Travel Insurance Doubts & Fears of Traveling You're preparing for a big trip abroad and you're probably asking the same questions we did: Do I need travel insurance? Is it worth the cost? Will I even need it? Fear of...
BRITNEE’S REVIEW OF HER ORIGINAL PACKING LIST Is it possible to fit everything you need to live on for one year around the world into a backpack? To go from a 953-square-foot living space and squeezing it into a 43-liter backpack was quite the challenge...
HOW MUCH IT COST US TO TRAVEL THE WORLD It’s time for us to answer the question you’re all wondering — how much did we end up spending to travel the world? First, let's break down the costs into the five “legs” of our trip, grouping...
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO COME HOME On my final flight I was struggling to stay awake after 24 hours in transit. I wouldn’t allow myself to fall asleep though — I was minutes away from coming home! As we began to descend over the Wasatch...
4.6 BOOK REVIEW – LONELY PLANET: THE BIG TRIP, 3RD EDITION **GIVEAWAY--We've partnered with Lonely Planet to give away two copies of The Big Trip to two lucky winners! To enter, just click here to like our Instagram photo. Giveaway ends Sunday, June 14.** One of...
CAMBODIA BORDER CROSSINGS BY BUS Mark and I felt uneasy when we heard news of the missing AirAsia flight that was later found crashed in the sea last December. We were in Thailand at the time and just two weeks prior we had flown with AirAsia...
AN ODE TO SNICKERS More Chinese hot pot or fermented mare’s milk? You must be mad. If I see more of that on the menu I’ll most likely gag. Anymore diarrhea-inducing curry and I’ll resort to violent...
2.8 BLUE PLANET HOSTEL IN PARIS We had originally booked Blue Planet Hostel in Paris for six nights, but by the fourth night we opted out to stay in a private room at another hotel. Blue Planet Hostel had some inconveniences like only one...
3.9 HIGH STREET HOSTEL IN EDINBURGH When looking for hostels in Edinburgh, Scotland, we were drawn to High Street Hostel mainly because of its cool exterior. It has an old-looking castle facade on the outside, and was fun and quirky on the...
4.8 WAYFARERS HOSTEL IN PENRITH We chose to spend a night at Wayfarers Hostel in Penrith before heading to the Lake District. When we first arrived we didn't realize that staff weren't around in the early afternoon. There was a sign posted...
A DREAM COME TRUE TO SEE THE EIFFEL TOWER I studied French in junior high and high school for a total of five years. I'm ashamed to say I don't remember much of it (Utah doesn't use French a lot.) A time it could've been useful would've been in Paris...
THAT ONE TIME WE WERE CANADIANS Should we go to Russia or not? It was a dream of ours to ride on the Trans-Siberian and it was something we had always planned to do on our trip. However, we were hesitant when the time came to apply for our...
A DAY IN SALZBURG It almost felt like home while visiting the "city of salt" in Salzburg, Austria. Coming from Salt Lake City, I didn't realize that "salz" meant salt and that I'd be visiting what could be the sister city of my...
