How to Get Enough Sleep During a Flight
How to sleep on a plane? If you’ve ever been on a long-haul flight, you know the struggle: You’ve spent what feels like an eternity in the air, and you finally land only to feel …
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Overview of Articles to Help You Travel the World
Are you thinking about traveling the world? Check out these articles for travel inspiration and useful information.
This is an overview of travel articles posted on Spendlifetraveling.com with a wide range of travel tips. Whether you’re looking to travel to bucket list destinations, to travel the world as a digital nomad, or to take a break from work to travel, you’ll find practical information in these articles.
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House Sitting Abroad – How to Use House Sitting to Travel
This is a beginner’s guide to using house sitting to travel the world. You might think that traveling the world is a dream that you can’t quite reach because it costs too much. That’s why …
How to Meet People While Traveling
Meeting people, whether locals or other travelers, to share experiences and stories can be one of the most enjoyable parts of traveling. But how do you meet people while traveling? Whether you’re planning a vacation …
Planning a Solo Trip: Practical Tips for Traveling Alone
If you are planning a solo trip for the first time, this post will help you make it enjoyable, worry-free, and absolutely unforgettable. Barring a few exceptions, I have been traveling solo for as long …
How to Stay Safe While Traveling
When you picture a perfect upcoming travel adventure I’m sure it doesn’t include getting sick, injured, pick-pocketed, or worse. You can have a great time traveling anywhere, and a little thought and preparation is all …
How to Save Money When Traveling
Traveling is probably one of the most rewarding things you can do, but unfortunately, it does come with a cost. Luckily there are many small, easy ways to save money when traveling that really add …
10 of the Best Reasons to Travel
Why travel? Well, that’s what I want to share with you here because there are so many reasons to travel! I only have to hear the word ‘travel’ to get all starry-eyed and excited. For …
How to Become a Digital Nomad: 7 Skills That Will Help
Becoming a digital nomad can seem like the dream lifestyle. Just imagine working from wherever you want. Be it a tropical island, a beautiful, historic city or in a log cabin in the woods. For …
Do You Want to Sail Around The World? Here’s 7 Ways to Make it Happen!
Are you dreaming about sailing around the world? Thankfully, quite a few of us humans have thrown out the dated mentality that we have to grow up, get married, have kids, get a good job …
15 of the Best Beaches in the World – Selected by Travel Bloggers
‘What is the most beautiful or unique beach you have ever been to? The best beach in the world?‘ That is what I asked a number of seasoned travel bloggers. Not only do travel bloggers …
Volunteering Abroad: Why You Should or Shouldn’t Do It
Volunteering abroad is one of those amazing, once-in-a-lifetime and life-changing experiences, right? Well, it can be but it’s not quite that simple, to be honest. There is a lot to be said for but also …
9 Years of Constant Travel: My Tips And Tricks
What does a life of constant travel look like? I am celebrating today. Exactly 9 years ago I moved to the Caribbean island of St Maarten. And although I had lived abroad before, this time …
Incredible Bucket List Destinations for Once in a Lifetime Trips
Are you looking for special bucket list destinations? As inspiration for a once in a lifetime trip? Then check out the list of places below! “If you could only pick one destination, what would be …
12 Countries Worth Visiting – My Year in Review
I traveled to 12 countries last year. And if you are looking for travel inspiration, I’ll explain in this article why these are 12 countries worth visiting. To some 12 countries in a year might …
Travel Inspiration: Where to Go Next? 5 Popular Instagram Destinations
Are you in need of some travel inspiration? On my Instagram account @SpendLifeTraveling I’ve been sharing some of the best and most inspiring travel pictures to stimulate your wanderlust. From cities to deserts and remote islands… …
Where to Travel to Next? Five Pictures of Five Popular Destinations
“Where should I go on vacation?” or “Where should I travel next?” I get these questions all the time from friends, family, and readers of this blog. On my Instagram account @SpendLifeTraveling I share some …
How to Find the Cheapest Flights – My 10 Tips
If you fly as often as I do it pays off to know how to find the cheapest flights. So, I want to share with you my 10 tips to get cheap flights, no matter …
If Only I Had Listened to my Mother… And How Traveling Broadens the Mind
I just came back from a short trip to Mexico. And although I’ve done much more intense traveling than a few days in Mexico, this trip showed me once again how traveling broadens the mind. …
Traveling For Life: What It’s Really Like to Move Country All the Time
A few years ago it seemed ‘Lifestyle Traveler‘ was the label they attached to me. But more recently that has shifted to ‘Digital Nomad‘. Not that my life has changed much, it’s just that more …
10 Signs You Have Been Bitten by the Travel Bug
Have You Been Bitten By the Travel Bug? The famous travel quote by Michael Palin says: “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote. And I know that I shall be happily …
Why Date a Girl Who Travels?
Is it that difficult to date a girl who travels? Occasionally I meet people, almost always women for some reason, who ask me how I plan to ever find a guy with my lifestyle. The …
What is the Difference Between Vacation and Travel?
Let’s be honest, whether you’re on a vacation or traveling, you’re still taking a break from your everyday life, and both are fantastic in their own ways. But, there’s a significant difference between vacation and …
Why You Should Always Get a Window Seat and Enjoy the View!
Window or Aisle Seat? If you’d ask me, 1A would be my preferred seat on any plane. Because yes, A is always a window seat and ok, row one is generally first or business class, …
What Makes Someone a Real Traveler?
I think the term “real traveler” is very subjective. It’s one of those things that means something different to each of us. But I have shared an article before about the difference between vacation and …
Why SpendLifeTraveling.com?
Hello! Welcome to My Website SpendLifeTraveling.com My name is Sanne, I’m from the Netherlands but I have spent most of my adult life living, working and traveling all over the world. Also check out: This …