I could never imagine spending my life without dogs. I’d just miss their loyalty, their unconditional love, their intuition, their goofiness – the list is endless. So there is this, but there is also travel. Just as I couldn’t imagine my life without a canine companion, I couldn’t imagine my life without living in different places, regions and countries. So how can we combine these two?
A lot has been speculated over the past months regarding the post-Covid travel industry and how it could come back greener, fairer and more sustainable. Against the background of climate change, overtourism, questionable tourism practices within communities and the disbalance of power between wealthy travellers and hosts often living in poverty, this is now a chance to use the industry’s standstill to restructure with sustainability at its core – economically, socially and environmentally. In many ways we are experiencing a „reset“. A chance to reflect on what has gone wrong and how we can start over better.
Granted there is no clear definition of flashpacking. The urban dictionary defines a flashpacker as “a backpacker with a better budget – independent travellers with money to spend“. For me personally just tying it down to money is too easy. I wouldn’t even necessarily relate it to a certain age (although some places and hostel types are simply more popular with a younger backpacking crowd). But you can surely be as much of a flashpacker at 23 and 43. So what really distinguishes flashpackers from backpackers?
Flashpacking –a gap in the market Crowded 16-bed party hostel dorms in Cambodia, full moon parties in Thailand or working behind the bar at one of the many backpacker hostels along Australia’s East Coast? This is not what this blog is about! Most of us