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An iPhone App for Travel Health

This is a guest post by Lorraine Aubert. If you want to guest post on Go Backpacking, please read more here.
There is a new addition to iTunes’ line-up of travel apps. The app, called Travel Health, is based on the book, “Travelling Well” by Dr. Deborah Mills, a travel medicine specialist in Australia. While [...]

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An Introduction to Booking Advisor

An Introduction to Booking Advisor

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The hospitality business is a competitive one, and as more and more websites come on line to help you find your next hotel room, it is not getting any easier to track down the cheapest rates.
Enter BookingAdvisor.com, a free and independent search engine that scours over 30 other hotel booking [...]

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Lunch at Blue Ribbon Sushi (Manhattan)

Lunch at Blue Ribbon Sushi (Manhattan)

My next dish was an appetizer of salmon tartare with a quail egg, scallions, and soy sauce.

Posted in Features, Food, New York City, ReviewsComments

Driving Cross-Country

Driving Cross-Country

My globetrotting friend and I have decided against a backpacking trip in exchange for a driving one.

Posted in Features, Planning, Pre-trip, Travel Books, United StatesComments

Holiday Extras Travel Insurance

Holiday Extras Travel Insurance

No traveler can leave their home country without travel health insurance; being injured abroad is an event that no traveler wants to face.  Facing a serious injury abroad without the support net of travel insurance makes an already bad situation worse.
Holiday Extras is a UK-based company that has been serving the travel community for over [...]

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Calculated Hotel Comforts

Calculated Hotel Comforts

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As much as I encourage spontaneity, there is one thing I refuse to do on a whim, lodging.
We’ve all heard horror stories of last-minute hostels from hell, bug-ridden hotel beds, and bed and breakfasts that, despite their quaint websites, are run-down and far from anything and everything on the itinerary. [...]

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Follow Up: 10 More Travel Movies To Get You Going in 2010

Follow Up: 10 More Travel Movies To Get You Going in 2010

Everyone has a different opinion on what constitutes a good travel movie.

Posted in Features, ReviewsComments

Extreme Tourism, according to Chuck

Extreme Tourism, according to Chuck

I have a few opinions on travel: one should learn some historical background to understand the culture of today, one should try their best to speak the native language as to not “lose things in translation,” and one should never expect a place or its people to adjust to one’s own way of life.
For as [...]

Posted in Travel BooksComments

Top 10 Travel Movies To Get You Going in 2010

Top 10 Travel Movies To Get You Going in 2010

Movies are a great way to inspire, motivate and bring to light unique places in the world.

Posted in Features, ReviewsComments

Pros & Cons for Backpacking Cuba

Pros & Cons for Backpacking Cuba

Beautiful beaches with crystal blue water and the purest white sand make it hard not to just sit around all day and drink rum.

Posted in Central America, Cuba, Features, ReviewsComments

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