Focused Travels provides tips for travel planning and budgeting. This range from sites to store travel photos to factors to consider when planning a trip.
Safety while traveling internationally is important. Protecting your personal information is essential. I never used to use a VPN for international travel, but in 2014 my credit card got hacked when I used it to pay for a hotel which I booked over a hotel’s WiFi connection. It was a scary experience knowing that someone …
I have written about some tools I have tried for travel planning, including Evernote and Trello. Then, I discovered Notion in mid-2018. I was hooked and started using it for more and more things. It is excellent for storing information and planning. I had an extensive work trip with personal travel days that I needed …
Did you ever dream of traveling overseas but thought you could never afford it? Have you ever gone on a trip or traveled somewhere without knowing what it will cost you? Ever returned home and had a HUGE surprise when you received your credit card statement? If you have answered yes to any of these …
I am a huge fan of bleisure travel. Bleisure travel is a combination of business and leisure travel (business + leisure travel = bleisure travel). Bleisure means extending a business trip with a few days of leisure travel time. The leisure travel days are for the cost of the employee. I try to do bleisure …
I have many small bags with leftover currency from several overseas trips lying in a drawer at home. Each year the number of these bags increase. I realised that I need to see how I can use this foreign currency – here are a few ideas: This post contains affiliate links. Should you click on …
Some people love planning trips, while others hate it. I am one of those people who love planning trips – in fact, it is one of the most exciting parts of any trip for me. For those who hate planning trips, there are luckily many tools available nowadays to make travel planning easier and sometimes …