What are some of the best things to keep in mind when on the move?
Travel all by yourself at least once in your life.
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Airalo/Nomad to get 4g data at your new destination Download the local ridesharing and food delivery apps Book hotels close to what you want to see Ask Bitcoiners beforehand if they know any Bitcoiners in the city you're visiting Rent a car/moped if possible (gives you a lot more options) Don't eat during travel days and eat breakfast as your first meal when you land (helps with jet lag)
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Roll your clothes instead of folding them when packing. Saves a lot of space.
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I do this. Definitely is a big help
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I hate having a lot of luggage or huge luggage. I usually bring a mid size suitcase and just a gym bag as a carry on. If the trip is not long and I don't need a variety of clothes or if we are staying at an air bnb where I can do laundry I will just bring a gym bag with maybe 4 days worth of clothes and do laundry when needed.
We went to visit family in Texas for two months last year and I brought a couple pairs of shorts, a few tshirts, one pair of jeans, one sweater and like 5 days worth of boxers and socks and I was good to go. One bag. Good thing too because between my wife and the kids, I think we brought half the house with us. haha.
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If I know I have access to laundry wherever I’m going I refuse to travel with more than one bag lol
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I used to travel a lot but not so much anymore. It is tougher and way more expensive with the kiddos. I used to take a few short trips a year 3-5 days but now a trip with the kids is a huge ordeal and I will be lucky if it cost less than 5k.
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I've done 2 weeks trips with a single carry-on using this technique.
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I have heard this many times but I don’t understand the logic. Clothes is soft and compatible. Rolling vs folding shouldn’t matter because any excess space (air) is pushed out anyway. Doing an extra fold should have the same effect of any amount of rolling.
I believe this is an urban legend.
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Only way to solve it is through experiment. Take the same suitcase, same collection of clothes try the fold technique and then the roll technique.
Let the games begin!
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To bring the medications with me first and the health insurance as well.
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traveling alone
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I like to use an offline map downloaded previously, and mark it where I'm staying, and where I want to go.
Organic Maps is great for this
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Ear plugs on airplanes. Don't rush, always be early. Smile and be calm and others will be calm. Be mindful and present.
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Eat the local cuisine, not mcdonalds and starbucks
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Roll your clothes to pack
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never check your bag when flying.
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I’m big on this. Carryon only, I have weird anxiety of losing my checked luggage
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Yeah, this is a massive win.
I got this carry-on bag that fits the maximum allowed in most airlines, and you can use it as a backpack.
Game changer.
You can get out of the plane and walk around the city where you arrived instantly, hands free.
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I don’t care what is on the checked in bags, All the important things are with me.
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Definitely be aware of yourself and your situations, however most people in most places are friendly, helpful, and generous if given the chance.
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People are generally far more friendly and welcoming than they are made out to be online, in my experience
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Take some kind walking tour wherever you end up in new city, then pester the guide for local info.
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I live by freestyle travel. I just try to plan out how I’m traveling and where I’m sleeping. Other than that it’s usually a build your own adventure type approach for me
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That's the way I've done it having travelled with someone who is persistently nomadic.
I'm also just not a big planner. Plans suck the fun out of most things.
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💯 Spontaneity is always good. Plans are too but to he flexible.
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Don’t use a large bag / suitcase as you will be tempted to fill it. Always carry a towel (a tip courtesy of Douglas Adams). Use a debit card that charges in local currency at the interbank rate. Learn a few phrases. Use paper maps from tourist information instead of your smart phone. Use a sling bag. Finally, like to use a compact camera for pictures rather than my phone… but that’s just me.
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Ha! HHGTTG is my favorite series, and as a tribute to DA I carried a towel in my backpack when I first started going anywhere. It quickly revealed itself to be an incredibly practical piece of advice!
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What’s the secret of the towel? Usually seems like a waste of bag space to me
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Just comes in super handy in all these unpredictable ways. If you spill something, there's something gross you need to wipe away, you need a pillow or a half-assed blanket, you need to cover your head to sleep during the day, you need to pick up something hot, you need to swat a dog -- these are examples from my travels.
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It is more useful than you may realise and a medium size travel towel takes up next to no space. Sometimes I have carried a shemagh depending on the country.
To quote the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy; ‘A towel is just about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can carry. Partly because it has great practical value….. More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value…. any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.’
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I may have to become a towel maximalist
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Towel maximalism is not to be underestimated. Don’t get shilled on some small flannel or disposable napkins as ‘the new towel’ :D
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Rooftop of parking garage.
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Wash your hands before eating (and ordering).
Then you know how the restroom and the water is like, if they have soap and what is too dangerous to eat in this place.
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air tags
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some companies have made them illegal ? I'm not saying you should comply
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Are AirTags allowed in checked baggage Air Canada? Under the regulations, baggage equipped with a lithium metal battery not exceeding 0.3 grams can be put in checked baggage or in the plane cabin. Other lithium batteries that comply with these requirements are also safe for travel. Apple AirTags meet these thresholds, but be warned — other luggage trackers may not.Jul 6, 2023
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At least travel once alone to another country.
IMO, is the best way to get new people and the place.
Nowdays, very happy traveling with my wife. :)
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Here's advice I never received, but I'll offer it to others in case it's useful.
Some people go to Rio and live roughly the same life they'd live if they went to London or Istanbul. I'd say: do things that can only be done in the place where you're going. I think this is true in your normal life, too, and not just in space, but in time: maximize the opportunities of being the person you are right now, in the place and time you are.
I struggle to live into this but it's something I believe with all my heart.
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