A Check-In with The Bros feat. GAFFL.com

The Brothers Who Quit Their Jobs At The Age Of 30 To Embark On An Endless Pursuit Of Adventure This story was originally published on GAFFL, the app that helps you find a travel buddy and meet locals worldwide. We recently checked in with the GAFFL team to tell our story. Get A Friend For Life! GAFFL connects…

How to Road Trip The Great Ocean Road

The chance to experience cities, nature, wildlife, and activities all on a single trip has the makings of an epic adventure. Australia can be an expensive place for a backpacker on a budget, but it doesn’t have to cost you a ton to have an amazing time. A road trip in Australia is something on…

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Italy on a Backpacker Budget

Can you travel to Italy on a backpacker budget? Is it possible to maintain a daily budget and travel Italy all while having a good time? Backpacking through Italy for 6 weeks in the peak season of August must be crazy expensive.  This is something that most people would think, but it all depends on…

My Experience of 42 Days in Italia

Early on in the process of researching and prepping for traveling around the world long term, Nick and I decided that we would make a point to visit Italy first, and would plan to spend at least a month there.  Being that we are both Italian Americans who have never been to Italy, it only…

The Plan…or Lack Thereof

So where are we going? In our past travels this was a simple, straightforward question with an equally simple, straightforward answer.  However, this journey will see us taking on a different approach, not only due to the length of time that we will be travelling, but also the way we want to travel.  When we…

The Trip of a Lifetime

“You are so lucky!”  “It’s going to be the trip of a lifetime.”  “I’m so jealous of you.”  “I wish I could do that.”   These are a few of the most common responses I get when telling someone our plans of leaving our jobs and everyday lives to travel the world.  What’s ironic is…

Bidding Farewell to a Dream to Set Sail on Another

I’m giving up a lot for this lifestyle, including what I thought was my dream job… Today I will resign from store manager at the largest on-mountain snowboard shop in the world, a position that has been so rewarding and has helped me build life long friendships through snowboarding.  Having your office at the base…

Traveling the World While Life Back at Home Goes On

One of the fears or concerns that I’ve dealt with since making the decision to travel the world is all of the “what if’s” pertaining to life back at home.  From the “what if one of my plethora of cousins is getting married?”  That would be something I would hate to miss.  To the more…

Moving in with Mom & Dad at 30: A Sacrifice for Long-Term Travel

The time has come.  In about 3 weeks I will be 30 years old and living in my parents basement.  It’s not something I’m overly excited about for obvious reasons, but I recognize the importance of this step in the process.  The amount of money I will be able to save while living with Mom…

Support from Loved Ones, A Boost to any Traveler

I’m going to assume that not everyone who tells their family and friends they are quitting their jobs to travel the world at the age 30 is met with the same reaction as we were.  I imagine a lot of people would be criticized for reasons including throwing away a career, wasting a ton of…

A True Gift to Travelers: The Couchsurfing Community

We both were aware of Couchsurfing for a while now, although we didn’t know too much about it besides its existence and basic function.  However, last summer after we decided to take a trip around the world, we both began to research more about it.  We signed up, got verified and decided to invite some…

Acting in the Office: Why I’m Living a Double Life

My situation is simple.  I have a job that I cannot afford to lose…for now.  Once the calendar flips to July I will be putting in my 2 weeks notice to travel the world long term.  I’m not well off by any means, so the steady income in the form of a bi-weekly paycheck is…

How To Handle Travel Vaccinations

If you are planning a RTW trip (Round-the-World), this is probably one of the aspects of research which you look forward to the least.  I know that was definitely the case for myself.  There is so much conflicting information out there, and much of it is up to debate, personal preference, or simply as Dirty…

The Day We Chose Freedom

July 4th is recognized as the day America declared its Independence.  The date represents freedom, which can be described as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  In 1776, the founding fathers of America gathered to sign a document that would change the course of all human lives forever.  The likes of Franklin, Jefferson and…