Travel Items & Habits That Actually Improved My Life in 2023

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@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

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@canadiangreeneyes 6 месяцев назад

I've done the bottom bunk request for at least the last year and a half, and it's been stellar. Such a game changer. You've also inspired me to finally give esims a try haha.

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

So nice when you know you can head straight to that bottom bunk 🤩

@lucilasandoval3084 6 месяцев назад

I so hear you on "buying fruits" my last couple of trips have been hectic and I'm usually at the end of it when I realize I haven't eaten even an apple.

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

It’s soooo easy to forget!

@faizad6758 6 месяцев назад

Wishing you a year filled with new hopes, new joys, and new beginnings and Happy new year!

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Thank you Faiz! Happy New year to you too ☺️

@drwigglechin 6 месяцев назад

These are some of the most thought out and amazing travel hacks I've ever seen on youtube! Hope 2024 treats you great!

@veterantraveler 6 месяцев назад

Happy New Year! It’s been a joy watching and learning from you over the years.

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Happy new year 🥰🙏🏼

@hannahj4430 6 месяцев назад

Great video! You've inspired me to finally do my first solo backpacking trip through Europe (from Australia) in a few months. Can you please do an updated travel scratch map video? The whole video I could see that the Northern Territory hasn't been scratched off yet and I'd love to see a summary of where else you've been recently :)

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

You’re so right, I desperately need to update my scratch map!!

@MsIsetan 6 месяцев назад

Some e-sims don’t support tethering, which means that you can’t use your data for your iPad or laptop.

@peterdnreynolds777 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the tips!! Hope all is well, hope you had a good Christmas and happy new year to you too

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Pleasure 🥰🥰

@peterdnreynolds777 6 месяцев назад

@@BackpackingBananas can I ask where you got your hat from please

@FindingNina 6 месяцев назад

Thankyouu so helpfull!! I am going on my first backpacking trip to Australia next month, very excited and ofcourse a bit nervous about it🙈🥰

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Yayyy! Ahh you will smash it. Exact same time a year ago I was heading to oz!

@arjayneyra 6 месяцев назад

these are all so relatable! love it!

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

🥰🥰🥰

@kendra.farrugia 6 месяцев назад

Noted a couple of these down 📝cheers!! First official backpacking trip coming up this year, can't wait to experience and vlog it 🫶 - If you have any travel vlogging gear recommendations, would love to see that xx hope the new year's treating you well ❤

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

A GoPro is a travel vloggers best friend 🤌🏼

@meganchownvlogs 6 месяцев назад

Ooh the Airfly plug in thing looks great! Will save my ears on the long hauls ✈️

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

How good is it!!

@mapsandfootprints 6 месяцев назад

I've always been too stubborn to bring a power bank with me, but the one you have looks like a game changer 😍 I've been influenced!

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

It really is a game changer! I don’t even mind carrying around the extra weight because I know I will always use it!

@BlendedHugs 6 месяцев назад

yay! new video! 🙌 thanks for sharing these useful information 💯

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Pleasure 🙏🏼❤️

@IsabelJones69 6 месяцев назад

I've been trying to recommend the shower cap hack to some other travel RU-vidrs (2 to be exact), I don't do it myself because I don't travel very often, but I think it is one of the best hacks ever because you don't want dirty clothes. I also told my brother about it and for our Bahamas trip, he put some shoes into a clear plastic bag to keep them clean.

@haxter3 6 месяцев назад

Awesome video Christianne 😊👍👍

@nenssssi 6 месяцев назад

You were the one who convinced me to get a suitcase haha. 😄 I’ve travelled 90% of the time with a carry on backpack but the older I get, the more essentials I want to pack with me (for example my own scuba gear). And when I go to an African overland tour, I need to bring a sleeping bag etc. with me, so a carry on is not an option for me on a trip like that… So I got Osprey Sojourn in 60 liters and I absolutely love it. 😄 Surely I will still use my carry on backpack on shorter one climate travels.

@christopherpaul9319 4 месяца назад

The Osprey Sojourn is the wheeled carryon size backpack 🎒? I’m about to buy one and use it with personal item backpack 🎒 so if/when can’t use the wheels (going up stairs etc) I’ll put the larger/heavier backpack 🎒 on and carry the smaller/lighter personal item backpack 🎒. Make sense?

@alma.andtheocean5799 6 месяцев назад

Ca´n´t believe it, but actually I have literally 12 hours before I leaving home for a nearly 6 weeks surf travel to Ecuador and I have swoped my "big Backpack" to a small suitcase with wheels 💙, I think my back will be happy, so just the tech back pack left.. Thank you for that tip ✌

@filibusterfirework74 6 месяцев назад

I was wondering how you were managing without doing the eSIM method all this time and this makes a lot more sense now you explain it, but glad you have finally let yourself pay a bit more for the connivence of the eSIM now

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Finally caved into the boujee eSim club 🙈

@majidzargar2660 6 месяцев назад

I like ❤one thing about u,that u keep urself happy always whatevr is the situation. Always protect ur self and b happy.

