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

Woodlands to Woking
Occasional Travel / Talking to Travellers

Meet the man who took trains from Singapore to England

December 13, 2013July 5, 2024

I talk to Tom Woods of Woodlands to Woking, the blog recounting an epic adventure where he spent a month taking trains from Singapore to England.

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Occasional Travel

Tips for picking vacation accommodation with less stress

August 5, 2013July 5, 2024

How to pick out accommodation for your next holiday without going crazy.

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Guest Post: Travelling In Between Jobs by Scott Payne
Guest Post / Occasional Travel

Guest Post: Travelling In Between Jobs by Scott Payne

July 19, 2013July 5, 2024

When you hold a full-time job with 12-hour days, sometimes the only way for some quality time is to travel in between jobs. A guest post by Scott Payne.

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Talking to Travellers: Luci the Transit Traveller
Talking to Travellers / Occasional Travel

Talking to Travellers: Luci the Transit Traveller

June 21, 2013July 5, 2024

Ever known anyone who’s willing to fly halfway across the world, just to spend 2 nights there and fly back, repeat cycle next month? Yeah, I didn’t either, till I met Luci.

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Japan Osaka Umeda Tower Looking Up
How I Travel / Occasional Travel / Solo Travel

The simplest way to make friends when travelling solo

June 10, 2013July 5, 2024

You don’t have to be lonely while you’re on the road – some tips on how to make friends while travelling alone.

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Japan Fushimi Inari Torii Me
How I Travel / Occasional Travel / Solo Travel

Travel your way because that is the best way

April 26, 2013July 5, 2024

The Traveller vs tourist debate is dumb – or all the reasons why you should quit worrying about silly labels and just travel your way.

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Travelling Occasionally
How I Travel / Occasional Travel / Solo Travel

Making time to travel and finding the time to get lost

September 24, 2012July 5, 2024

There’s no such thing as not being able to make time to travel – it just needs to be enough of a priority for you to do so.

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Common Cents - magnets arranging
How I Travel / Occasional Travel

The souvenir shopping guide – what to bring home from your trip

July 20, 2012July 5, 2024

Thoughts about buying souvenirs back home from my trips

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Occasional Travel

Post holiday blues – how to resume 9-5 work after a great holiday

June 4, 2012July 5, 2024

Feel like you’ve forgotten how to work after an awesome holiday? Some thoughts and tips to readjust back into working life.

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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]

Latest posts

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  • How I visited Turkmenistan, one of the least visited countries in the world
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