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Types of camper van in New Zealand

December 21, 2016 / Ian / 0 Comments

New Zealand is full of variety

New Zealand has a pretty unique market for camper vans due to the number of visitors they have. There are big motor homes with all the equipment and room to sleep 6, right down to a 25yr old estate car with the seats folded down and it’s important to realise that these vehicles are there to suit the demand. There are families out there looking for comfortable travel with home comforts, there are backpackers trying to do everything as cheaply as possible and there’s a whole range in between. Also there are different types of camping available to different vehicles. In New Zealand you can’t just rock up and sleep anywhere anymore. Continue reading

Cayley the Camper van

December 19, 2016 / Ian / 0 Comments

Preparing to buy a camper van

Our first big task after arriving was to find a camper. Before leaving the UK we did a fair bit of research. We looked at how long we were away for, how much travelling we wanted to do and what sort of budget we had for the trip. It was pretty easy for us to see that we wanted to travel via camper van; a few years ago we did a road trip in a big car and enjoyed travelling by road. It seems silly that we have our camper at home and have hardly used it. Continue reading

How To Make a Laptop Sleeve

December 8, 2016 / Ian / 0 Comments

What’s a laptop sleeve for?

With the upcoming travels it’s absolutely critical to look after our equipment as much as possible. The camera’s have their own cases, but I don’t want to take a separate laptop bag. I’m going to be carrying my laptop in my hand luggage, which is a 35 litre day sack. To stop the laptop getting scratched up in my bag I’ve decided to make a thin laptop sleeve.

Video of the process

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How To Make Rucksack Travel Covers

December 8, 2016 / Ian / 2 Comments

Why do we want covers?

In this post we’re going to show you how to make rucksack travel covers.

There are a couple of reasons to do this. I used to design baggage systems for airports, I also spent some time working down in the bowels of Heathrow watching what happened to our bags. One of the most common causes for bags missing flights was because they got caught in the machinery. On suitcases this is pretty rare as they typically don’t have anything dangling on them. When travelling with a large rucksack they have straps everywhere:

Our First Practice Shoot

November 28, 2016 / Ian / 1 Comment

Our first video on the channel

So hot on the heels of our first blog post, we also have our first short video:

Trip Planning Advice

November 28, 2016 / Ian / 1 Comment

What we’ve learnt

When it comes to trip planning I’d like to think I’m a relaxed, go-with-the-flow kind of person – and I am sort of… as longs as I’m in control of the flow!

In reality, a well researched “here one day, there the next” kind of plan makes the holiday run smoother. You see more of the country (no aimless bumbling wondering “where next?”), and there is a much happier Jenny on board! Continue reading