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

🥰🥰

@jusmasoni 6 месяцев назад

love your videos! what type luggage do you recommend for thailand? backpack o carry on and a small backpack?

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

If you don’t have a laptop, then just a bumbag and 40L(ish) backpack would be perfect! If you have a laptop then I’d take a laptop/valuables backpack + small suitcase (carry-on size)

@cressidaonthego 6 месяцев назад

I use e-sims and they are amazing !! May I ask how does the AG1 taste like ?

@hannahd79 6 месяцев назад

Super helpful!!

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

I’m so glad 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️

@iblamethai 6 месяцев назад

love it. btw, what's some of the best things you've learned growing your channel since you have been doing it for a while

@janehughes581 6 месяцев назад

Three have deal for £10 a month where you can roam in over 70 countries including Europe and the USA. I've used it alot on my 16 month Americas trip. Also, when I've had to use local SIMs I have a dual SIM phone so can easily receive those pesky verification messages. My husband tried an e SIM but it is a bit more expensive. Hopefully e SIMs are gonna get cheaper though!

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

I do hope eSims become a bit cheaper! 🙏🏼

@oceane027 6 месяцев назад

oh i love this video! so excited for this new year! i’m actually going on a whv in australia in a few months and that was kind of rushed decision but at the same time it’s been years i’ve been waiting for this! so i finally wanted to go shop your incredible bumbag and saw that it was sold out and just wanted to know if it would be back soon??? thank you for your answer!!!

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Hello lovely! Oh that’s exciting! Sometimes the best decisions are the impulsive ones 😍 ahh sadly the shop is not running atm, I hope to have it back up and running by the end of the year but it will be a while ☹️

@oceane027 6 месяцев назад

@@BackpackingBananas thank you so much for your answer!!! i am sad to hear that but i’ll try and get it when it is available again, i think it’s worth it even a little late!! thank you again!!!

@amiejaneleavitt 6 месяцев назад

Great video. Ps... The sunspots can be removed through proper laser treatment. I have a doc friend in Gdansk at a day spa who does excellent work if you're ever interested. The treatment she gave me took away a sunspot in one treatment that no other previous treatment could touch! And now i wear spf and hats all the time too haha

@andreabellag2597 6 месяцев назад

any recommendation on travel insurance for a backpacking trip to south east Asia?? (not sure for how long I will stay)

@leesaw6 6 месяцев назад

I’m def getting AirTags this year lol… last time I traveled with my hydro flask I absolutely hated it Hahhaa it’s just too annoying to carry

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

I do know what you mean about the hydro flask! I found it SO much easier with the carrier though and then really loved having it

@hatartalan341 6 месяцев назад

Christianne, you have helped me so much over these years you have no idea. You helped me with my Colombia trip and many many other adventures. Thank you, have a happy New Year!

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

My pleasure 🥹 happy new year ❤️

@heysoph.9 6 месяцев назад

Where is your Broad brim hat from? I have been looking for a cute one recently

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

I got it from ASOS a couple years ago! The brand is called New Era ☺️

@MollyHowieson 6 месяцев назад

Hey hey, happy New Year!!! Despite having flown countless times, do you ever get nervous before a flight, or does that not even cross your mind anymore? I'm flying from Canada to Europe later this year, and I don't travel as frequently as I used to, but there is a part of me that's mildly nervous. 😅

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Happy new year ☺️ Sometimes I get excitement nerves but I’ve never been a nervous flyer, it really doesn’t cross my mind!

@MackPacking 6 месяцев назад

Great tips!! Almost to 200K subs!!!! Woohoo 🎉

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

So close!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🥳🥳

@caoimhedavitt9977 6 месяцев назад

Heyy! What hybrid suitcase have you used? And would you recommend? Thanks

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

I used the Osprey wheeled fairpoint backpack 36L last year! It was good but I hardly used the backpack straps at all so wish I had just brought a suitcase lol

@philybrowne8239 6 месяцев назад

Can you use surf shark for phones in china?

@LadyMul 5 месяцев назад

E-sims are great and not as expensive vs effort spent getting local sim. That water bottle is huge! Also as a veggie I always travel with nuts just in case i don’t find decent Protein

@tativanassche8369 6 месяцев назад

Loved the video! Do you have a link to the hat?

@americafarias6448 6 месяцев назад

Vitamin C helps remove those spots!! I've seen the difference myself! give it a try (:

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Ah I was using vit c for a while but then stopped. I should get back on it!!

@prizzy56 6 месяцев назад

Maybe I misunderstood the part with the eSIM but why don’t you get an eSIM for your UK provider and keep buying cheap(er) physical sims in the countries you travel in? 🤔

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

My UK provider doesn’t have this (yet) ☹️

@hollydavid69 6 месяцев назад

Hello Christine!

