Comments on: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Travelers

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:18:40 +0000

@Bastiaan: Glad you enjoyed this piece and that these types of experiences resonated with you (I completely understand Lao Cai!). While we are happy to share useful tips, we feel well-positioned to address the broader lessons of travel . Maybe you'd enjoy our Personal Growth Through Travel series.

By: Bastiaan

Bastiaan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:05:35 +0000

Thanx for this article. Its something else than tips about food or cheap transport. I really like the originality of this post. I really recognize the skill to adapt quickly to different countries. You just picked up some of the local language and suddenly your all blank again when you cross a border. I had this experience really intense when I crosses the chinese border at Lao Cai (the vietnamese border with china). No foreigners, no english everything chinese. Help! haha. It really forces you to adapt quickly. I will keep following your blog!

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:14:17 +0000

@Ainara: We were talking with Adam about MealSharing recently at ITB and what a cool concept it is. Although people love beautiful landscapes and buildings, it’s often the conversations and connections with people that they hold most dear to their heart. Add food to that and it’s an even better combination!

@Hannah: Glad this is useful for your upcoming trip!

By: Hannah @ Getting Stamped

Hannah @ Getting Stamped — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:36:29 +0000

Great article! Lots of great tips, we leave for our RTW trip in 4 months!

By: Ainara

Ainara — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:18:23 +0000

Great tips, I agree so much on number 7. Communicating with people can be incredibly rewarding. Even when that communication is made by broken english and smiles. Even if it’s a little awkward. It’s that what drove me and some friends to make MealSharing. And it’s been that… a really rewarding experience.

It’s also been in a exercise in adaptation!

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:47:00 +0000

@Kieu: Glad you liked it! Our experience is that these tenets hold in general — regardless of whether a traveler is re-integrating back into the world of a full-time job.

By: Kieu

Kieu — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:25:22 +0000

Consider this bookmarked if/ when I ever need to get back into the real world and interview for a job. Love this, A!

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 04:24:48 +0000

@Maddy: Thanks, glad you found this helpful! And sometimes you just have to do what you have to do…whether it’s a pile of steaming goat bits or something else

By: Maddy @ I'm Not Home

Maddy @ I'm Not Home — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:26:59 +0000

Some great advice here! You guys sure do have some wonderful stories. Although I don’t know how I would have gone with the goat bits!!!!

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Tue, 29 May 2012 06:50:55 +0000

@Wftristan: Thank you. Adaptability is key, for sure. It’s what’s brought us all to the very place we humans happen to be, after all.