When you live in Nelson Mandela Bay, you are spoilt for choice with surrounding weekend destinations in close proximity. Whichever way you go – East, West or inland – there are places to explore and enjoy. We chose to spend our latest holiday weekend at The Crags, a short two hour drive Westwards from PE.
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We recently attended a couple of events that highlighted what impact we, as consumers, can have on the environment just by the simple choices we make every day.
I have to admit, although we take great care in not supporting tourism products that exploit wildlife and negatively impact the environment, we don’t give a lot of thought to how the essential items we consume every day (like water and chocolate) impact the environment. We make most of our choice based on economics, convenience and preference.
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It’s Travelstart’s birthday and to celebrate they are having a birthday flight sale from 27-31 August 2018. If you are like me, the word “SALE” always produces a little rush of adrenalin and combining this with the word “flight” will literally make you go weak at the knees.
Our wanderlist is longer than my arm, and discounted flights really help when planning where to go with a family of 5 plus 1. Added to our excitement is the possibility of flying our son home from university in Pretoria more often to accompany us on our local travel adventures. I reckon we have already contributed significantly to Port Elizabeth being named as one of the Top 5 domestic flight routes in 2018 (based on an analysis of more than 800,000 trips booked on Travelstart.co.za since the start of 2017).
Did you know that “Slangry” is a thing? We often have hangry teenagers (hungry therefore angry), but I hadn’t really thought much about being angry from being sleep deprived. A good night’s sleep can really help everyone’s moods while travelling. Mom of 2, Elizabeth Larsen explains…
My daughter was two years old when we took her to her very first trip abroad, a vacation that I was very nervous about before beginning. I fought off the anxiety by making sure we packed everything we needed – from her medicine kit to her favourite teddy bear – and by the end of it my little family looked like a travelling circus in the middle of the airport.
There are some facts in life that leap head first into your brain, nuzzle up, make themselves comfortable and stay with you forever. For me, one of these was taught in primary school English class. We were learning how to write a good story and our teacher reckoned the best way to start was with the “5 W’s” – what, when, where, who and why.
As tempting as it is to launch straight into the how, let me start with an intro that would make ma’m proud.
In essence, anyone who travels and publishes regular stories and photos on their travels is a travel blogger. These stories can be published on your website, on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube – you name it. Hobby bloggers write about travelling as a hobby, often with a hope of becoming a professional travel blogger, who earns a living out of their travel blog. I mean, who wouldn’t want to get paid to travel, right?
