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How to Snag the Best Hotel Deals with Mobile Discounts

How to Snag the Best Hotel Deals with Mobile Discounts

Accommodation and flights are often one of the biggest travel expenses. On my recent six-week trip to Japan (a combination of work and personal travel), I learned some new money-saving tricks that I wanted to share about how to find the best hotel deals.

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Why I go Abroad for Health Care

Why I go Abroad for Health Care

I go to Thailand for my annual health screenings because it’s high quality and affordable care. In this post, I explain all the details about WHY and WHERE to go in Thailand for medical care, including a cost breakdown and comparison.

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Travel Tales: Luang Prabang Street Photography

Travel Tales: Luang Prabang Street Photography

7:07 a.m. at Luang Prabang’s morning market is the smell of charcoal and the hum of knives chopping. This post is part of my Travel Tales series where I share narrative travel stories along with my photography.

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Two-Factor Authentication and Traveling Abroad

Two-Factor Authentication and Traveling Abroad

Traveling for a living taught me that it’s even more annoying when you’re abroad and get locked out of your accounts. Here are four hassle-free ways to access your online accounts and still be safe while traveling domestically or abroad.

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#ClaimYourAdventure with Flexible Travel Medical Insurance

#ClaimYourAdventure with Flexible Travel Medical Insurance

Tobermory Lighthouse on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.  I live a very unconventional life—I travel most of the year for either work or fun. I am part vagabond, nomad and business traveler. Often, I’m gone for months and never quite know exactly when I’ll be flying back...

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SafetyWing’s New Nomad Insurance 2.0 

SafetyWing’s New Nomad Insurance 2.0 

Once upon a time in Barcelona, my wallet and phone were stolen off a beach. And, I spent the rest of my trip traveling with paper maps like it was 1995. Of course, the travel medical insurance I had did not cover electronics, so I was out of luck. Since then, I have...

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Why You Need Travel Insurance

Why You Need Travel Insurance

The key to insurance is simple: You insure what you can’t afford to pay yourself. Unlike health insurance in the United States, travel insurance is very affordable and one of the most important things to purchase for any trip!

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Hi, I’m Anna — a vagabond writer and photographer with bylines in National Geographic, The Washington Post and AFAR. I’ve been traveling solo full-time for more than a decade and built this blog to help you (and your wallet) make the most of your adventures.

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