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Solo Travel Tips

Ed Stafford: 5 ways adventure can help you succeed in everyday life

Flash Pack Editors 4th November 2019 10 min read

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Wellness

Changes to make in your 30s for a forever happy life

Flash Pack Editors 30th September 2019 10 min read

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Family life

Why your 30s and 40s are the best time to travel with your parents

We’ve all tried holiday rentals, but what about a holiday with the ‘rentals? If you…

Flash Pack Editors 15th June 2019 21 min read

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Solo Travel Tips

6 reasons you shouldn’t travel with your friends

Friends are great. Do we love them? Yes, we do. Can you have a fun…

Flash Pack Editors 20th May 2019 16 min read

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Wellness

9 unexpected and wonderful things I discovered in my 40s

Turning 40 can strike fear into the heart of the bravest individual, but as Andrew…

Flash Pack Editors 13th May 2019 17 min read

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Work-Life Balance Tips

These 7 words perfectly sum up the reality of life in your 30s

These phrases exactly capture the beautiful struggle of life in your 30s (including why your…

Flash Pack Editors 5th May 2019 21 min read

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Solo Travel Tips

The rise of flexible co-living for today’s urban tribes

Co-living facilitates freedom and connection for a new generation of solo dwellers, who are looking…

Flash Pack Editors 29th April 2019 17 min read

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Wellness

6 amazing things I discovered in my 30s that I never noticed before

Move over 20s – the flirty 30s are when life kicks into gear. Here are…

Flash Pack Editors 11th April 2019 18 min read

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Mental Health

13 things you stop caring about when you turn 40

Your bladder weakens, your jowl loosens and your desire for a ‘nice night in’ increases,…

Flash Pack Editors 22nd March 2019 17 min read

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Dating Advice

10 ‘new’ dating trends anyone over 30 knows are BS

There seems to be a new dating trend every other week, explaining how Generation Z…

Flash Pack Editors 15th March 2019 17 min read

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Solo Travel Tips

This man nearly died twice and now travels the world in an ambulance

Be inspired by the amazing true story of Ian Dow, whose TWO near-death experiences changed…

Flash Pack Editors 3rd March 2019 24 min read

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Dating Advice

How Tinder made me swipe right for solo travel

When Alita Brydon saw the (many) pictures of Machu Picchu on Tinder, it got her…

Flash Pack Editors 13th February 2019 19 min read

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Dating Advice

A little less conversation: inside Norway’s casual dating culture

Casual dating is on the rise around the world, but in Norway it’s long been…

Flash Pack Editors 12th February 2019 20 min read

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Dating Advice

Being single gets more satisfying with age – for this key reason

In Jane Austen’s time, being a single was something that got progressively worse with age….

Flash Pack Editors 5th February 2019 19 min read

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Relationships

Why kids can wait and travelling is my priority

30-something digital director Matt Risley explains why – even though he’s now in a position…

Flash Pack Editors 29th January 2019 17 min read

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Solo Travel Tips

What I learnt from my mum’s gap year: live for today

Forget influencers – my mum is my gap year hero, says writer Jenny Novitsky People…

Flash Pack Editors 28th January 2019 16 min read

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Dating Advice

4 myths about true love from our favourite Christmas movies

fWe love Christmas movies as much as the next wide-eyed believer. But boy, do they…

Flash Pack Editors 19th December 2018 16 min read

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Solo Travel Tips

Men, this is why you should travel solo on a group adventure

Flashpacker Tony Stevens (below) recently joined our hiking adventure in Nepal, and is now a…

Flash Pack Editors 14th December 2018 21 min read

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Solo Travel Tips

Why Japanese men are choosing the single life

Andrew Dickens meets Japan’s ‘herbivore men’ to find out why they’re saying “I don’t”  A…

Flash Pack Editors 12th December 2018 20 min read

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Mental Health

My 30s life: why I’ve stopped looking for perfection

Every week, Flash Pack operations director and resident columnist Jenni Shaw discusses a different aspect…

Flash Pack Editors 7th December 2018 19 min read

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