Quite a lot has been said about Flashpacking in the last couple of weeks. As usual the best has been captured here on the bi-weekly Flashpacking Blog Carnival.
Noches Multimedia, ElPais.com
Flashpacking gets attention in the Spanish world with this article, where we learn how the phenomenon is spreading rapidly across Spain, especially in Valencia and Barcelona. We also learn that the term backpacker in Spanish is mochilero, and that Flashpacker hostels can be called TechnoHostales. There you go, two more useful words for you.
Purple Nest Hostel, Valencia
La Mia Bellissima Avventura (My Beautiful Adventure)
A new Flashpacker is around, and her blog is definitively one to follow. Lauren after working 3 years in pharmaceutical and hitting a bit of a mid-life crisis decided to leave her job and her Chicago and go travelling in Italy. The blog describes her adventures and thoughts, and explains why she has chosen Flashpacking as her travel style. Lauren also came up with her personal definition of Flaspacking.
Flashpackers -The Business Class Backpacker: GoGlamourCamping.com
Reflections on Flashpacking from the guys that love Glamping, i.e. glamour camping. Flashpackers’ cousins?
Flashpackers R Us: The Chronicles of Cutie
Discussing pros and cons of Flashpacking as a couple: “Tony thinks flashpacking isn’t dirty enough, like we haven’t won our stripes. I think flashpacking means smarter backpacking and raised standards of hygiene.” Who’s gonna decide the travel style?
Why boutique hostels are booming: Guardian.co.uk
The credit crunch has somehow favoured the boom of boutique hostels (also known as Flashpackers hostels). Travel budgets are indeed getting tighter, and hostels can offer as much comfort as hotels but at very convenient prices. The Guardian explains more about how this is happening, and at the same time introduces an interactive map of The world’s best boutique hostels, a pretty good looking and easy to use mash up with Google Maps.
Flashpackers Return Home with Flashbaby! FlashpackingWife.com
One adventure ends, another one begins. Two of the most popular Flashpackers (the guys behind FlashpackingLife.com and FlashpackingWife.com) return home, with a Flashbaby. Congratulations from The Tux in Backpack!
Taking life lessons from squatters, flashpackers and digital nomads: MindtheBeginner.Wordpress.com
A personal development lesson and reminder inspired by Flashpacking: Materialism isn’t everything, freedom is. Do we really need all the objects around us? Do they make us happy? Squatters, Flashpackers and Digital Nomads have something in common: They are not “being tied down by their worldly possessions. They also acquired the skill to generate an income, wherever they are”.
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