While my sister lived in Australia, she lived in Newcastle with other students studying abroad. Newcastle is about a 3 hour train ride north of Sydney. We spent about a week there when I came to visit. Obviously, I met all of her fellow students and we hung out most nights, either bar hopping around …
The annual canoe trip was almost three weekends ago (August 18th-20th) so I’m here to give you the rundown on our favorite budget trip of the summer. We drove up to Roscommon and the Canoe Harbor Campground Friday after Seth got off of work. We set up our tent just before full dark set in …
We flew to Ayers Rock from Cairns and landed on a tiny tarmac. We walked off the plane, out of the heat, and into an airport with two “gates”, a coffee shop, and a gift shop. We took a shuttle to Ayers Rock Resort, which offers a wide range of accommodations, from a fancy hotel …
After our last night of silliness in Sydney, we flew to Cairns. Compared to the relative bustle of Sydney and its air of excitement, Cairns felt incredibly laid back. Like a summer night in the South, but way more liberal and with surfboards and dreadlocks. This was probably my favorite stop on the entire trip. …
Sydney I arrived in Sydney after a 14 hour flight from Dallas (and a six hour layover before that) exhausted and sure that I wanted nothing more than a nap. So when I found my sister at the airport, we headed to our hostel. Yes I said hostel. I know in America that word conjures …
In 2012 my sister, Allison, was studying abroad in Australia. I had been working at the Bench for a little over a year, hadn’t yet bought Bones, and had no idea what to do with server money after working minimum wage retail jobs for the previous six years. So when she suggested I come visit, …
This post is an alert for all of you world travelers (or would-be world travelers) out there. You may or may not have seen posts like this floating around sometime this year: The U.S. Virgin Islands Will Actually Pay You To Visit In 2017 I saw this crop up at the end of 2016 and …
Kayla has now thrown two posts up here about “inexpensive” vacations. As far as big trips go cruises are a good deal if you do the things she talks about, but it’s important to note that we recognize an average of $250/day/person isn’t doable for most folks, especially those of the Millennial persuasion. We are very …
We’re baaaack! Looks pretty good right? We took our own advice and planned a cruise with twelve of our closest friends to Mexico, Honduras, and Belize. Since we’re still pretty jazzed about how much fun it was, I figured it’d be a good time to share some pictures, plus a few tips for saving money …
Looks great, right? Vacations are important to the psychological well-being of humans in my personal opinion. I’m pretty sure I’ve read research that agrees with me, but for now we’ll just say it’s my opinion. However, in tough financial times, it can be hard to get out and go, even though often these times are …
