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Travel Story: X-Jumping to countries all over the world
In 2023, Expat Explore launched our first, annual X-Jump travel competition! To enter this competition and to win a free tour, we asked travellers to send us a picture of them doing our iconic X-Jump (or posing with their arms in the X-shape). We received thousands of entries from people all over the world and…
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Our first Morocco tour! Q&A with Jakes & Luke
If Morocco isn’t on your bucket list already, it should be! From its sweeping desert landscapes and dreamy coastal towns to the bustling bazaars of Marrakesh and the dazzling blue city of Chefchaouen, Morocco is a country that enchants its visitors at every turn. Even our expert travellers, Co-Founder Jakes Martiz and Tour Leader &…
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Get to know your tour leader: Peter
If you have ever joined an Expat Explore tour, you’ll know that our tour leaders go above and beyond to make your travel experience unforgettable! And if you haven’t joined an Expat Explore tour yet, what are you waiting for?! In this blog series, we get to know more about our tour leaders including their…
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Get to know your tour leader: Ege Ertaş
If you have ever joined an Expat Explore tour, you’ll know that our tour leaders go above and beyond to make your travel experience unforgettable! And if you haven’t joined an Expat Explore tour yet, what are you waiting for?! In this blog series, we get to know more about our tour leaders including their…
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Travel Story: Joining Expat Explore’s ever-growing family
At Expat Explore, one of our core values is family-style hosting. Our travellers become a part of a diverse, worldwide family from the moment they start planning a tour with us. These family values are a true reflection of the Expat Explore team. With offices in London, United Kingdom and Cape Town, South Africa and…
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Travel Story: How Expat Explore Changed My Life
At Expat Explore, we’re well aware of how travel can, quite literally, change a person’s life. Our main goal is to provide all types of travellers with tours that are fun, affordable and life-enriching. There is nothing more rewarding for us than finding out that our travellers’ lives have been positively impacted by a tour.…
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Travel Story: A Father-Daughter Adventure in Southern Italy!
Have you ever travelled abroad with your parents? Maybe when you were younger? As we get older and move out of our parents’ home, we don’t always get to spend as much time with our families as we would like to. Travelling together can be an amazing way to reconnect and spend quality time with…
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Travel Friendships: Tips on making friends when travelling solo to finding your soulmate on tour
Of all the things travellers do on tour, creating travel friendships and forming relationships is one of the most special things you can enjoy. With International Friendship Day coming up on 30 July, it is a great time to celebrate travel and friendship! Group tours offer travellers a number of benefits. You get to see…
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Expat Explore’s favourite travel moments of 2023
2023 has been an incredible year for travel! After years of lockdowns, travel restrictions and unsatisfied wanderlust, 2023 saw a resurgence of travel that the industry had scarcely seen before. Everyone wanted to travel and it seemed like everyone was travelling! Expat Explore certainly noticed an increased desire to travel in recent years and this…
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Travel Story: 7 Tours and Counting!
Abdul, 70, and Farida, 67, are a self-employed and soon-to-be-retired couple from Bristol, United Kingdom, who absolutely love travelling. They both have a keen sense of adventure with Abdul even being a bit of an adrenaline junkie! To date, Abdul and Fairda have embarked on an impressive seven tours with Expat Explore with plans to…