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Three Days in Dominica
We didn’t know much about Dominica before we arrived for our three-day trip while travelling the Caribbean on a budget;…
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Introduction to Saint Lucia
St Lucia isn’t the sort of place you’d expect someone like me to visit. However “everywhere is interesting”, and it…
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The Caribbean on a Budget
The Caribbean isn’t normally noted as being a place to travel ‘on a budget’, as it were, being known mainly…
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Podcast #109: Caribbean on a Budget Part Two
Welcome to Episode 109 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. Back in June 2025 I travelled to…
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Podcast #108: Caribbean on a Budget Part One
Welcome to Episode 108 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. Back in June 2025 I travelled to…
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Male City, Maldives
Even when I first heard about Maldives as a tourist destination, it was always marketed as being a honeymoon-type destination…
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Gulhi Island
So what’s it like to visit one of the Maldivian islands that isn’t a resort island? How would you describe…
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Podcast #072: All-Inclusive Resorts
Welcome to Episode 072 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. I am The Barefoot Backpacker. My tendency…
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Being Non-Binary at an All-Inclusive Resort
The St. George Beach Hotel & Spa Resort, where I went for my all-inclusive Press Trip courtesy of Jet2, is…
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Spa Treatments
It would be very tempting on all-inclusive holidays to stay at one of the bars and drink all day, or…
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Our Spa Treatments
While at the St George’s Hotel and Spa all-inclusive resort, we took the opportunity to try a couple of the…
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My First Time at an All-Inclusive Resort
At the start of May, Jet2Holidays sent me on an all-inclusive resort holiday. As you know, I’m absolutely not the…
