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>>1218431
There's a app called maps.me
download it to your phone, download the maps while at home or using a wifi that are relevant to your trip, use it everywhere without using data (turn off data roaming just to make sure)

Now that was complicated

>>1218454
I figured that would take up a lot of data if I wanted to do a cross-Europe road trip eventually with stops along the way. I'll have paper maps soon too.


Also a question for the tech store but it's closed now

>>1218462

You can use your phones built in GPS without having Data or Wifi. Just make sure you have an Offline Map app. maps.me is a good one but there are plenty out there.

>>1218252
Bumping for interest

related fact: an Instagram account with 50k followers makes 200-400 bucks a month

>>1218252
>has anyone on here been successful with a instagram + travel blog
Yes, but you have the wrong approach to it, it's a hobby that can turn into something profitable if done right not the other way around. Else you could as well do the usual marketer stuff, pump and dump a few IG accounts with a affiliate link and earn more money in less time and with less effort.

>I'm not talking big money, but is it reasonable to make 1k if you stick to a plan with a travel blog/instagram and treat it professionally?
Sure but it will take a lot of time and effort because you sell yourself and not a product until you reach the point where someone says "this guy should sell our product and we gonna pay him for it" or your viewers say "hey you got a patreon? I love your stuff and think it's worth $x/months"
>create a brand for you
>get good equipment, nobody wants to see a 360p potato video with lousy audio and edited in MS moviemaker
>create good content and not "click muh link la" shit
>build a fanbase, most travel blogs fail here
The public decides, if you're just a shitty cunt that nobody likes your journey is over at this point and there's nothing you can do about it
>interact with your fanbase
>create new content every 2-4 days, longest time you can go without new content is 14 days or your account becomes stale
>you attract more and more followers and can actually influence people
>the one year mark passes
>suddenly you get approached by "sponsors" to review products, sponsor a vid etc. If you fuck up here you will kill your presence...

So to sum up the above: You now have a part-full-time hobby that YOU have to bankroll with 3-4k per month to keep the content up while it earns you about $500-1000/months and a few free trips/products to review until your community grows to a critical mass a year or two past the above...

And before you ask, no you can't streamline the process by throwing money at it for fake views/followers/fans.

>>1218291
Op here. Thank you and to the other comments.

I know it's not easy and probably not as rewarding as many make it out to be unless you're a blonde 23 year old who poses her ass in every photo (a la sarah underwood). But i agree the ones that i like actually provide content and is likeable like snapchick who was not so much a travel blogger but a photo enthusiast. And yeah not just anyone can do it. I'm thinking more and more it could be a collective group so you share the expenses, time, all the while learning about yourself. I've thought about it some more so that i already do the cool stuff i just dont brag about it.. that comes second.

Thank you again..more comments are always appreciated.

Edit; Could also fly in and out of Christchurch. Slightly more expensive but $ isn't a huge concern

>>1218095
Don't spend more than one full day in Auckland, it's not a tourist town.

If you have a car, it takes 3 hours to drive to Rotorua, and Taupo/Tongariro National Park are only an hour from that. You could do them in one or two days if you have a clear plan about what you want to do/see.

Wellington is about five hours from that area, and can also be done in about a day.

From there you could fly to Queenstown, do Christchurch//Dunedin/Milford Sound from there, and then fly back to Auckland. Queenstown is probably the nicest city in NZ at the moment. Milford Sound is a full day trip from there, but it's worth it because it's the NZ they put on all the postcards. Fair warning, Christchurch is still a shadow of its former self, and I wouldn't advise going anywhere near Kaikoura at the moment.

If you just want to do the North Island, you could take two days or so to go north to the Bay of Islands and Cape Reinga (nice in summer, weather may be iffy around Easter), or down to the Coromandel from Auckland (again, weather might be iffy). Wanganui (slightly north of Wellington) is also very nice.

If you want to fly in and out from Christchurch, you could take some time to look at the west coast. It rains all year-round there, so you don't have to be concerned about the weather.

Basically depends on what you're interested in.

If you want volcanoes, you want Auckland, Rotorua,Taupo, Tongariro, and White Island (off Whakatane, which is fourish hours from Auckland).

If you want adventure tourism, you want Rotorua and Queenstown.

If you want skiing or hiking, you want Queenstown.

If you want nightlife, you want Wellington.

If you want beaches, you want the Coromandel or the Bay of Islands. Don't go swimming at the west coast beaches around Auckland unless you know what you're doing.

Don't bother with Gisbourne or Taranaki.

>>1218095
As a New Zealander I can give you some advice:
1. fly straight to Wellington after you've landed in Auckland; most of north island is boring and lame except for Wellington, which is a lovely city
2. After exploring Wellington, hop on a cruise to Nelson; from Nelson go to Marlborough Sounds, which is absolutely beautiful and terribly underrated, you'll love it
3. After exploring Marlborough Sounds, travel down the West Coast, which has lots of lovely scenic spots; go to in information centre there so you know where to find all the gems along the west coast
4. After you've travelled down the west coast, go to Queenstown; you'll go through the southern alps to get there, so it's a scenic drive that you'll enjoy
5. Head to Invercargill, which is south of the southern alps, and walk around Bluff hill if you want too, because it's a lovely walk
6. Head up to Te Anau and go trek through Fiordland on the Milford Track, where you'll end up in the beautiful Milford Sound, where you'll leave on a prebooked boat
7. Go to Invercargill, fly up to Auckland, then fly home

That depends entirely of what level of amenities you require.

