Welcome to The Crumpled Map Travel Blog.

Welcome to The Crumpled Map Travel Blog, where I share my real-life travel experience and how-to stories to inspire you to pack your bags and go.

I’m Tracy Nicholl, an avid, passionate Australian traveller. Since 1983, I have visited over 50 countries and hundreds of cities and towns. For twenty-two years, I have been travelling with my daughter Scarlet, a keen adventurer of over 60 countries too.

Travel feeds my soul. Travelling makes me come alive and inspires me to discover more, and that is precisely what you will find here: inspiration to pack your bags to discover destinations with practical, real-life advice.

From local Australian trips to buying a motorhome in Northern Ireland and driving across Europe for ten months, Christmas in New York, Cruising the South Pacific, Asia, South America and Surf Camps of the Oceanic. Luxury Resorts and wild camping and the after-high school gap year.

Over the years, I’ve gathered tips, offered advice and planned itineraries. If you’ve ever thought about or don’t know where to start

“How do I buy a motorhome or campervan in the UK”

“Camping Parks in Spain”

“Camping parks in Europe”

“A week in Paris”

“”Which is the best Eurostar ticket to buy”

“The best Hop on Hop off Bus routes”

“Best roller coaster theme parks in Europe”

“Where to visit Santa and pat the reindeer in Finland”

Then this is the travel blog to read, share and connect with.

As the name says, my tourist map is always crumpled in my pocket, while Scarlet’s is always refolded neatly; it’s become a joke between us and is the perfect name for my travel blog, The Crumpled Map.

Innsbruck, Austria

Alps of Innsbruck, Austria