Central America, Cuba

The Best of Travel, Adventure, Food, and Drinks Around Central America

April 18, 2014 By John Widmer 20 Comments

We traveled through all eight countries of Central America over the course of more than three months. Our 12-week Central America route took us overland from the Yucatan region of Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and finally to Panama. During this Central America overland journey, […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Drinking Around the World, Eating & Drinking Around the World, Eating Around the World, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Belize, Best of, Central America, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama

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