Figuring out how to travel without cell service abroad can be one of the biggest logistical challenges of international travel, but you can do it! I’ve traveled without cell service while spending a month in Southeast Asia, traveling all over Europe for four months, and road tripping in Iceland for a week.
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Staying in hostels was one of my favorite parts of traveling around Europe. In some ways, hostels are even better than hotels. They’re definitely a great way to meet people and a cheap option. While many hostels are pretty similar, there are some that go above and beyond. Here were my favorites while backpacking all over Europe:
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Airbnb can be a little intimidating at first if you haven’t used it before, but it’s such a wonderful option for booking travel accommodations. It’s often the cheapest option, and it gives you so much more bang for your buck. Often I’ll book a whole home to myself on Airbnb, it seems to cost similar if not less than the worst hotels in that area. In Iceland, most of the Airbnbs we booked were the same cost for two people as staying in a 12-person bunk room in a hostel!
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Living with a host family is the absolute best way to make the most out of travels abroad because it allows you to get a firsthand view of local culture and get involved with it yourself. But that doesn’t mean that living with a host family in a foreign country can’t have it’s challenges. After living with two host families in Argentina for five weeks and a family in Spain for four months, here are some of my tips. Some can apply to staying with a host family in any country, but some are more specific to Spain.Read More »
Studying abroad in Spain was one of the best decisions of my life! It’s a wonderful place to study abroad, and I would absolutely recommend it. Here’s why:Read More »
Throughout my various travels, I’ve tried a variety of different items. Here are some of my tried and true favorites.
For Packing Everything from a Weeklong Trip to a Month: Tom Bihn Aeronaut 45 bag and packing cubes – I’ve used this bag for week-long trips within the U.S., for my four month study abroad experience in Spain (see this post for my packing list), for a month spent in Thailand and Cambodia, and more. It’s perfect for all of those situations and is the perfect carry on size!Read More »
Taking a big trip with your significant other is always so exciting, but it can be challenging too, especially if you’ve never traveled together before. Traveling long distances and into foreign countries is an exhausting and sometimes frustrating experience that will show both you and your significant other at both their best and their worst. For those who have never traveled extensively with their significant other before, it’s certainly a test for the relationship.
I took my first major trip with Jared, my boyfriend, last year when we went to Thailand and Cambodia for a month together. I will say that we had taken some smaller trips together before and had visited each other while apart in our long distance relationship, but this trip to Thailand was like nothing we had ever done before, even individually. Here are some things I learned while traveling extensively with Jared for the first time:Read More »
My career has always been top of my mind. I spent my school years running social media and planning events, and I spent my summers in chilly office buildings at various internships. As my four years came to a close and college graduation came closer and closer, I naturally started applying to public relations jobs in Washington, D.C.Read More »
Traveling is expensive, whether you stay in hostels or not. Further more, life is expensive, which is something that I’m coming to understand more and more as I’m about to graduate from college and enter the real world. In my previous posts, I’ve written about why now is the time to travel and how you can spend less by staying in hostels. But now might be difficult for you financially, even if you cut down on travel costs with hostels. This is something that I myself am coming more to terms with as I think to myself, How am I even going to even afford rent?Read More »
Don’t get me wrong. Madrid and Barcelona are both very cool cities, both of which would be great places to live. But if you’re looking to study abroad and truly get to know Spanish culture, then you might want to reconsider these cities.
If you were studying abroad in the United States, would you go to New York City for an authentic American experience?Read More »