trip-hop (74)in #travel • 7 days agoAirlines to avoid when traveling to or around MexicoRemember a long time ago when low-cost carriers first started becoming a thing and everything was fine until the…trip-hop (74)in #flights • 10 days agoIf you can...book flights with an actual agentThere was a time a while ago when booking with and agent was the normal thing to do when booking a flight. I was too…trip-hop (74)in #travel • last monthTravel horror stories: Getting eaten alive by bedbugs and having the staff blame you for itThis story didn't happen to me but rather to someone that I met along the way. I initially started talking to them…trip-hop (74)in #flights • 2 months agoDon't get your hopes up that the global "recession" is going to make flight prices go downI have heard it among a lot of people that managed to not be a part of the investment world in a way where this…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 2 months agoAirlines cutting down on "comfort animals" and I am happy to see thisI feel bad for anyone out there that genuine, medically, needs this sort of thing but over the years since it was…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 2 months agoMexico has become dramatically more expensive in the past 5 yearsI have heard that this has a lot to do with Mexico's economy being directly tied to their much richer neighbors to the…trip-hop (74)in #airlines • 4 months agoSpirit Airlines: The worst airline I have ever traveled with domesticallyWhen discount airlines became part of the global picture as far as travel is concerned, I, like most people, were…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 4 months agoTravel stories: Getting ripped off in Asia by a tactic that all locals already know aboutWell I can't say that ALL locals know about it, nor am I going to try to say that this is a tactic that is used purely…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 4 months agoTravel stories: "Learning" to surf on the wrong beach in BaliIt took me a long time to get there but I now love surfing. Depending on where I am going to I will often take…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 5 months agoTravala is failing as a booking company and that is a shameWhen Travala became the first ever flight and hotel booking company that accepted multiple types of crypto as payment…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 5 months agoSo i've got a trip planned for Mexico in SeptemberI've traveled there before and there is a reason why it is so popular with North Americans. By virtue of some sort…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 5 months agoTravel horror stories: Permanently disfigured by a bus crashThis is not my own story but rather a story of someone that I was quite good friends with and met while I was…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 6 months agoTwo countries I would really like to visitI've traveled to a lot of countries and have been to all but one of the continents. This doesn't mean that I have…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 6 months agoReminiscing about how backpacking travel used to beI think that travel today, and in particular backpacking, has kind of been ruined by technology. For the most part…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 6 months agoDownside of backpacking at hostels: You are going to encounter crazy peopleI have been traveling on the cheap for a long time now. I started when I was in my early 20's and it is something…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 6 months agoA bad but effective "hack" for traveling... you can fake a disabilityThe other day I was talking to a couple at a cafe that have been traveling for many years. I was lamenting the very…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 7 months agoTales of travel woe: Leaving your ATM card in the machineThis has never happened to me because of the fact that I am extremely cautious of how I handle any of my cards when I…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 7 months agoTravel stories: Encountering firms that make fake flight itineraries for visa purposesThe rules for every country differ as far as gaining access to their visas are concerned. One of the quite common…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 7 months agoHow difficult is it to get a new passport overseasThis is going to relate only to US citizens because that is what I am and the only nationality that I have experience…trip-hop (74)in #travel • 8 months agoBad travel stories: Having your room robbed... while you were in itMost of my stories of travel, or even the stories I hear about other people are good stories related to backpacking…