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Hi! 🙋🏻‍♀️

@vivarockstar 6 месяцев назад

Lol I hate top bunk too haha...good tips!

@TheYasminThing 6 месяцев назад

Yay! Have been looking forward to your new uploads

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Yayyy ❤️❤️ lots more coming this month!

@helenrees5536 6 месяцев назад

I'm hoping to do an Australian working holiday later this year or next. I'd assumed I'd take my backpack that's been everywhere with me and that I have a love/hate relationship with but suddenly I'm like oh I could just take a suitcase instead 😆

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

You totally should! Honestly, no shame

@michaelspltwrng 6 месяцев назад

would you be able to comment on any vaccines you got for thailand, if any? I plan to go in march and was wondering if I should get any

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

I haven’t been vaccinated for Thailand in like 10 years but I think I would have got some ages and ages ago. Best to Google and ask your travel doctor!

@michaelspltwrng 6 месяцев назад

@@BackpackingBananas oooh okay thank you! tbf I'm just worried about rabies and the japanese encephalitis - those vaccines are so expensive and not sure if most people get or not

@christopherpaul9319 4 месяца назад

Why not keep the carryon wheeled backpack 🎒 and also take the personal item backpack 🎒? That way when you can’t use wheels and have to carry up steps etc then you can put the larger wheeled backpack 🎒 on your back and carry the smaller backpack 🎒. Make sense? Please let me know bc I’m about to buy the wheeled backpack 🎒 for this very reason. Thank you 🙏. I appreciate your time and input.

@michandy1954 5 месяцев назад

Does anyone know of a good 30000mAh+ power bank that ships to Australia? I leave in a couple of weeks!😅

@sasha730 5 месяцев назад

The text conformation as an Australian is so annoying. Even if I leave my Australian sim in, I have no coverage anywhere else (in Europe) so no matter what I can’t get the text. So frustrating!!

@callana9852 6 месяцев назад

I watch this all excited like I'm going to go on some more trips...but I'm pregnant with a toddler lol. Oh and I can see you haven't scratched the top end of northern territory off your scratch map yet.

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Hahahaha this is so funny because you wouldn’t believe how many pregnancy and motherhood videos I watch despite not even having a boyfriend 😂😂

@callana9852 6 месяцев назад

@@BackpackingBananas 🤣

@user-qz7im7xr6k 5 месяцев назад

Hi christianne nice vedio, how are you

@ema-b1h 6 месяцев назад

Hair hete is best

@user-qz7im7xr6k 6 месяцев назад

Nice ❤, how are you

@danielapuentes732 6 месяцев назад

Will you go to colder countries this year??

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

I don’t have any plans to but never say never 😅

@ambersiyin 6 месяцев назад

Why didn’t you switch your British number to eSIM instead? Then you can just buy SIM card where ever you go?

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

I feel like I asked this question to my network provider and they said it wasn’t something they offered ☹️ in the future hopefully!

@KALIMANVAGO 6 месяцев назад

Hola bonita. Cuándo regresas a México?

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Abril! 🥳

@carlabottazzi 6 месяцев назад

Backpacking Bananas going on Suitcaising Bananas 😂

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

😂🙈

@Tashas_Travels 6 месяцев назад

E-sims are great but so expensive and not worth it, really.

@kmarshall-xn4on 6 месяцев назад

I do agree they are expensive but if it gives me peace of mind, I think it’s worth every penny

@mavenwander2374 6 месяцев назад

Much better to convert the British SIM to an eSIM and still get physical SIMs while traveling

@joooo5754 6 месяцев назад

@@mavenwander2374 brilliant idea! As soon as I read your comment I requested an esim replacement

@dennisspackman7147 6 месяцев назад

As noted in the video it really helps with the secondary verification that is increasingly required with credit card use when travelling. I find it’s really inconvenient paying with cards and the secondary code can’t be used to complete transactions as when changing SIM cards from the one your card company means you can’t pay with that card. Better off keeping your home phone sim which is linked to your credit cards, bank accounts and many other apps so you can still access and use these when travelling and get a eSIM for the countries you are visiting.

@hanb2173 6 месяцев назад

I can imagine Esims would make life easier but you do need to have a more updated phone :/

@Davejono2 6 месяцев назад

Hello hny 2024 lets get it

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

Wooop 🥳

@lroberts3329 6 месяцев назад

Travel hack! Take two phones! One if one gets lost and one for all your British things like bank and everything. If you're a bit boujie! ❤

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

I would fear that I lose them both at the same time 😂😂

@rocha2333 6 месяцев назад

So this is now a sales channel! Marketing marketing

@BackpackingBananas 6 месяцев назад

The most recent 3 videos on my channel (and majority of other videos on my channel), there is no sponsor or promoted items, maybe you will prefer those 🫠