Category: Safety
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Girl Power: The Ultimate Guide to Safe and Empowering Solo Backpacking in Canada for Women
As women, we often face unique challenges and obstacles when it comes to travel. However, that shouldn’t stop us from exploring the world and embarking on incredible adventures. Backpacking solo in Canada can be an empowering and life-changing experience, but it’s important to take the necessary precautions to ensure your safety and comfort. In this…
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Backpacking 101: 10 Tips For Having A Better Backpacking Experience
Backpacking is an adventure that blends backcountry camping and hiking. If you’re looking to get away from it all and feel truly free, then consider taking a backpacking trip. It will leave you feeling closer to nature, refreshed, and fully immersed in the outdoor experience. If you’re new to backpacking this list of 10 tips…
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How to Carefully Handle Money While Traveling
Traveling is an adventure that is to be filled with excitement and joy. It is an experience that should be thoroughly enjoyed and lived up to. You don’t want anything to disrupt this experience as it could be a getaway for you or a long-awaited vacation. But wherever in the world you travel to, not…
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How To Properly Fit Hiking Boots
Hiking boots should be comfortable from the instant that you set your foot into them. If they pinch or hurt your foot, they’re not the right fit. You need to make sure that you’re trying on both boots at the same time. Many people only try one boot on and call it good. This isn’t…
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Travel Scams in Canada You Need To Watch Out For
Canada has a fairly low crime rate all around, meaning even in larger cities you shouldn’t have to be too concerned with swindlers and con artists. But there are a few travel scams that are worth mentioning, as they can be unique to Canada, and if you haven’t come across them before, you’re more likely…
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Going it Alone: Solo Travel Survival Tips
So you’ve decided to go it alone. Maybe you’ve been forced into it, with a travel buddy bailing on you, or maybe you decided you needed a solo adventure. Either way, if it’s your first time, you’re probably a bundle of nerves and could do with a few tips for how to make this solo…
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Where to Buy Backpacker Travel Insurance for EU Residents
Backpackers who refuse to purchase travel insurance often have one excuse. They think that since they don’t need backpacker insurance because they are healthy and hence, they won’t get sick while on the road. But backpacker travel insurance is not just about coverage against medical costs should something happen to you while backpacking. It covers…
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Do Backpackers Really Need Travel Insurance?
Insurance – nothing gets you quite as bored as this cringe-inducing word. When you’re living in the high of travel, or even in the pre-high of planning your next adventure, this awful word seems to track you down like prey. Smacking you back into reality and making you think “maybe I should pick some up”. But do you…
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5 Snowboarding Tips That’ll Keep You From Dying
We’re going to talk about snowboard safety here – no, wait just there. Don’t go clicking away. Safety isn’t the most exciting topic to write about – I know, but if you’re new to the sport, or just a smart ass know-it-all who’s too cool for helmets, let’s get things straight. This sport is a…