We've all heard of photogenic cafes and bars, but have you seen Singapore's most instagrammable office?
For most of us, the office is a place where we try to spend as little time as possible. Yet heading to work at Airbnb's Singapore...
Literally our coolest (and warmest) trip ever. Practical tips on surviving the sub-zero temperatures below!
When you're travelling in sub-zero climates, there are three words which are so useless and obvious, they should never need to be said. Yet you'd...
Things can go very wrong when you're getting hot, wet, and naked.
Cultural exposure comes in many forms: Trying local food. Learning foreign phrases. Getting naked in front of strangers. To understand a country’s culture, you gotta expose yourself —...
And we are currently down to our very last post on The Travel Intern life (before application for the new internship starts). Since this is going to sound cliche anyway, why not string all the common phrases together: 3 months...
From a 30-inch luggage to a cabin-sized backpack. Look ma no hands!
When I travel, I like to feel secure and reassured that everything I need to live my life is readily available in my luggage. So, when I was...
So you're interested in applying for The Travel Intern Programme. I mean why will you not want to travel and get paid while doing it. But with so many people applying, how can one stand out from the crowd!
To help you out, here are...
The month-long internship — travelling 3 weeks non-stop covering 4 destinations — is over! Our two Travel Interns share their go-to steps to surviving The Travel Intern Life, with all limbs (and sanity) intact.
1. Setting expectations
Rachel: It is first important to recognise...
Whether you're on the road or stuck at home, there's really no excuse to slack off on your fitness routine. Here's how to stay in shape, just eight minutes a day with this simple eight-minute full-body home workout!
From...
If you haven't heard, applications for the 2020 Travel Intern Programme are now open! But first, you might want to read this ;)
Last year, I left my Parent-Approved Corporate Job™ to write for The Travel Intern, which my peers refer...
After the inaugural TTI Ambassadors Boot Camp in Penang (2017), this time 17 travellers head to Bali, Indonesia to spend 3 days together. With surprises ranging from pleasant to "shookening", here's a blow-by-blow account of what we got ourselves...
Since the day we began our journey as The Travel Interns, we've learnt a great deal. It's not easy being the Puppet Master, but it ain't easy being the interns too. Here are 7 random things we learnt in our...
I learn of #TheTravelIntern in Cape Town, South Africa, 9661 kilometres away from home. Fresh out of a two-year contract with the Republic of Singapore Navy, I have barely dipped my toes into the freelance pool, but already I...
Week 2 of internship and we got our hands dirty with video recording and editing! Other than knowing that we were going to meet at Khatib MRT, we had no idea where we were heading for our training. Shortly...
Lessons learnt from solo travelling in Taiwan — from a Muslim girl who doesn’t speak Mandarin 🙊
Seeing my older sisters solo travel has inspired me to have it on my bucket list as well. They would come back with...
Working from home rule #1: It is not an extended weekend.
You probably know by now that all over the world, Governments are dishing out Work from Home (WFH) orders to prevent the COVID-19 virus from spreading further.
Working anywhere...
The TTI Ambassadors Boot Camp continues for its third run with 17 travellers plunging into Phuket to spend 72 hours together. Besides idyllic island life and insane adventures, of course, unfortunate mishaps had to happen too.
"Shagggggg."
"Crazy."
"You won't sleep one,...
Co-written by: Lesha Mansukhani, Kimberly Lai & Karin Lew
The TTI Bootcamp is best described as a torture chamber a rite of passage where every new batch of interns are thrown into a mystery destination and introduced to the hell...
In 2017, The Travel Intern ran our very first TTI Bootcamp in Penang. Intensive training, travelling with other creators (who were strangers before this) and working on crunch time forgoing sleep — sounds intensive? It is. But it's also...
Newsflash: If you think travel blogging is an easy task, think again. One week in Japan was all we needed to keep us busy for the following 3 weeks. Indeed, we had a blast in Japan, but the fun does...
What's so bánh-tastic and un-phở-gettable about the TTI bootcamp in Vietnam? If you ask mì it's gà-ht to be spending three days in a five-storey airbnb with 13 other crazies. Don't cha wish you were there?
It's been three years...
