Every time I've booked a trip to a city I've already been to (usually under the persuasion of a friend who desperately wants to go there), I've ummed and ... Read More
The cost of living in Wellington, New Zealand
If there's one thing I enjoy geeking out on it's watching YouTube apartment tours and reading cost of living blog posts to get a comparative ... Read More
Why you need travel insurance for short trips
In the past I’ve been guilty of holding the terribly misguided attitude that travel insurance for a trip within New Zealand, or even for a short holiday to ... Read More
How to plan a trip with friends without ruining a friendship
My past experiences booking travel with friends have ranged from straightforward to hopeless. At times entire itineraries have been aborted with me left ... Read More
6 travel apps
My 16GB iPhone is continually maxing out on storage space. This is in part due to the number of photos I want to keep to hand, but also comes down to the ... Read More
Learning to use Lightroom for travel photos
In late July I was already having a pretty great week when I found out I had won a 1 year Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan subscription thanks to Liz ... Read More
Tips to improve your travel videos
My first travel video attempt was a total fail. Climbing Diamond Head in Hawaii and using a phone on a selfie stick to record the video, I never considered ... Read More
Life lessons I’ve learnt travelling
I have an entire category of blog posts full of travel advice based on my own lessons learnt, including how to Save Money and Travel hacks. But what about ... Read More
Tips for destination weddings
Back in May I went to Hawaii for a friend's wedding. I worked with the British born, Wellington raised groom in 2009 before he moved to Sydney and later ... Read More
Unexpected things which happen when you’re travelling
It's a fact of life that there's no way you can ever anticipate and plan for every possible outcome, and this is never truer than when you're at the edge ... Read More
