All my trial-and-error “wisdom” in one place.
While I’m eager to share my tips for budget travel, my philosophy around saving money constantly evolves the more I learn about tourism’s impact on international communities. Some of the travel hacks I’ve used in the past no longer feel appropriate to leverage, but I leave it up to you to decide what your limits are and where they fall beside your financial capacities (and all the other categories on the messy spectrum of privilege). Point being: You do you. Just don’t encroach on anyone else’s ability to do so in the process.
Travel anxiety getting in the way of you living your #nomadlife dreams? Been there.
A budget and activity breakdown of my month-long, poutine-themed backpacking trip complete with innumerable French-language failures.
By popular demand, I’ve compiled a list of all the ways I managed to backpack across Europe for two months on a budget of a couple thousand dollars.
Here’s how to cut corners and come in under budget once you’ve started your adventure…
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I’m a vagabond actress from California who fell in love with backpacking a few years ago. My experience with travel has been messy and at times disastrous, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
My goal is to demystify backpacking for other travel-hopefuls surviving on a shoestring budget, and to use this space as a platform for all the travel writing I’ve kept hidden in the dark corners of my Google Drive while grappling with the intersections of privilege, identity, and travel ethics.
A Semi-Comprehensive Breakdown of My Biggest Travel Regrets