Why Greyhound Express is a big step towards making Greyhound travel bearable
Travel rule #593: never Google information about Greyhound the night before you have a bus trip with them. Seriously. You’ll be unable to tear yourself away from the tales of agony and woe that...
View ArticleHelp us cope at airports!
This is Rob’s “Airport” face – taken on day 1 of our honeymoon We are massive stress-monsters at airports. I say “we”, but I mean “Rob”: he panics about getting there on time, getting through security,...
View ArticleYour really useful guide to New York neighbourhoods
Six months ago we moved to New York for six months, and in that time we lived in EIGHT different neighbourhoods. Here is a (hopefully) useful summary of them all. Park Slope GREEEEENness in Park Slope...
View ArticleGuest post: The ultimate location-independent office
Have lots of paperwork? Want to be a digital nomad? You’ve got no chance until you read Phil’s tips. Our very first guest post, from the wonderful Phil Byrne of Live Work Abroad: If you’ve ever...
View ArticleHow to survive airplane travel
Disclaimer: This article doesn’t even attempt to help you survive THIS sort of airplane situation As we’ve said many times before, we’re terrible travellers. We pack the weirdest, heaviest stuff (like...
View ArticleA holiday gift guide for digital nomads
We always bang on about how it’s possible to be a digital nomad and lead a very normal, structured and – if you’re anything like us – routine-heavy kinda life. And we’re also open about how much utter...
View ArticleFive unusual destinations for adventure-seeking digital nomads
GUEST POST ALERT! This post is written by the wonderful Johannes from Webworktravel. Johannes is currently working on a destination guide for digital nomads. Here he shares some of his favourite...
View ArticleWe’re ripping up the travel script (and you should too)
From now on, our weekly newsletters (starting with this one) will be published on the blog too. To see all previous newsletters, visit our newsletter archive. And when you realise you’d love to...
View Article10 things I now know about Bangkok
Carnaby Street, Bangkok-style 1. Bangkok is MENTAL. Everyone told us this, but everyone tells us this about a lot of places. Our attitude is always “C’mon, we’re not from Norwich – we’re used to New...
View ArticleWe’ve gone from a suitcase to backpacks (but made a few silly packing mistakes)
We forgot to tell you we’re in Georgetown, Penang for the week – and we sort of purposely “forgot” to tell you because it’s not that great and we’re wracking our brains for a positive spin. And also...
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