Comments on: I Wanna Be a Flashpacker: When Backpackers Grow Up or Get Rich

By: AnitaMac

AnitaMac — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:31:49 +0000

I think I am more of a quasi flashpacker!!! Loved doing the RTW backpack trip – although I see strong flashpacker tendencies even then – but now I think the label is more than a wannabe and not quite full fledged – so quasi flashpacker it is! Have more money – less time! Great tips – think I mostly live up to them! Instead of planning every minute – I plan everything I hope to do and see where the wind takes me! It is more about the experience than checking off all the places!

By: Your Inner Tech Connoisseur: Mind The Items You Carry

Your Inner Tech Connoisseur: Mind The Items You Carry — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:00:41 +0000

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By: A flashpacker | Flashpacker's Guide

A flashpacker | Flashpacker's Guide — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:17:02 +0000

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By: Eilidh

Eilidh — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:35:16 +0000

This pretty much defines me,i am a flash packer and Craig sums it up when he comments on giving something back. without flashing the cash I love to buy a round or a large pizza to share, I’ve been the broke hungry person so often before! now that I’m a full time professional, I still plan out my 2 weeks off the same way I did my 6 or 12 week adventures; there’s no such thing as getting lost, only seeing something you hadn’t meant to!

By: Sarah Rodgers

Sarah Rodgers — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:05:54 +0000

Yayyyyy….done my share of backpacking…..I embrace the term flash packer…..I have arrived!!!!! Just because some slum it and wear the token bead necklace under their work shirt, doesn’t make them a more honourable traveller! It’s your state of mind when you step onto the street !

By: Are you a flashpacker? | Mink Machine

Are you a flashpacker? | Mink Machine — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:30:20 +0000

[...] image of Frank Chimero’s daytime packing? It made me remember an article I read a while back, I wanna be a flashpacker by Amanda Kendle where she writes about how she changed from backpacker to [...]

By: On being a FlashPacker | Lakwatsero Travel Blog

On being a FlashPacker | Lakwatsero Travel Blog — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:15:52 +0000

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By: munggur

munggur — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:53:43 +0000

love the term “flashpacker”. yep, i did it once when i went to Japan, combine cheap backpack hostel with staying in ryokan. love the experience without sacrifiying the budget too much but get quality trip as well.

By: Constantine

Constantine — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:19:29 +0000

So when backpackers grow up and grow rich they become flashpackers or as one commenter said boomerpackers. Love the names

By: Keltic

Keltic — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:47:14 +0000

We did backpack in the 70′s, (1 1/2yr) 80′s, 90′s. back at it now. WE retired and oh boy it is so much fun to be on the road again with no heavy restraints! We are flashpackers now but the trails have also improved in what is offered for so cheap. Life is grand.