The learning curve of a wannabe blogger. Random ramblings on blogging, the business of blogging and life of a blogger.
It doesn’t happen often but when it does it’s a pain in the ass. This happened to me on recent flights between Bangkok and Belfast. To complicate things my claim for damaged baggage had two connecting flights taking in two different carriers. The two airline carriers were Jet Airways and British Midlands (BMI) and the …
Chasing a missed flight with a gut full of curry mee, queueing at an airport service desk drenched in sweat and panic; a life of travel is far from glamorous. My past week has been tiring both physically and emotionally. Travelling alone, overnight train journeys and budget accommodation. I covered thousands of miles, witnessed awesome …
A special guest post by a special dad. Every summer my parents join Europe’s Inter Rail for a month of backpacking. I won’t say what age my dad is but it rhymes with ‘leventy’. Elderly backpackers. Veteran backpackers. Here are my parent’s travels using the Europe Interrail Pass. Europe Interrail Pass It did not occur …
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My travel blog has been a mess for a while now, where I more or less neglected it to the point where it was vulnerable, and I was not far from losing it entirely. So last week I forced myself into an unlikely overhaul after a number of worrying revelations on just how grim the situation …
This post is geared more towards questions than answers. Input and comments are encouraged. It is a review of my own travel blog and the future of it. I have been blogging for 7 months now and am now considering monetization. Making money from my travel blog. Watching, considering, and flagging potentials for profits and …
What I miss most when living in Bangkok is Christmas time; the snow, festiveness and of course the Christmas markets. With plans for snow and skiing in China this Christmas it will likely come second best to my Christmases back home and in Europe. Christmas is the one time I want to be home and …
A couple of months ago I was asked, for the second time, to take an interview for a Hostel Booking Website in Europe, which I originally ignored as I hardly fit the hostel niche and backpacker brand. But their persistence seemed genuine, and their invite was less generic than most, so I thought I would …
One of the most common questions asked to a travel blogger is “what inspired you to travel” and for me it is a question which always draws a blank. I don’t really follow things; movies or TV, magazines, blogs or people… I just travel because I always have. It’s like being asked what inspired you …
When travelling I rarely pack a razor and on the rare occasions I do it will unlikely see the light of day. Shaving while travelling is just a waste of time. Poking through toiletries, the whole shaving process, what’s the point. Who’s going to know the difference? For me it has become the norm for …
I am a Northern Irish Travel Blogger. I was born in Bangor, Northern Ireland in the UK. My mum is from Edinburgh, Scotland and my dad from Bangor, Northern Ireland. I travel with a British passport and tell people I am from the UK. Being Northern Irish abroad is complicated. Being Northern Irish Abroad Coming …
