While my hostel partying days may be over since I now get raging hangovers I’ve hit my 30s, I do reminisce on my backpacking days travelling around the USA without a car, praying not to end up in the dead in a gutter. Back then all I needed was a super cheap place on Hostelworld where …
This post is written by Victoria Brewood of Pommie Travels. I’m from Manchester in the UK, but somehow always grew up with a desire to live in the US. I’m not sure what gave me this crisis of national identity, but it could be all those American movies and episodes of The OC I watched …
New York City, as one of the biggest financial and cultural centers of the world, is full of luxury hotels. These hotels compete for millions of tourists who visit the city annually. However, with the rise of social media, tourists are no longer just checking in to hotels for the accommodations. The hotels should now …
If you’re visiting Vegas for the first time, you’ll doubtless be arriving full of hope, expectation and disposable income. Fast forward seven days and it’s a broken shell of a human being that crawls onto the plane to catch the redeye home. It’s not that you failed to anticipate the potential for finishing with less …
You’ve waited a long time for this, but it is finally time for you to release your inner dad and do that great ol’ American family road trip your wife has been nagging you about. For far too long you’ve told yourself this will be the year you will buy that American RV and hit …
LA is a sprawling city with many different areas, so three days is barely enough to scratch the surface, but with some careful planning you can certainly see the main highlights. Many people think of Los Angeles as being the home of Hollywood, Universal Studios and the Walk of Fame, but there’s so much more …
When it comes to summertime in Seattle there is no shortage of activities. From hiking to kayaking and whatever else outdoorsy people who wear flannel do, you will not be bored in the Emerald City. However, if you happen to get caught in the rain, or don’t do the whole great outdoors thing, or are …
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Despite Palm Springs being relatively close to Los Angeles, there’s no easy way to get there without a car. Driving time is usually 2 hours, but if you don’t have your own vehicle your only other options are to fly (which can be expensive) or take the Amtrak and the thruway bus (which takes time …
Tesloop: The Best Way to Get from Los Angeles to Palm Springs Read More »
Let’s face it – Vegas is the place where hope and dreams go to die. The house always wins – unless you went to MIT and can actually beat math, or you practiced already on this site, you will most likely walk away with less money than when you waltzed in like Mussolini. But that …
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Every Tom, Dick and Harry, or perhaps Tomas, Ricardo, and Hans – the world over, when asked to name American cuisine will no doubt be able to rattle off the ubiquitous hamburger and its arguably less appealing, phallic brother the hot dog. However, American cuisine runs much deeper than cheeseburgers and wieners, and many of …
