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The Essential Travel How To...

Your guide to travelling safely, saving money, and making sure your journey runs smoothly.

How To Save Money For Travelling

This month, to help you beat the pinch and go on holiday, we’ve compiled a list of realistic, easy-to-achieve ways of saving money for travelling.

How To Road Trip

The Essential Travel guide to road tripping and having a ball on the road. From saving petrol to picking the right tunes, it's all here in our how to.

How to Travel When Pregnant

Travelling whilst pregnant can be a major concern for mothers to be. Our handy How To guide answers some of the most asked questions when travelling during a pregnancy.

How To Crowd Source Your Dream Cycle Tour

A How To guide inspired by Henry Gold who used crowd sourcing to gather material for ideal cycle tours for Tour d'Afrique. Think up, plan and market your ideal cycle tour.

How To Take Holiday Photos

Check out our holiday photography tips that will help you produce Pulitzer Prize winning pictures - ok, maybe just make your Facebook photos presentable.

How to Cycle Tour

Break free from the cubicle, get fit and see a bit of the world on a bicycle. Our How To guide will help you go from dreaming about your tour to making it happen.

How to Volunteer Abroad

For the noble travellers who want to make a difference while travelling, we've compiled ten tips to help you make that volunteer travel experience a reality.

How to Choose a Safe Water Sports Operator

Water sports operators are peppered across tourist destinations around the world. But how do you know if the people who are taking you are trustworthy? We'll tell you.

How to Scuba Dive

This month we decided to put together a guide for those lucky enough to be going on a scuba diving holiday - especially those taking the plunge for the first time.

How To Travel With Pets

To give your furry friends a softer ride when coming with on holiday, we have taken the time to come up with a list of Do's and Don'ts for travelling with pets.

How to Travel by Inter Rail

Essential Travel's guide to travelling by InterRail this season. From buying tickets to packing, we've got all the best tips for you.