Apr 16
The biggest question when you travel the world isn’t what countries you’ll visit or what foods you’ll eat or what new things you’ll try, it’s figuring out the best way to document the whole damn thing. You can squeeze it all down to a minute
Aug 09
I love traveling. Who doesn’t? What I don’t love as much, though, is how I usually go over the budget that I had initially set for myself. Apparently, this is a pretty common problem that most of my travel buddies share.
It’s easy to forget (or ignore) your budget when you’re out and about in a new city. Where can I buy this? Where else can I experience this?, you might think, before handing over your credit card. The full extent of how much you spent usually hits you when you’re back home.
Don’t let this happen to you again. It’s easy to get sidetracked when you’re on vacation, but a tool called TripSaver might just be the thing you need to budget better.
It’s essentially a travel expense tracker that features a neat and easy-to-use layout. I especially like the counter that shows just how far or how close you already are to spending your daily limit.
All you have to do is fire the app up and enter any expenses you incurred throughout the day. The app draws up attractive pie and bar graphs of your spending so you can gauge your spending quickly and easily.
The TripSaver app is currently up for funding on Kickstarter, where a minimum pledge of $1 gives you access to the app before its release (and at half of its $1.99 retail price). TripSaver has already surpassed its funding goal, so it should definitely be released.
Aug 02
This is insane. Well, only insane because I’m insanely jealous of amazing world crusader Graham Hughes. Hughes traveled to all 201 countries in the world plus 15 assorted territories without even flying. Even better, Hughes recorded a quick video of every single country he visited so we can all see what it’s like to truly travel the entire world in 4 minutes.
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Jul 01
Whoever said that you can only explore new places and discover new things when you travel obviously hasn’t tried SideTour. You won’t have to fly out and the drive often isn’t very far, since you’ll only be taking a “tour” in your own city.
That’s the concept that SideTour is working with, and they’re constantly adding new tours and experiences for people to try out.
The NYC-based service offers a variety of in-city tour options for the bored local, whether it’s dining with a renowned chef or meditating with a banker-turned-monk to find some inner peace. The experiences being offered are varied, and the best part is that you can experience it all in your very own city.
SideTour currently caters to locals from New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. If you have something you want to share with others, you can even host your own tour using the service.
Who knew you could experience so much in your own zip code?
[via Laughing Squid]
Sep 06
While we might not have enjoyed the full story arc just yet, we came within an electric whisker of seeing the electric Roadster‘s around the world trip derailed completely. The team at Tesla service in Munich, however, obviously love a fairytale ending — which is why they pledged to fix-up the car in the fastest time possible. Just four days after that show-stopping accident, de Mestre is back in the game, and heading south to Barcelona. The journey won’t end there though, as to make up some lost miles on the French Citroen team, he’ll travel back up to Strasbourg, and in turn roll over the virtual 25,000 km finish line. Assuming no other problems along the way, we’ll be mentally cheering the him along.
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