Travelling solo can sometimes be an overwhelming and challenging experience — even if it's not your first time doing it! But it's one of the greatest things I have ever done and I highly recommend everyone to try it at least once... IF I were to start fresh, though, there are things I would definitely do differently. And I want to share them with you: READ:The Broke Backpacker'sTOP Solo Travel Tips ☝️ You'll thrive on your own 😎 Travelling alone is a magnificent opportunity for growth,...
16 days ago • 2 min read
Planning a trip is an art form which if mastered will pay endless dividends... The trick is to find the perfect balance between embracing the loosey-goosey wonderfulness of travel and also having SOME things booked and sorted so you have points of respite from the serendipity of life on the road! This week, I'm sharing some of my top tips, tricks and hacks to help you find your own perfect balance and to save money, time and stress... [READ]Planning a Trip Made EASY. Planning for Success 💯 A...
23 days ago • 1 min read
It's 2025, mothertruckers!! I hope you had a bangin' end of 2024 and you're ready to grab 2025 by the balls. First off, I want to thank you for sticking with The Broke Backpacker over the last year. I am feeling excited, enthused and motivated and this year is going to be a year of epic adventures that I look forward to sharing with you :) Last year on a motorbike trip through Peru. If last year felt like a series of wrong turns, wild detours, and breathtaking moments to you, you’re not...
30 days ago • 1 min read
Ahoy, friends! We are hurtling towards the end of 2024 and it’s time to pause, open your journal, reflect… and dream BIG! Today, I want to share something a little different with you - a formula which I hope will help you plan out the best fucking year of your life so far. The end of the year offers a truly special time to disconnect from phones, social media, from the pressures of work and day-to-day life and to RECONNECT with your intuition and your vision for the future. This is a time to...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Reader, not sure what to get the adventurous backpacker in your life? Here's a few of our favourite Christmas gifts for travellers of far flung lands... READ:33 Gift Ideas for Backpackers The Best Gifts for Backpackers 🎁 Every backpacker is different, unique, a one of a kind... So here are a few truly special gift ideas for backpackers! A travel journal/planner Dwell on life’s happenings, plan, track goals, write dreams. Create something that will be your favourite travel memento. Our top...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Right then, legends—listen up. As the year comes to an end, we figured we'd revisit some of the OG destinations you know and love. So we've got some freshly baked travel guides served up just for ya! This one’s gonna be delicious. Let’s get into it. Told ya. - Sponsored -Never travel without sorting your mobile data first... Firsty eSIM is offering an exclusive deal for our readers. Use code PACKER20 to get 20% off this holiday season. Get an eSIM // Read our Review Travel Tips You NEED to...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
If there’s one thing reading and travelling have in common, it’s their power to immerse us in brand-new worlds. We’re transported—discovering places, people, and perspectives that have the power to change us. We read before the journey, we read on the journey... I'm starting to think reading IS the journey!! Point being: travel reads carry a certain kind of magic. Something unique, and something all travellers long for. Pretending I care about other travel guides... We've been updating a lot...
3 months ago • 2 min read
The topic of today’s blast is backpacker problems and the traps of travel we get ourselves stuck in. What’s a backpacker trap? Oh, you’ll know it once you get there. Or at least, once you get OUT. It’s the feeling you get when you finally get yourself unstuck, look back in retrospect, and think: What the fuck was I doing? "I'm never drinking again." It could be wasting your time on socials and your phones, smoking too much ganja, or even not knowing when to slow down, chillax, and... smoke...
3 months ago • 1 min read
A couple of weeks ago, I had a truly life-changing experience in Polynesia. I’m pretty well travelled, I think I’ve been to around 100 countries, and I’ve experienced a lot of amazing things… From spending a New Year's Eve atop a temple in Myanmar to motorcycling across Pakistan and sitting with shamans in the jungles of Peru, I am fortunate to have some amazing experiences etched forever into my mind. But this was different. I had no idea how incredibly mesmerizing and beautiful it would be...
3 months ago • 1 min read