Georgie Young

Women solo travelling: empowering or dangerous?

We’ve all read Instagram captions from friends in far-flung places when sipping our coffee on a grey English morning talking about their crazy adventures: “Got up at 2am to climb a mountain and watch the sunrise. Worth it. #GirlsWhoTravel #GirlsGoneGlobal”. Whilst the only mountain most of us will be tackling as exam season rapidly approaches is a looming stack of textbooks and lecture notes, 2018 has seen a massive rise in the number of women packing up and jetting off on Insta-worthy adventures – and they’re doing it completely alone.
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Posted May. 3, 2019

How to deal with flight delays and cancellations

Most of us can recognise that stomach-dropping feeling when looking at the departures board in an airport and seeing the dreaded word “DELAYED” – or, even worse, “CANCELLED”. It’s not an uncommon issue – FlightStats estimate that in March 2019 there were around 63,000 flight cancellations and a whopping 535,000 delays across the globe. So how can we be prepare ourselves for a lengthy stay at the airport?
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Posted Apr. 26, 2019

The Great Ocean Road trip

“This is the first time I’ve driven since I passed my test,” Matt said casually, as the battered and luridly spray-painted Nissan van wound its way around yet another hairpin corner somewhere between Torquay and Lorne. I gulped, said a silent prayer, then threw myself into the car-wide singalong to Ed Sheeran.
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Posted Apr. 23, 2019