72 Travel Tips for Efficient and Worry-free Adventures

When I started planning for my trip in 2012, I knew very little about worldwide travel. Sure, I spent 2 months backpacking through Europe in 2007, but I pretty much followed Rick Steves' itinerary suggestions to a tee. In 2012, I constructed a more personalized journey. I spent countless hours reading books and searching for websites on: country info, itineraries, transportation, lodging, weather, gear, food, health, and safety. I was single at the time, without kids, and it still consumed my life for months. It was quite daunting, and in all honesty, a bit scary venturing out into so many unknowns. Fast forward 3 years to present day, and now it all seems commonplace.

This post is designed to be a reference to which you can refer the next time you, or someone you know, is planning a holiday as I've constructed it to include just about everything I've ever learned during my travels to 7 continents and 72 countries. My hope is that this advice will help ease your planning, save you money, increase your travel safety, and most importantly, make you a smarter traveler. So whether it's solo or family travel, a long or short holiday, local or international travel, these tips will help you avoid many of the headaches I've encountered during my travels to date.

Note: Since this post was written in Australia, some of the embedded links may default to .com.au. If so, it might take a bit more effort to locate those links using your country's browser.

So without further ado....

We Had a Wale(s) of a Time in England

It's been about a month since I last blogged. We've spent much of that time working on an organic farm in Melbourne, Australia, traveling around Tasmania with friends made during our July trip to Morocco, and I've been writing a post chock full of travel tips learned over the past few years so that you, my readers, can save money, travel smarter, and more thoroughly enjoy your next vacation. I'll be publishing that post in the coming days, so keep your eyes peeled. This post will mainly be pictures from the last month of our time spent in the UK.