Tips On How To Backpack & Travel Round The World

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Need tips on how to backpack and travel round the world? You’ve come to the right place.

Backpacking is not just for the young, gap year kids and students, it’s something everyone should do at least once in their life, no matter how old you are.

It’s more than a means to travel, it’s a lifestyle. Backpacking allows you to connect with the locals, travel to remote and distant lands, connect with other likeminded travelers, and share in unique experiences you’d never find in your home country.

For many, backpacking is a dream, but it can be scary and overwhelming knowing what to expect if you’ve never done it before.

So, to help you out, we share our top backpacking tips of how we were able to backpack round-the-world over a 10 year period, and what you need to consider before setting off on your trip of a lifetime.

Why do people like backpacking the world?

No two travellers are alike, and what works for one, may not work for others. When you’re backpacking, you tend to gravitate towards travelers who are more on your wave-length.

Backpackers tends to have modest budgets, favoring experiences that connect them to other cultures and other people, over expensive splurges.

Because backpacking adapts your lifestyle to a more frugal nature, you gain a better appreciation for the world and your life – especially your life before backpacking.

After spending six months in hostel dorms, you will appreciate the luxuries you once had at home.

It also allows you to travel more off-the-beaten-path and to more remote locations, since you’re not going to be able to pull a roller suitcase up a mountain – well, you can try!

Tips On How to Backpack & Travel Around the World

Before you can grab a backpack and book a plane ticket, there’s a few things you need to consider when you’re thinking about how to backpack and travel round the world.

We suggest you ask yourself these questions:

• What destinations do you want to explore the most?
• How long do you want to travel round the world for?
• What is your travel budget?
• Are you traveling solo, as a couple, or in a group?
• What’s your desired style of travel? (planes, trains, automobiles, boats, other??

The answers to these questions are important because they’ll go along way towards making sure you give…