{"type":"blog","id":"2013/2013-10-17-travel-tips","title":"Travel tips","url":"/blog/2013/2013-10-17-travel-tips","summary":"An ever growing miscellaneous list of travel tips and thoughts that occur to me. These are about travel itself, not my actual travels. After flying international, getting low cost flights for remainder of the journey isn&39;t worth it. Don&39;t always go for the cheapest option for transfers etc, often not worth it the long run. British airports suck and so do most of the associated services, they have some of the worst customer service around. Going off the beaten track is worthwhile. Hotels are the past, airbnb is the future. Being an English speaker is an amazing luxury when traveling. There is a gap in the market for a decent travelers sim card with good data. Lebra , and Uros come close, but still not quite, please let me know if you know of anything better available in Australia. Is it me or do airlines not want to give away add much alcohol as they used to? One travel power adapter is rarely enough.&nbsp;","date":"2013-10-16","tags":["Travel","Australia","Data","Services"],"categories":["tech"],"body":"An ever growing miscellaneous list of travel tips and thoughts that occur to me. These are about travel itself, not my actual travels.<ul><li>After flying international, getting low cost flights for remainder of the journey isn&#39;t worth it.</li><li><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">Don&#39;t always go for the cheapest option for transfers etc, often not worth it the long run.</li><li><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">British airports suck and so do most of the associated services, they have some of the worst customer service around.</li><li><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">Going off the beaten track is worthwhile.</li><li><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">Hotels are the past, airbnb is the future.</li><li><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">Being an English speaker is an amazing luxury when traveling.</li><li><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">There is a gap in the market for a decent travelers sim card with good data. <a href=\"https://www.lebara.com.au/\" target=\"_blank\">Lebra</a>, and <a href=\"https://uros.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Uros</a> come close, but still not quite, please let me know if you know of anything better available in Australia.</li><li><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">Is it me or do airlines not want to give away add much alcohol as they used to?</li><li><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em;\">One travel power adapter is rarely enough.&nbsp;</li></ul>","links":[],"fields":{}}