Category: Travel Tips & Inspiration

We’re all facing more inside time than usual due to the COVID-19 crisis, and everyone around the world is doing their part to self isolate or quarantine at home. Our guest blogger, Jessica, has come up with some unique ideas to keep busy at home, on your own, for as long as need be.  

Featuring more than a third of the nation’s population as well as its biggest city, Ontario is what many people outside of Canada think of when envisioning the Great White North.

Hollywood North has been extra busy the last few years, as the supply of new content to watch on streaming services like Netflix is seemingly endless. Particularly popular is British Columbia.

For over 13,000 years, members of the Haida nation have resided in the lush 10,000 km2 archipelago off of BC’s northern Pacific coast, practicing their cultural traditions and living off the bounty of the land and sea.

For our honeymoon, my husband and I decided to take 4 months to do a short world tour. He picked places, I picked places, and when I had Jordan as one of my top 3 spots, my hubby was skeptical.

Lately, there’s been a general sense of worry across the world, centering on COVID-19 (coronavirus). That’s understandable, since fear is a natural response to the unknown. But the round-the-clock coverage in the media will most likely continue to lead to increased fear and concern.

There are those lucky few fliers out there who can easily fall sleep at 30,000 feet, arriving at their destination bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Then, there’s the rest of us. If you count yourself among this latter group, try some, or all, of these plane travel tips.

Souvenirs allow travellers to carry a piece of their travel experiences back home. Like a time capsule, these tokens from your travels take you back to special memories from your trip.

Ever spent countless hours booking all the parts of your trip—your flights, your hotel, your rental car, your excursion tour, and even a table at that Michelin-starred restaurant you’ve always wanted to try—only to realize at the very last minute, that you forgot to get travel insurance?

With nearly 150,000,000 users and listings available in more than 65,000 cities, Airbnb has secured a profitable share of the travel industry. When you rent an apartment with Airbnb rather than a hotel room, you often get more space at a lower cost, especially when travelling with a larger group in need of multiple bedrooms.