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Never gone backpacking Europe before? Don’t know what staying in a hostel is like? Nervous about traveling solo as a young female? No worries, we’ve got you covered.
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Follow Bakpak Guide's ten tips for planning your first trip to Europe and you will be sure to have a great experience!
Backpacking in Europe can be pricey. OK, so you shun car hire and hotel rooms in favour of public transport and 40-bed dorms, but...
Europe is not a third-world country, so who needs travel insurance? Not me. I'm a young, free-spirted backpacker. Oh, and I'm covered under my parent's policy.
What Was I Thinking? Top Ten Things You Should Leave At Home
No matter how manageable your backpack might seem in the comfort of your bedroom at home, I can guarantee that the minute you step off the bus, train or airplane it will feel like you’re lugging around a dead body.
No matter how manageable your backpack might seem in the comfort of your bedroom at home, I can guarantee that the minute you step off the bus, train or airplane it will feel like you’re lugging around a dead body.
Some of these are tips you learn from trial and error, some are obvious - we figured we’d try to save you some time.
Save Money When Traveling in a Group
If you're heading off to Europe with a few friends this year, make sure you take advantage of the opportunities to save your bucks, euros and pounds for those nights you want to splurge...
If you're heading off to Europe with a few friends this year, make sure you take advantage of the opportunities to save your bucks, euros and pounds for those nights you want to splurge...
MUST-DO MISTAKES, Errors of Enlightenment, and Blunders of Wandering that every backpacker should experience while tramping across Europe
Naples, Italy: What's this extra sink for? Returning to the room to find your traveling companion doing laundry in the bidet.
Naples, Italy: What's this extra sink for? Returning to the room to find your traveling companion doing laundry in the bidet.
Backpacking Europe: 6 tips for Travel Health
If you've ever been really sick in a strange land, you know that this is one area you should take seriously. It is at best uncomfortable and at worst, extremely expensive and sometimes frightening.
If you've ever been really sick in a strange land, you know that this is one area you should take seriously. It is at best uncomfortable and at worst, extremely expensive and sometimes frightening.
Backpacking Europe: Types of Tours Available
There are many different types of tours available to backpackers, and all of these tours offer something different. Picking the right tour can make or break your trip, so it is important to know what you’re getting in to!
There are many different types of tours available to backpackers, and all of these tours offer something different. Picking the right tour can make or break your trip, so it is important to know what you’re getting in to!
How To Travel with Others and Come Back Friends
Travelling with friends should be one of the best experiences of your life. You'll discover new places, have all sorts of strange adventures and get to know a whole new side of each other.
Travelling with friends should be one of the best experiences of your life. You'll discover new places, have all sorts of strange adventures and get to know a whole new side of each other.
Hop On, Hop Off Europe Backpacker Tours: The Pros and Cons
Hop On/Hop Off tours are a very unique type of tour. Also known as jump-on/jump-off tours, it’s a great way to travel cheaply and at your own pace.
Hop On/Hop Off tours are a very unique type of tour. Also known as jump-on/jump-off tours, it’s a great way to travel cheaply and at your own pace.
Why Everyone Should Study Abroad
If you think “studying” means burying yourself in the back of a library with text books stacked around you like...
If you think “studying” means burying yourself in the back of a library with text books stacked around you like...
10 Tips for Weekend Travel While Studying Abroad
By Alysia Santo Studying abroad is a fascinating opportunity to learn more about the world and yourself.
By Alysia Santo Studying abroad is a fascinating opportunity to learn more about the world and yourself.
These days, it seems like everyone's going backpacking around Europe with a group of friends. But maybe you don't have even one friend who wants to backpack with you...
Shilo's Packing Essentials
I love to pack. I relish the experience of paring down all of my material possessions in the world to what I can carry on my back; to leave behind all the rest of the "stuff" I own, which sometimes seems to own me, and to wander off into the world.
I love to pack. I relish the experience of paring down all of my material possessions in the world to what I can carry on my back; to leave behind all the rest of the "stuff" I own, which sometimes seems to own me, and to wander off into the world.
Free Backpacking Europe Planning & Essentials Guide
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Travel Tips
Never gone backpacking Europe before? Don’t know what staying in a hostel is like? Nervous about traveling solo as a young female? No worries, we’ve got you covered.
Free Backpacking Europe Planning & Essentials Guide
Download/More info on the Backpacking Planning and Essentials Guide