backpacking

Heading to Bangkok’s bustling streets? The Full Moon Party on the beach? The mountains in Chiang Mai? Diving in Ko Tao? Welcome to Thai class:...

Every Monday during our Shut Up and Go team calls, we gush over how brilliant this damn community is. We receive heart-warming messages about travelers...

My whole life has been centered around two things: school and upholding expectations set by my deeply Habesha family. Growing up as the oldest of...

I know I’m a city girl, but after the week I had, I might be open to reconsidering. 10 days and 5 cities. Thanks to BritRail,...

I’ve been to London before, and it’s somewhere I wouldn’t mind visiting often, it straddles the line between pastry scented cobblestones and good ol’ concrete...

It’s no secret that I am a geek for hostels. I talk about them all the time, to anyone who will listen. It’s hard to...

Kia ora! And welcome to the South Island of New Zealand. New Zealand is just outright unique. It’s where adventure meets snowy mountain ranges, a...

In your friend group, are you the ExtraTM Friend? Are you a champagne-on-a-beer-budget, sequins-from-the-thrift-store type of Out There? Me too! (I’m also the MomTM Friend...

Whether you’re working your lil’ booty off and learning new languages, taking on the sweaty backpacker life in the Spain heat (lol me), or embarking on a...

This is Know Your $h!t – a series where I help you get in the know before you Shut Up And Go. Get the historical,...

I had just finished two brutal weeks of exams, so the last thing I wanted to do was any more work. I had a week...

When I travel, I tend to give myself some pretty set instructions: eat All The Food™️ in the name of research, don’t be scared to...