Travel like a Pro: for all aspiring travellers

This is one of the most made excuses people make to stop themselves from traveling. Money isn't the be-all and end-all and not having huge savings shouldn't stop you from taking the leap. Throughout this course, I'm going to draw attention to this misconception and prove to you that it's very possible to travel well and happily on a low budget.

Don't just wait until retirement. Stop making excuses and make the time to travel now. There will never be a 'right' time.

A language shouldn't stop you from traveling to your dream destination. There are so many other ways to communicate, especially with technology nowadays and the abundance of translating apps.

It's really important to not only listen to what the media says about the destination you want to travel to. But talk to the people who have ACTUALLY travelled to these locations. Safety is always a concern of course, but there is a lot of negative stereotyping around certain destinations like Mexico for example, which definitely needs to be challenged.

So many travellers that I've met are introverted but introversion shouldn't be a barrier to you living your dream travel life and in this lecture I explain why.

No one loooooves the backpack life but overtime you definitely get used to it and you'll realise you don't need as much 'stuff' as you think!

Knowing where to start planning your trip can feel exciting but overwhelming, I've definitely been there. But it doesn't have to be like this.  This lecture shares with you all the tips I've accumulated over the years and will equip you with the right knowledge to start planning your dream trip today.

This is a hotly debated topic. Are you a traveller who likes to take things slow and really see a country or do you like to move fast and hop from place to place fast? If you don't know yet, watch this lecture and it'll give you an idea. It's really important to understand what kind of traveller you are in order to plan your trip well.

There are many ways to plan out your trip. You can create a packed tight plan, no plan at all and just go with the flow, or you can keep it chill with a few spots in mind that you want to visit or eat at. From my years of experience, I recommend the last one, and in the lecture l tell you why.

This can be the trickiest part for many people but all you need to do is set a realistic savings goal and you're away! In this lecture I speak about my top tips to setting your savings goal and saving that hard earned travel money.

With the rising energy and fuel prices, flight prices are a big concern and they can really deter you from going to your dream destination. This is where I can help you. By following my tips and tricks, you can your hard earned £$€ for your actual trip!

If you're new to hostel life, you definitely need to consider what kind of hostel suits you. Are you hoping to stay in a hostel to party and meet other travellers looking for a good time? Or are you looking for a cozy place to meet others who want to do cultural things and go to sleep at a reasonable hour? There are so many hostels out there, and in this lecture, I compile them into four categories so you can figure out what you're looking for.

I've compiled a list of  the top amenities to look out for before booking your hostel, a (good!) free breakfast is a must come on.

In these set of lectures, I've built a detailed guide based on my own experiences of staying in over a hundred hostels over 8 years of travel.

As I longtime lover of Airbnb, I share my good and bad experiences over the years and give a comprehensive guide to finding one that suits you.

Over the years I've become a minimalist traveler, gone are the days when I'm carrying a 60L backpack full of clothes I will only wear once. In this short lecture, I talk about what are my essentials and absolutes.

Here I cover all things that are really boring but necessary when planning your trip.

Think: visas, Covid 19, vaccinations & insurance, blaaaah.

A concise list of all the apps I live by when traveling. Watch away and thank me later!

Managing your money on the road can be a difficult business. I've definitely spent many travel days stressing out about expensive atm and card fees. But thankfully in the last few years, crazy good online banks like Revolut, Starling, Monzo have popped up as a saving grace allowing us to travel without the money stress.

This is my biggest tip to you for travelling for a long time on a budget. By signing up to workaway you're not only signing up to save hundreds on future accomodation and food, but to learn incredible skiills and meet likeminded people in the process.
Workaway has taken me to a Mexican horse ranch in the middle of nowhere, to surf hostels by the coast, and an organic corn farm in the middle of the Yucatan jungle. In the process, I adopted so many invaluable sills and saved money while doing it!

Want to build meaningful connections to a local and save money in the process? Here's my short but sweet guide to Couchsurfing, the reasons why I recommend it & my own beautiful experiences.

As a lover and advocate for hitchhiking for many years, I present to you my top tips for getting picked up. Hitchhiking for me is not only about saving money while traveling but the connections you make with people along the way.

Here I talk about TrustedHousesitters & why housesitting can save you crazy amounts of money and allow you to stretch your travel budget further.

A consolidation of my additional top tricks to keep in dat budget.

This lecture is a really important one in the sense that I wish I was warned of these feelings before I took my first trip. Backpacking and travel, in general, are sold as a guaranteed happy experience full of friendships and new experiences but little is spoken about those feelings of homesickness or burnout that you may feel. I attack these common feelings one by one and give tips on how to manage them.

If you live on planet earth, you will most definitely come across these people in your hostel life, maybe one of them is you!

We live in a world bombarded with social media and it's almost impossible not to have high expectations of a destination you saw under the filtered sparking lights of Instagram. In this lecture, I speak about my own experiences with Instagram vs reality and how its really important to not have preconceived ideas of a place you want to travel to.

Meeting friends when you're traveling may not be sometimes so straightforward, so here are my top tips for meeting your travel companion and building meaningful connections abroad!

Feeling safe is a top priority when traveling and definitely, at the beginning of my traveling journey, I put myself in some dangerous situations and wish I was more clued up on staying safe as a female traveller. Over the years I've adopted strategies to feel safer and in this lecture, I share them with you, woman to woman. This is not excluding any men, of course, these tips can also help you.

These are the common scams that I wish I knew about at the start of my travelling journey. I consolidated them into one lecture so you have a smooth sailing scam-free trip and the knowledge to kick any scammers in the butt.

Oh boy have I been scammed. Especially at the start of my travelling journey, I was very naive in thinking that everyone was out there to help me. Of course, 99% of humanity is good and wishes you well, but in pockets of the world where tourism is booming, you will of course find many scams. In this lecture, I share with you a very personal scamming story that really upset me at the time and almost ruined my trip.

Having your passport or phone stolen is definitely not ideal and could definitely ruin a glorious trip. Thankfully over the years I've not had anything major stolen, but I've met many frantic and emotional travellers who have lost a lot of personal and important belongings. This short lecture will leave you equipped with the knowledge to not let that be you!