>>1218028
I'm mostly asking to see what the average cost of traveling there would be

Bring a tent and your own snorkel and you can do any island for free.
Public transport is cheap and comprehensive.
If you're in Honolulu, go to Chinatown for all your meals. Better food than you'll get anywhere in Waikiki, and cheap.

It's expensive to get to any islands besides Oahu, unfortunately.

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>>1217911
I would suggest a cottage in the lake district or a quaint village in North Yorkshire

bump for cool thread.
Any other romantic places in Europe perhaps?

The north coast of Cornwall and Devon is a nice area to share a B&B and cream tea with your sweetie.

the fuck are you gonna do with four hours? lol

Ride the taxi for 30 minutes, take a uturn and head straight back to the airport?

You're probably not going to leave transit anyway, so no chance to go out.

>>1217619
Four hours might be absolutely nothing depending on how far away the airport is in Beijing.

I had a little over 6 hours in Shanghai Pudong and it was barely enough to get to the Bund, take a couple pics and go back. Immigration eats up a shitton of time.
As for the transit visa, it's very easy and they don't seem to give you any problems whatsoever, outside of chaotic organization at the airport and large queues.

Train from the airport to city takes around 30mins.

Is it 4 hours total? You'll probably spend near 30mins-1hr queueing for immigration, it might not be worth it.

But if you're gonna do it you could go and check out Tiananmen Square or another site. Alternatively, just wander around the hutongs for a bit, get something to eat.

Trains in west europe cost alot, even if you have an interrail pas, they often make you pay extra.

This won't be a cheap trip, if any of you can drive, rent a car and do a roadtrip

>>1217517
>This won't be a cheap trip, if any of you can drive, rent a car and do a roadtrip

What the fuck this is terrible advice. Trains with an interrail pass are a fraction of the price of cars. Not to mention the fact that he's trying to visit the city centres of multiple ancient city centres that were never designed for cars so are rammed constantly. Driving is the worst possible idea.

>>1217436
The main thing I'd say is that you've been far too ambitious with how many places you want to go to. There's not much point in visiting a city per day, you'll be exhausted and not actually get to really experience many of the places you visit. With 15 days you really only want to be going to 4-6 cities really, then you can enjoy them properly, and even 6 is a bit fast really.

>>1217318
Hey we might be there together I can show you around, who do you work for?

>>1217319
german company
installing a maschine

>>1217318
If you are off on the weekends, try to get over to Bahrain if you want any fun. There's a bridge to the island

>>1217231
Why would you bump a thread 30 minutes after its been posted? Read the sticky faggot.

reeeeeee

>hiked a yacht

The fuck am I reading? Might know the answer to your question if I had a clue what it was you were asking.

>>1217178
List the countries. In France, no. They have an inferiority complex about their language.

>>1217187
That's a bit of a myth, especially when it comes to the under 30s. Sure some people are just fed up with tourists and will use that as an excuse but locals whose towns are overrun with them get that way all over the world.

>>1217187
Finland
Denmark
Iceland
Norway
Sweden

All the north countries.

>>1217198
>>1217187
I have friends tell me that french people got angry when they speak english. I know germany you can have full conversations with german people no problem

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>>1217109
bumping for interest

>>1217109
>Can anyone share any information on things they might consider worth doing and seeing?

What sort of stuff are you into?

>>1217109
there's that nice hill....
and you can also hop on a bus to walk to that island during low tide. just remember to check the tide schedule.

They have recently upgraded the interior of all their long distance aircraft.

Why don't you want to use Air France?

I'm also checking to book a flight to Tokyo on September, and the best options are Air France, Lufthansa or KLM.

Waiting for my holidays to be confirmed to know the exact dates though.

Any recommendations about those 3 airlines?

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I just flew Avianca for the first time and I was really impressed. Even my hour and a half connector flight had in-seat entertainment, hot food and qt 3.14 attendants that actually, you know, attended.

Sure beats a bag of almonds and a sky-mall tossed in your lap by Gladys the former cosmetologist.

Also, damn I dig those uniforms.

Where is this, why do you want to go there and why do you need an excuse?

>>1216909
Croydon is in London, I just want something to do when I am waiting in Croydon, wanting an excuse to do something is just a turn of phrase at least where I am from.

I just don't think the museum of Croydon will take me more than a couple of hours.

>>1216906
WW1 exhibit "Remembering 1916, Life On The Western Front" is there through mid-April.

>>1216705
No but go the northern route, Tennessee is much nicer than the nigger corridor that is I-20

don't know why you'd go to raleigh if you're broke though, waco is much cheaper. Get a job bum

Don't carry any pot with you.
You will probably be checked out a couple times by cops I hitched from Panama City beach Florida to central pa

>>1216705
Heads up, I posted a long reply to your other thread

>>1216616
Absolute bliss. Sure it occasionally gets lonely or wanting to share the experience with somebody. However I can honestly say that all the positives of going it alone outweighs any of those negatives.

>>1216618
I'm on the cusp of booking a solo holiday to Cambodia and Vietnam. This is reassuring. Problem is, I'm 18, look very British and well actually am told I look younger than 18. Won't I just seem out of place?

>>1216619
lol no, that won't be the problem. There are lots of youngsters travelling. The problem will be that you'll be targeted by all the scammers and everyone will try to screw you over. I mean, if you are older scammers often give up on you or don't even approach to save effort. Young guys especially on their own are presumed the easiest prey. And in fact they are. You will be scammed, just accept it be prepared to write it off to the learning curve.