I love the potential and promise that comes with each new year. You know, before you’ve had time to mess things up with laziness and bad decisions.
So before atrophy takes over and you end up parked in front of the couch, make your travel goals now. Where are you going in 2015? How are you going to get there? Not just physically, but mentally and financially.
No matter what your financial, geographical or personal situation, there is some way you can incorporate more travel into your life. So, I wrote you a guide.
Or rather, a compilation of the many resources already on this site. This is a re-tooling of a post I wrote back in 2013. Since then there have been many new articles, and many new readers, so it seemed time to print a new syllabus for you guys on how to make this your Year of Travel.
Getting Started
How to Stop Dreaming and Get Moving
6 Bullshit Reasons Not to Travel
Is the American Dream Holding You Back?
Planning Your Travel Budget (a 4 part series)
The Biggest Money Sucks for Twenty-Somethings
How to Travel Through Your Twenties Without Worrying About Money
Balancing Work/School and Travel
How to Travel When You Work Full Time
Finding the Travel-Life Balance
Your Tips for Balancing Life and Travel
Trip Planning
Language Learning on a Time Crunch
Studying Abroad
How to Get the Most Out of Studying Abroad
Honest Truth of Studying Abroad
Traveling as a College Student
What to Study When You Want a Life of Travel
5 Ways to Travel Post Graduation
Working Abroad
Workaway, HelpX and WWOOF: What’s the Difference?
Teaching Abroad: What if I Don’t Like Kids?
The Four Stages of Living Abroad
Unexpected Parts of Being an Expat
Digital Nomadism
How I Make Money While Traveling
The Reality of Being a Digital Nomad
Should You Start a Travel Blog? The Dirty Truth
My 9 Biggest Tips for Travel Blogging Success
Solo Travel
One Good Reason to Travel Solo
Couchsurfing as a Solo Traveler
Six Ways to Meet People in a New City
Travel with a Partner
How Travel Makes Your Relationship Stronger
Keeping Your Relationship Alive on the Road
How to Travel with your Siblings
Tips for On the Road
How to Pick a Vacation Apartment Rental
How to Get Started Housesitting
How to Plan Your Own Food Tour
The Introverts Guide to Travel
How to Eat Really Well on a Small Budget
Bargaining Tips for the Non-Confrontational
Manage Your Travel Money Without Going Insane
Amazing site! Good intentions. From the start, the blog seems to be a motivational one. I will follow your blog here!
Great post! It’s going to be a busy year with all those beautiful places to discover…
Thanks 🙂 I gotta read all the articles you have posted here.
This year I want to travel much more and see new things. It’s just so difficult when studying AND working. But I’m going to travel every time I get the chance this year. 🙂
Every start of an year is a perfect time to sit and to think how to optimize the travels during the year. There are a lot of new places to visit during the upcoming 12 months and the better the planning, the better the experience.
Not bad tips at all! Great source of info. I personally think flying into a hub and then splitting the costs with friends to surrounding countries is a great way to go. You definitely can’t travel too much when you’re young!!
Great post of all your tips – and I loved your point about starting out the year right before laziness and bad decisions kick in – haha. First up for us is the Philippines and some travel around the US. 🙂
Awesome guide! I have some reading to do 🙂
What a great guide. The last years I have been travel full time. However, in 2014, I wanted to travel much more than I did. I hope that this year I will be able to travel much more, and will for sure have this guide in back of my head for make it happen 🙂
Studying abroad is probably the coolest thing I missed out on when I was in school. It’s the ultimate way to see the world while you’re young, and still get educated at the same time. I encourage anyone who can afford it to do it for a semester or more!
I talk to a lot of customers while at work and they are studying abroad and they come all around the world. Very smart thing to do.