by Stowaway Magazine | Mar 4, 2019 | Blog, Insider, Tips & Tricks
For many, the airport is the most stressful and chaotic part of traveling. The lines are long, the food is expensive, and the security agents vary wildly between helpfully cheerful and bitterly grouchy. However, there are plenty of ways to prepare that will ease your...
by Stowaway Magazine | Feb 1, 2019 | Insider, Tips & Tricks, Winter 2019
Michaela Scarrott was excited to spend a month with her friends in what was described on Airbnb as a “luxury apartment” located in Whangarei, New Zealand. There was only one problem—Michaela wasn’t looking at the apartment on Airbnb, but was on a fake website posing...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 13, 2018 | Fall 2018, Insider, Tips & Tricks
While classic tourist staples, like fanny packs and tennis shoes, are irreplaceable, there’s no reason to disregard the benefits of modern technology available for travelers today. Who needs a travel agent? So long as you have a smartphone, everything you could...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 9, 2018 | Insider, Tips & Tricks, Winter 2018
You’ve been daydreaming about a spontaneous adventure halfway around the world, but none of your friends can get away from work long enough to join you. Your sister canceled last minute on your annual girls’ trip, leaving you wondering what to do with your plane...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 9, 2018 | Fall 2018, Insider, Tips & Tricks
If you are walking down the street in Thailand and a vendor tries to sell you something you are not interested in buying, a useful phrase to have on hand is mai pen rai. If someone thanks you, an appropriate response is mai pen rai. If a family offers you a meal, and...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 5, 2018 | Fall 2018, Insider, Tips & Tricks
It’s that time—the afternoon slump. The sun is blazing, the sweat is dripping, and the blisters are forming. And, most regrettably, the magic of the Mouse House has dissipated in a poof of pixie dust. But this all-too-common scenario is entirely avoidable—anyone can...
