Who is The Packed Bag?
#RoadTestingTheWorld™
Linda Bentley is an Australian travel writer and author of the book, “The USA 50/50 Challenge;” Australia’s Top TripAdvisor reviewer; product tester; and photographer who travels the world as a digital nomad.
A self-described “travellaholic” with “a degree in packology,” she packs her suitcase with great skill and always includes her adventurous spirit and love of new adventures.
Her motto is, “Whatever you want to do, do it now... there are only so many tomorrows,” and she lives it to the full.
Acknowledging that she lives a #blessedlife, travelling the world, working where there’s Wi-Fi, meeting new people, seeing beautiful places and breathing new air.
To-date she’s been to 54 countries (in green below), with the actual repeat visit count at 144. However, she has no plans to visit all of the 194-251 countries (depends who you ask!) on the planet, as there are some places that are just too hard to visit and those that deserve the respect of being left alone.
Being a solo, female traveller, she’s yet to travel to destinations where just being female is a taboo in and of itself, let alone an unaccompanied one! Those will be tackled under the umbrella of small guided tours in the near future. She’s an advocate of responsible and safe travel, instead of senseless go anywhere travel (refer to quote below).
“Hello, my name is Linda.
I’m obsessed with luggage, addicted to travel and crazy about gadgets.”
Do it and review it!
While #RoadTestingTheWorld™, Linda became Australia’s #1 TripAdvisor – she’s in “the top 1% most read of all time“ – with a constantly growing audience of over 1.2 million. She’s also won awards and been featured in international media.
Having recently joined the ranks of Google Maps Reviewers, she hit 3 million+ views after only 30 reviews. The count is now 160 with 8 million+ views and the rank of Super Reviewer!
“Take calculated risks.
That is quite different from being rash.”– George S Patton