Hostels: An Excellent Option for Budget Travelers! Whether it be to discover a new culture, eat a new cuisine, or simply visit a new destination, travel is truly amazing in many different ways. But with all these amazing experiences comes cost. Now, when I traveled and backpacked different parts of the world, my main focus […]
Are you one of those people that will check a million different airline websites to compare prices? If you are, luckily there is a solution to this hassle! Dohop.com is a travel website that you can use to compare prices of flights, hotels, and rental cars on one single site… no need to open up […]
One of the most interesting (and frustrating) things about traveling is seeing the variation in prices of similar everyday items in different countries around the world. It’s often challenging at best, and impossible at worst to be able to accurately budget for an extended sojourn abroad. One website, however, Expatistan.com, will show you just that with […]
Fear of Flying? Read on for tips to help alleviate your worries. Flying is bad for you. That’s what we’ve all been coached to believe, especially in recent months, as the cases of MH17, MH370 and the German wings catastrophe “prove”. Before that, it was 9/11, bird flu and deep vein thrombosis. If flying is more […]
Tired of fancy and expensive hotels? Looking to find FREE accommodations on your next trip? Want to make a new lifetime friend the moment you arrive to your destination? There is a little-known, secret hospitality exchange and social networking community by the name of CouchSurfing International. Okay, that’s a lie. It’s not little-known or secret, we just […]
Hostels are a fantastic option for accommodation no matter where you are traveling to. These low-cost alternatives to hotels are not only great for saving money, but also are invaluable at making friends while on the road. Unfortunately, hostels have a very poor reputation among young Americans due to over-the-top popular culture portraying them as […]
Many of our favorite travel memories in Europe involve the wind blowing through our hair while the magnificently beautiful Czech, German or Croatian landscape whizzes by. There is no greater way to bear witness to the European countryside (except by rental car of course, but why not have someone else do the driving?). This is […]
Whether you’re going abroad alone or with a group, on a university or third party organized educational sojourn, to learn a new language, volunteer, or perform missionary work, we all know that the most expensive part of meaningful travel is simply getting there. However, there are some tricks that many inexperienced travelers may not know about. Once […]
Travelocity agrees with the raison d’être of Voy! in highlighting that they believe that travel enriches lives and makes better human beings. While abroad you are more than likely to want to visit surrounding countries in whatever region you may be in. In fact, whether you are in Europe, Asia, South America or anywhere else, […]
Kayak.com enables users to compare hundreds of travel sites with one search making it a great time saver and putting an excellent comparison tool right at your fingertips. It is important to note, however, that in certain regions, especially in Europe, there are a variety of low-cost and budget airlines that may not show up […]
