Tag Archives: Top Tips

Top 10 Budget Travel Items for the Health Conscious

Health Conscious

  As part of my series on how you can make your journeys round the world happier and healthier, I’m bringing you my list of the top 10 budget travel items for the health conscious. Make sure you’re fully prepared and able to have the best trip possible by including some of this great items on […]

Buying a Tent Guide for Backpackers

Buying a Tent Guide for Backpackers

  It seems to me that mountain climbers and serious explorer folk largely dominate the ‘Buying a Tent Guide’ field online. So I thought I would branch out a bit and create a guide for those looking to buy a tent specifically for backpacking. Tents are such an awesome addition to any adventure, because they […]

Getting a TEFL Qualification : The Ultimate Guide

TEFL

  Welcome to the Big World Small Pockets guide to getting a TEFL qualification. In a nutshell, TEFL, or Teaching English as a Foreign Language, is a course that will qualify fluent English speakers to teach the language around the world. In order to sign up for a course, you do not need any prior […]

Top 5 Simple Travel Essentials

Cambodia, Koh Rong Sanloem, Boat on Beach

  Never one for travelling with an array of gadgets and creature comforts, I always try to make my luggage as light as possible. It’s very easy to get carried away with all the latest technical gizmos, but often one of the forfeits of being a budget traveller is having to do without. Nonetheless, there […]

Crucial Rules for Finding Cheap Flights

Crucial Rules for Cheap Flights

  There are 3 golden rules for finding cheap flights that I always employ, namely off-peak, price comparison and cookie clearing. Following them will help you find some of the best deals around and save you money even before you’ve left home. Related Posts 21 Brilliant Hacks for Saving Money When Travelling Eastern Europe 12 […]

Top 3 Ways Travel Longer For Less

Travel Longer for Less {Big World Small Pockets}

  When I arrived in Guatemala in January 2010 I had little over £4000 in my account, but over 2 years later, in July 2012, I was still in Latin America, living, learning and traveling. So how did I do it? The answer is easy and it’s the winning formula I’ve tried and tested time and […]