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Travel Tips

Christmas and New Year’s Eve escapes to book now

Flash Pack Editors 8th December 2019 6 min read

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Mental Health

Ed Stafford on the power of being vulnerable

Does a man’s strength lie in his tears? In his monthly Flash Pack column, adventurer…

Flash Pack Editors 21st November 2019 13 min read

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Wellness

Ed Stafford: what fear has taught me, from childhood to today

Flash Pack Editors 24th October 2019 6 min read

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Travel Tips

Why your next holiday should be to a national park

Flash Pack Editors 4th October 2019 6 min read

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Travel

24 tattoo ideas to inspire your next adventure

Want a tattoo that salutes your wanderlust? Step right this way, into a world of…

Flash Pack Editors 28th June 2019 15 min read

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Career Tips

5 ways AI and robots will affect future travel

The future technology of Artificial Intelligence (or Machine Learning) is exciting, scary and arriving at…

Flash Pack Editors 20th June 2019 11 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 17 min read

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Travel

8 things that were great about a holiday in the ‘80s

’80s holidays were very different – and bloody great (particularly if you were a kid)…

Flash Pack Editors 17th May 2019 14 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 17 min read

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Wellness

6 ways to create a major life change

Want to shake up the way you live your life? Here’s how to stage-manage that…

Flash Pack Editors 5th May 2019 14 min read

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Solo Travel Tips

Have you got what it takes to be a Flashpacker?

Were you born to travel? Do you crave adventure with a boutique twist? Flash Pack co-founder…

Flash Pack Editors 15th April 2019 14 min read

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Career Change Advice

Four compelling arguments for a career break

In today’s delicate economic climate, a career break might feel like a career breaker, but…

Flash Pack Editors 8th April 2019 12 min read

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Solo Travel Tips

Single in your 40s? Now is the time to travel

When is the best time to travel? If you are single and in your 40s,…

Flash Pack Editors 21st March 2019 14 min read

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Solo Travel Tips

I celebrated my 30th birthday by travelling alone

When it came to plans for his 30th birthday, travelling alone wasn’t top of Matt…

Flash Pack Editors 17th March 2019 13 min read

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Friendship Tips

It’s normal to feel insecure about friends – but there’s an easy fix

Olivia June is the founder of Hey! VINA, a make friends app that introduces women…

Flash Pack Editors 4th March 2019 13 min read

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Solo Travel Tips

Going to Tokyo Disneyland alone taught me solo travel is great

Hi, I’m Gav and a few years ago my girlfriend and I booked to go…

Flash Pack Editors 1st March 2019 13 min read

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Travel Tips

Farewell comfort zone: a five-step strategy to shaking up your life

Why is it so difficult to do the things we really want in life? We…

Flash Pack Editors 27th February 2019 14 min read

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Travel Tips

How one couple quit their comfortable life for an epic Americas road trip

Few people have the courage to live the Thelma & Louise open-road dream. But one couple…

Flash Pack Editors 26th February 2019 13 min read

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Relationships

How the film Up broke my heart – and moved me to travel the world

The first 11 minutes and 4 seconds of Pixar’s Up are the greatest piece of…

Flash Pack Editors 26th February 2019 12 min read

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Solo Travel Tips

Why I set up a group travel company for 30-40 something solos

When she discovered the paucity of  group travel tours for 30- and 40-something solo travellers,…

Flash Pack Editors 26th February 2019 13 min read

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