Travel Favourites - Beginning of 2018

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Hi guys!!

Look at me actually blogging when I said I would!!

So I've done a travel favourites post once before (check it out here) and I have to say that it's one of my best entries to this blog! I thought I'd start off the year (... in march) with a few things I've been loving to do with travel.

Social Media
So, when it comes to Social Media, there are a few travellers that I have been loving from across the blogging, vlogging and instagramming scenes!
I think I'll have to start with my most recent obsession which is The Bucket List Family! This is a family of 5 (Calihan Gee being the most recent addition - January this year!) who have been travelling the world, practically non-stop, since August 2015 (coincidentally when I posted my last Travel Favourites). They've been to roughly 50 countries and have been a huge inspiration to me in the past few months, not only as digital nomad but also as parents (obviously I have a few years left before I take on that adventure but its amazing to see how the Gee's handle raising kids on the road)! They've opened my eyes up to a broader world of travel that I'm even more eager to explore and I can't recommend their videos enough. After a short break since their son Cali was born, The Bucket List Family are actually posting their 101st weekly vlog today so make sure you check that out!

Another social media travelling account I've been loving is @jetlagmonthly on instagram. This couple have been visiting a country per month since June 2017 and gramming their favourite snaps from all over. There adventures so far have included:
o JUNE - FRANCE
 - Paris
 - Stassburg
 - Brittany
 - Corsica
 - Lyon
 - Tahiti
 - Lille
 - Hossegor
 - Etretat
 - Martinique
 - Guadeloupe
o JULY - ITALY
 - Rome
 - Sardinia
 - Milan
 - Venice
 - Positano
 - Florence
 - Pisa
 - Sicily
 - Cinque Terre
 - Amalfi
o AUGUST - GREECE
 - Athens
 - Kefalonia
 - Chalkidiki
 - Zakinthos
 - Mykonos
 - Ios
 - Santorini
o SEPTEMBER - SPAIN
 - Barcelona
 - Majorca
 - Alicante
 - Valencia
 - Ibiza
 - Madrid
 - Canary Islands
o OCTOBER - THAILAND
 - Ko Samui
 - Rayavadee
 - Phi Phi
 - Chiang Mai
 - Phuket
 - Krabi
 - Khao Sok National Park
 - Koh Tao
 - Ubon Ratchathani
 - Phang Nga
o NOVEMBER - SCOTLAND
 - Edinburgh
 - Isle of Skye
 - Loch Maree
 - Glenfinnan
 - Kilchurn, Craigievar, Invernay & Eilean Donan castles
 - Glasgow
 - Aberdeen
 - Perthshire
o DECEMBER - NORWAY
 - Lofoten
 - Lovatnet
 - Henningsvaer
 - Senja
 - Tromso
 - Sandnes
 - Bithorn
o JANUARY - RUSSIA
 - Moscow
 - Saint Petersburg
 - Pyatigorsk
 - Siberia
 - Yalta
 - Kamchatka Penninsula
o FEBRUARY - SWEDEN
 - Stockholm
 - Halmstad
 - Jukkasjaervi
 - Vaermlands Laen
o MARCH - CANADA
 - Quebec
 - Toronto
 - Banff National Park
 - Montreal
This form of travel interests me so much as they get to explore entire countries rather than just places and their feed showcases not only their own photography but a lot of work from underrated photographers native to the places they've visited!

My final favourite from this category is the luxury travel blog of Chris and Danika who have been digital nomads since March 2014. Although their travel style (luxury hotels & cities) isn't exactly my idea of 'perfect' travel, their blog has been extremely helpful for me when planning my month's interrail around Europe. Not only do they post about packing tips but they also create travel guides from all the places they've visited which I've found extremely interesting to click through!

Accessories
I've since discovered that this item is pretty pricey but it seems a really cool idea. The 'Ultimate Travel Cup' (by hypebargains.com) contains a comb & a mirror as well as a cup to hold your toothbrush / toothpaste, a compartment for a hand towel or other products and two liquid dispensers for shampoo or moisturiser or conditioner etc. I've currently just ordered this product and will leave a review once I've received it that I will link here!

Travel Sites
Basically I've made this category so I can rave about interrail. It's a fantastic idea for backpackers to save money with mass travel and I've been studying this website for almost 3 years whilst planning my month around Europe. Soon, I will be writing a post about my experience with the interrail site and how I planned my trip so look out for that!

This is only the beginning of 2018 so I'm sure I'll make some more travel favourites throughout the coming year but here's just a quick insight into what I've been loving recently.

See you within the next two weeks for another post (I'm on a roll here!!)
Jemma x