Interesting article about flashpackers:
According to a recent survey commissioned by Hostelworld.com, the number one hostel booking website, today’s traveller is no longer willing to carry their worldly possessions in a backpack, but are more likely to take a wheelie suitcase when staying in a hostel.
The survey results also revealed that nearly nine out of ten people won’t go traveling without their mobile phone, over a quarter of travelers pack their laptops and 72% are plugged into their MP3 players or iPods.
Full story on femalefirst.co.uk.
16 years
I don't think it matters what method you carry your luggage in, however I think it's important to be able to lift whatever you have it in. We've had people with wheelie suitcases who literally haven't been able to carry them up a flight of stairs. Like the daleks, their dreams of world conquest are shattered by their wheels.
16 years
I don't think it matters what method you carry your luggage in, however I think it's important to be able to lift whatever you have it in. We've had people with wheelie suitcases who literally haven't been able to carry them up a flight of stairs. Like the daleks, their dreams of world conquest are shattered by their wheels.
I just imagined as a bunch of flashpackers are marching in Scotland along the hills with their rollies, shouting: EX-TER-MI-NATE! EX-TER-MI-NATE! :D
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