Bleisure Travel: Business In The Front, Leisure In The Back
It’s not exactly a new concept, combining work and pleasure. Quite the opposite, business and pleasure started off together but, with...
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Maria Malyk
Jan 13, 202214 min read
10 Basic Amenities Fails In Budget Hotels And How To Avoid Them
As a lifelong budget traveler, I’ve seen the inside of countless bottom-budget accommodations: from tents to shacks to huts to crumbling...
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Maria Malyk
Nov 18, 20215 min read
How To Self-Motivate When Traveling Solo (Video)
Solo travel is an exciting and rewarding experience for many people. The personal freedom to do what you want on your own terms and...
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Maria Malyk
Oct 27, 20214 min read
Think Solo Travel Is Lonely And Boring? Not A Chance!
Whenever an article is published on the topic of solo travel, it typically comes with a cover photo of a solitary traveler pensively...
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Maria Malyk
Oct 15, 20212 min read
Naysaying And Fearmongering Keeps Americans From Traveling Abroad
Hell must have frozen over, because I finally made a vlog to share with y'all! I have resisted making videos until now since: I don't...
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Maria Malyk
Jul 1, 202111 min read
9 Things To Consider Before Driving In Foreign Countries
When I came to the USA as a child refugee from the Soviet Union, I was pretty blown away by the American car culture. Everybody drove....
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Maria Malyk
May 27, 202113 min read
Demystifying Cost Relativity In Budget Travel Destinations
Living in a Caribbean resort town in Mexico, I sometimes hear tourists or expats gripe about how "some things are as expensive as New...
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Maria Malyk
Apr 28, 20215 min read
For Budget Travelers, Being Flexible and Opportunistic Opens Possibilities
International travel on a budget usually involves traveling to "budget destinations": countries with a significantly lower cost of living...
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Maria Malyk
Apr 14, 20214 min read
Solo Travel Tip: How To Exchange *Intro-Deets* Without Being A Jerk-Creep
When you travel solo, you are always meeting new people. That's the beauty of solo travel: you end up having so many random conversations...
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Maria Malyk
Mar 31, 20214 min read
The Term "Singlemoon" Is Silly But The Idea Behind It Is Valid
The travel industry is always coining and spinning new catchy terms for different types of travel. Recently, I wrote about my uneasy...
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Maria Malyk
Mar 17, 20215 min read
Travel Book Review: "Heads in Beds" by Jacob Tomsky
Where I currently live in Mexico, there's a fabulous little multilingual used book store / exchange, where I go every couple of months...
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Maria Malyk
Mar 3, 20215 min read
The Term “Revenge Travel” Is Too Aggressive For What It Actually Is
In the past year, the term “revenge travel” started popping up all over the internet-verse, passed around by media outlets predicting a...
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Maria Malyk
Feb 19, 202111 min read
For Freelancers Who Love To Travel Becoming A Digital Nomad May Be A Natural Transition
Although I don't address the ever-evolving world of digital nomads in the Hack Solo Travel guidebook, I believe it's a relevant topic of...
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Maria Malyk
Feb 4, 20216 min read
6 Popular English Language Songs Covered Around The Globe
One of the things I get a huge kick out of during my travels is catching live music and street performances. In my chosen travel...
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Maria Malyk
Jan 6, 20219 min read
4 Tips For Smoothly Crossing International Borders
If you've traveled abroad in the post-Septermber-11th world, you know that you don't have to be an international criminal to provoke...
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Maria Malyk
Dec 8, 20207 min read
4 Reasons Solo Travel Is A Great Fit For Introverts
Solo travel -- especially for women -- is becoming a huge trend, but it seems that many travelers are still intimidated by the prospects...
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Maria Malyk
Dec 7, 20207 min read
7 Ways To Be Proactive About Travel Right Now Without Breaking Quarantine
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has been a global bummer to put it mildly. We've all, each in our way, had to struggle with uncertainty,...
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