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How a Personal Assistant can help budget travellers

written by Benny Lewis

People are always curious about how I can set myself up so quickly in a foreign country and I’ve shared my typical strategies for finding accommodation quickly before. That’s what I typically do and it’s been very effective. But this time I tried something very different! Because I’d have a 10 hour jet lag (coming […]


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New mission: Speak Turkish in two months!

written by Benny Lewis

Hello from Istanbul – my new home for the next two months! My mission is to speak conversational Turkish by mid August! This will bring the total number of languages I’ve dived into this year to four (Tagalog, ASL, Dutch & now Turkish) as I had initially set out to do. I’m only giving myself […]


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Language Hacking tips for English speaking travellers (My TBEX talk)

written by Benny Lewis

Here it is! My first time ever speaking in front of such a large audience! The video is 30 minutes long and covers some tips and encouragement that I’ve mentioned on the blog at various times and which are covered in much more detail in the Language Hacking Guide of course. Since the audience was […]

Dutch vs. German: What's the Difference?

Dutch vs. German: What’s the Difference?

written by Benny Lewis

Dutch is a fascinating and unique language, and you can find many good introductions to it online. (See the links at the end of this page for a nice collection of resources). What can be most interesting about the language is how it is one of the closest in the world to English, while also […]