TripIt has become my most essential travel app on my iPhone. It is freaking awesome. Many of you will be familiar with it but I want to share why I think it is so good. TripIt basically organizes and creates an itinerary based on your bookings for flights and accommodation, etc. It does this automatically when you forward your booking emails to plans@tripit.com and so far it has done this flawlessly with my bookings. Out of interest I did the same with Dopplr and it couldn’t do it, so it looks like TripIt has the edge there. It’s something where I don’t want to stuff about, whateve

Budget airlines are a staple for any budget traveller. Last time I flew from Melbourne to Singapore I managed to get tickets with Emirates cheaper than the budgets were offering, the Emirates and a Jetstar flight on the same route boarded at gates opposite each other. The Jetstar flight was near full, Emirates about 30%, I was getting full service on a light plane at about $100 cheaper than the sardines on Jetstar. I'd done my research and it payed off and I wasn't the only budget traveller with a smug look on my face that evening. This time though was high season I couldn't find a deal as goo

Save 7% on your World Nomads travel insurance just enter the code VOYGNR when you reach the checkout. There isn't much point in reviewing insurance unless you have had to make a claim and have seen both sides of the service. If I had not had to make a claim all I could say was that the purchasing and other online features of World Nomads provide is top notch. Buying and managing my insurance easily online will appeal to any Digital Nomad. During my stay in Phuket I left my digital camera in my hotel room, after two rather big nights where I didn't actually stay in my room I discovered that

Matt Kepnes makes $3000 a month from his travel blog and other travel sites, so he knows his stuff, many people have emailed and twittered him on many occasion asking for advice on how he does it and that is how How to Make Money Travel Blogging came about. I purchased another similar ebook a while back that turned out to be terrible but I jumped into buying Matt's book because I know he gives excellent and practical advice.