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How to balance work and travel when you only have so much annual leave

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Anecdotes / Occasional Travel

Relearning travel in a COVID world – I’m finally travelling again!

March 27, 2022July 5, 2024

It’s official, I’m finally travelling again! Some thoughts on how it feels to be a travel newbie and relearning the routine of travel from scratch.

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Everything you wanted to know about my Career Break travels
How I Travel / Occasional Travel / Solo Travel / Travel Planning

Everything you wanted to know about my Career Break travels

August 5, 2017July 5, 2024

What goes on in the planning of a long term trip? Here’s the lowdown on my Career Break travels to help you if you have your own big trip on your mind!

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Occasional Travel / Travel Planning

Can’t decide where to go? Best places to visit in Asia from January to June

November 22, 2016July 5, 2024

Planning your leave days for the first half of the year? Here’s a guide on how to maximise your time and where you can go around Asia.

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Wanderlust
Occasional Travel / How I Travel / Solo Travel

Why I quit my job to be a less occasional traveller in 2016

January 29, 2016July 5, 2024

One month into 2016 – I handed in my resignation and start dreaming of new adventures. Find out how and why I quit my job to travel.

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Travel Journals
How I Travel / Occasional Travel / Solo Travel

Why you should take time to make travel memories (and how to do it)

January 12, 2015July 5, 2024

Why I keep such extensive travel journals, a look at my stash and how you can create your own travel memories too

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Travel at Home - Globe
Occasional Travel / How I Travel

How To Travel Without Leaving Home

September 29, 2014July 5, 2024

When you’re home bound due to work or life, how do you feed the wanderlust and experience the joy of travel? Here’s how you can travel without leaving home.

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London Work Trip - Thames London Eye
England / Occasional Travel

A little bit of London – Recap of my first Work Trip

June 18, 2014July 5, 2024

My first work trip was a week in London, and what an artsy week it was. Here’s a little about how it went and where I managed to squeeze in before, during and after the trip.

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Trips in your 20s - Backpacking Sheep
Occasional Travel / How I Travel / Solo Travel

5 Trips You Really Need To Take In Your 20s

March 29, 2014July 5, 2024

You’re old enough to be independent but young enough for a whole lot of fun – as I leave this awesome decade behind, some thoughts on trips you should definitely take in your 20s.

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Jac in Liwa Desert, UAE
How I Travel / Occasional Travel / Solo Travel

The Day I Realized I Forgot To Travel (And How I Learned To Remember)

January 27, 2014July 5, 2024

aka my origin story of re-inspiring my love for travel and how The Occasional Traveller came to be

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Bangkok Shutdown Protesters
Occasional Travel / Thailand

To go or not to go – pondering the Bangkok Shutdown

January 16, 2014July 5, 2024

Thoughts on last minute travel cancellations in light of the Bangkok Shutdown – to go or not to go?

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Jaclynn Seah is The Occasional Traveller, a Singaporean indie traveller, travel writer and tourist guide who knows what it's like to juggle work and wonderlust. With a full-time job and limited annual leave, she hopes to inspire other busy folk like herself to travel more. [Click here to learn more]

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