The Tux in the Backpack

The distribution of information online is getting faster, shorter, more immediate. Introducing the Twitter and Tumblr counterparts of The Tux in the Backpack.

The Twitter phenomenon is getting extremely popular due to the immediateness of information shared…

Blog posts can take quite some time to be edited and refined; Twitter tweets are as simple and immediate as an sms message. Not familiar with Twitter? Check out how Twitter works in this video, Twitter in Plain English. Of course you can choose who you want to follow, meaning choosing who you’re going to receive tweets from. Read the rest of this entry »

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Welcome to the first edition ever of Flashpacking Blog Carnival (cheers and claps on background).

I intend to make this a constant be-weekly appointment where you can find everything that has been said (at least online) about Flashpacking.

So in case you haven’t subscribed yet to the Tux in Backpack RSS feeds this would be another good reason to do it, as from now on on top of the usual posts about tips, destinations, accessories, etc., you will also find here on the Tux everything that has been said on the web about Flashpacking.. all in just one place.

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Travellers House Lisbon, Winner of the Hoscars, the Hostel Oscars

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Living in a time of economical recession is not the best. People can lose savings, jobs, in worse case even homes. As a reaction people tend to save as much as possible, cut on spending, especially when it comes to luxury items. And as a consequence prices for many things that could be considered superfluous tend to go down. But hang on, isn’t travelling somehow considered a luxury or something to save on..? Could there be good news there for the a discerned traveller like a Flashpacker?

Ok, that’s probably too much luxury even for a Flashpacker, however…

While forecasts were pretty grim at the end of 2008, January brought a breeze of optimism, at least when it comes to travels. “Economic Downturn creates good deals” was shouting the Statesman at the very beginning of January, quoting how Genevieve Shaw Brown, senior editor of Travelocity, predicts that 2009 will be the year of travel deals.

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