News and Updates

While travelling is often all about plugging out and going off the radar, we at Bragpacker love us some nifty gadgets – especially when they make the impossible seem probable. From a smart suitcase to a photo printing smartphone cover, this list takes care of your most outlandish travel whim! Airbolt smart locks: A bluetooth enabled […]

Google’s new travel app can do what you previously needed four different apps to do. Whether you’re the type of traveller to spend your whole vacation on a beach, or you want hit every tourist spot on the map – Google Trips can help you piece through all the logistics, in a simple and straightforward […]

Everybody’s favourite action camera gets an upgrade! GoPro has launched the Hero5 Black and Hero5 Session, which are enhanced versions of their predecessors. Along with that, the much awaited (and a first for the company) drone, Karma, has also been launched. Hero 5 Black: The Hero 5 Black, even though it doesn’t have a bunch […]

THE FUTURE IS HERE! Technology, Innovations and Wanderlust make for a heady combination and they are certainly shaking things up for the global traveller. Here are some inventions that are changing the way we travel and in the not so distant future, are going to be as standard as sunscreen in the travellers packing list. […]

With the Olympics in full flow, Rio De Janerio, as the host city, has featured widely in the news. Honestly, we love Rio – it’s vibrant with dazzling landscapes, a very active cultural scene and some great beaches. To get you acquainted to this Cidade Maravilhosa (Marvellous city) as it is nicknamed, we’ve created a […]

Baby carriers offer a hands-free way of carrying your baby with the bonus of keeping your baby close to you all the while. Experts say baby wearing can soothe a fussy child, help lower a mom’s risk for postpartum depression, and promote bonding with parents. Not to mention the convenience of moving around easily and […]

Caution! These Instagram accounts will give you intense wanderlust and an overwhelming desire to book a one-way plane ticket out of your office cubicle. Follow these accounts and get your daily dose of the most amazing places, people and events captured with bewildering imagination and skill by these eclectic bunch of Instagram superstars. Tom Anderson […]

Resfeber (n.): the restless race of the traveller’s heart before the journey begins, when anxiety and anticipation are tangled together… What a perfect word for what I experience before every trip, big or small and something that reaches a feverish pitch as the departure date closes in. A time when excitement and stress are matted […]

Did you know the word ‘monsoon’ came from the Indian word “mausam”? The monsoon season is only typical to the Asian-Australian and West African regions. And the Indian monsoon is indeed a sight to behold. Water puddles along the roads, burgeoning lush greenery all around and the wonderful cool winds carrying petrichor make you yearn […]

This is a sad blog to write. But if those haunting images of terror attacks, being beamed almost on a daily basis now, is getting you increasingly worried about travelling, you need to know a few things. Firstly, some stats. As per the US State Department statistics, there were close to 12,000 incidences of terrorism […]