Don't buy a sofa. Travel.

Of course, after you’ve bought all your tickets, the next logical step is to book accommodation. However, before you go forward with this step, it’s advisable to do a more detailed research on the city you’re staying in. So, don’t just book the nicest cheap place you can find. Find out where the airport is and how to get from there to the city center or a hot spot for public transport. Research all the places you want to visit, what buses, trams or trains go there and where else they go.  If you’ve planned to visit another city that is farther away, find out how to get there and where the train/bus station is. Basically Tip № 1 is, aside from comfort, what you should look for is convenience. Whether it’s more convenient for you to be close to the city center or where there is more landmarks and cultural heritage sights, or whether you need to be close to a train/bus station for easier transportation to other destinations. For example: when my family was in London, we...

As most of my friends know, my mom takes me on some pretty wild trips that she actually manages to plan all by herself. For example, here’s me casually posing with a shark in the Dominican Republic. Cool, right? Unfortunately, every plane ticket that she buys pulls my family further away from investing money in something that we really need – a new sofa. We moved into our new flat ten years ago. Everything was new and shiny, except for the sofa we brought from the old flat. It’s old, squeaky and worn out. I don’t envy anyone who comes to visit and decides to stay the night, as they have to sleep on it. And the back pain the next morning... oh, the back pain. I asked my mom once why we never got to saving up for a new sofa. She looked at me like I was crazy “And what? Miss going to Thailand?” (here’s her and my dad in Thailand) This blog is for those of you who have been saving for a phone, a computer, even a car. For those of you who've always had th...