SPEND LESS WHILE TRAVELING

FEBRUARY RECAP, shall we? Every Monday we’ve covered my top travel hacks including cheap airfare, accommodations, and saving up/budgeting for your trip. For our last travel hack, I wanted to do something super special and invite a guest to share her tips and tricks when it comes to inexpensive travel. Allison Wetig is a senior […]

BUDGETING FOR YOUR TRAVELS

budgeting for your travels

OK FINANCES. MONEY MONDAY. BUDGETING. Can you guess the number one question I get about traveling?? “How do you afford to travel all the time?” Travel hacks number three: budgeting for your trip. This is, in fact, one of the most crucial parts of traveling. BUT it should not be the limiting factor in your […]

BOOKING DISCOUNT ACCOMMODATIONS

travel hacks for booking accommodations for your next trip, inexpensive travel

BONJOUR LUNDI! Hello Monday, it’s that time again for our second travel hacks blog post! If you missed the first, be SURE to catch up on all things cheap flights here – perhaps the most important step in travel planning, a mon avis (in my opinion). If you’re new here (hello new friend!) I’m Mikayla, […]

FINDING CHEAP FLIGHTS FOR YOUR NEXT TRIP

travel hacks finding cheap flights for your next trip or vacation

I’M DOING SOMETHING SUPER SPECIAL. For the month of February, I’m writing a travel hack blog post EVERY Monday. So, if you’re getting ready for Spring break and need to get out of your college town (ME!), stay tuned because it’s a guaranteed month of amazing content. One of my goals creating this blog is […]

20 lessons from New York for my 20th birthday!

New York city, birthday

HAPPY SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL! I don’t know about you but I feel like I’m already nose deep in homework and projects?? Maybe because I just got home from NEW YORK CITY and missed out on two days. Which, like, yay! New York! But boo now I have a French essay due and about 60 […]

HOW TO BE A BADASS AT: HOLIDAY PACKING (list included!!)

ultimate packing list for busy travelers in school

We’re all a badass at something, right? Right. It’s true! Everyone has AT LEAST ONE badass talent they can share with the world. So here I am, Mikayla Jai in her jammies in bed, creating a new section of my blog called “HOW TO BE A BADASS AT:” I’ll be updating this section at least […]

STUDY ABROAD 101

study abroad

…and one morning you’ll wake up to the bright sun beating on your windows, at 7am, while hearing children screaming in the courtyard outside. And one night you’ll be taking a nap, because studying in another language for 8 hours a day is exhausting, and you’ll wake up to the sound of the bell for […]