Low cost vacation package

Before anyone goes off on me for “complaining” about travel, I’m not. I am simply saying that travel is, for the most part, not glamorous. It is busy and loud and exhausting, but we love it anyway. What I want to do with this post is, first and foremost, make you laugh at my ridiculousness. Secondly I want to show you that all those picture-perfect Instagram accounts are made up of moments just like the following pictures that I’m going to show you. My Instagram looks pretty idyllic, but in reality I spend the majority of my time sitting in my pyjamas, hair bunched on top of my head, bra-less and staring at my laptop for hours on end. This eventually results in some sort of migraine. Again, I’m not complaining, I love what I do. But it most certainly is NOT always glamorous. Here’s the evidence. Travel Outtakes 1) The constant search for wifi can land you in some strange places. For example, when I was in Waikiki (Hawaii) the hotel had said that...

It was May 2013 and I was headed to Toronto, Canada. The land of maple syrup and sexy lumberjacks. Little did I know what lay ahead of me. Only The Beginning I flew direct from Gatwick to Toronto with Air Canada. Flights were around £500 return . This all sounds relatively simple, that is until you factor in that in order for me to get to Gatwick I had to get a train…… with four changes. Then, of course, there was the small issue of me not finishing work that day until 5.30pm……. in the ass end of Devon. This meant of course that I had to catch a late train, which in turn meant that I had to “sleep” in the airport. I say “sleep”, because, well, how can anyone be expected to actually sleep in an airport without some sort of a buddy system in place . I did not have a buddy. I was flying solo this time. Well, at least until I met my mother in Toronto that is. Travelling with a parent is the best, just so you know. Nothing uncool about i...