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Best Travel Tips

There are many hidden travel tips and secrets that we've learned over the years and we want to share with you the best of them to make sure you learn from our mistakes and overall travel better and smarter.

Can You Use NEXUS When Returning To Canada If You’re Coming From An International Destination?

It’s an age-old question…or at least it has been haunting me for a long time.  I guess it was just one of those things where it seemed like a gray line so I always avoided it.  NEXUS is after all a program between Canada and the USA to allow the easy crossing of borders (or […]

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Planning A Honeymoon to South Africa and Seychelles

The truth is, I planned the honeymoon way before we really hit the ground running with wedding planning but hey can you blame me?  Now how does a travel blogger decide where to go for a big trip like this?  Being in the “industry”, we’re inundated with incredible stories and photos daily.  It’s sensory overload […]

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5 Reasons Why I Love Cooking Classes While Travelling

My latest obsession while travelling is cooking classes.  Here’s why.  Beyond sight-seeing, meeting new people, shamelessly taking free walking tours, and endless amounts of Instagram posts, one of the best parts about travel has always been the food.  At the core of it, experiential travel is the fundamental shift that we’re seeing which is only […]

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How To Shoot The Northern Lights in Iceland

The aurora borealis is something that we’re all chasing after when we think about Iceland.  It’s the northern dream so to speak.  It waves, it dances, and it glows. Thing is, it glows a lot less than you picture in your mind.  All the photos you see out there show the northern lights as this […]

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Skyscanner’s “Everywhere” Search Feature To Find Cheapest Flights

We’re all used to using searching for flights in this day and age.  You know which cities you’re going from and to and you pick the dates.  If you’re lucky, the search engine will let you be flexible on dates by say +/- 3 days.  After your results are in you’re able to filter.  Now […]

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An Inside Look at the Competitours Experience

The Competitours experience was truly a travel-altering experience for me when my buddy Sam and I participated in the “2015 season”.  It was an exhilarating ride full of twists and turns and for an Amazing Race fanboy like myself, it was everything I was looking for in a travel competition.  To this day I think […]

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Guide to Making Coffee While Traveling

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If you love coffee and want to make sure you always get the best quality brews while on the road, this is your essential guide for making coffee while traveling. Read more travel packing tips Stop being ripped off Making Coffee While Traveling Imagine traveling to Paris, France, the city of lights. You’ve just sat […]

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How To Backpack Europe On A Budget

Europe is one of those dream destinations that everyone has on their mind when they think about travel.  When I graduated, the idea of a trip to Europe was the only thing we considered but as you can imagine, we didn’t have a lot of money back then so we had to figure out how […]

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What You Need To Know About River Cruising In Europe

For most of us, cruising means flying down south to Florida and catching a week long cruise that navigates around the Caribbean Sea and hops between a few countries.  This is great for those wanting to catch some sun and spend time in the tropics without sacrificing the comforts of a 168,000 tonne ship but […]

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Tips For Planning An All-Inclusive Trip

Okay you know me, I’m usually more of an off-the-beaten-path adventure kind of guy but there are times when you just want to slow down, kick your feet up and just soak in the sun.  When the beach is calling your name and you’re looking to get away, the all-inclusive option is pretty attractive. I’ve booked a […]

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