About Me

Hi and welcome to my blog! The idea behind this site is to inspire and inform others who want explore the great outdoors. This page will help you get acquainted with me and show you what Travel Hacker Girl is all about!

I’m Enikő a 28-year-old travel junkie from Hungary. I moved the UK 7 years ago. This is where I met my boyfriend Tom and we have been adventuring together for the last 5 years. He is normally behind the camera, as he is passionate about landscape and wildlife photography. We bought our first home in 2020 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. We are happiest outdoors so spend our free time hiking, canoeing or cycling. 

This blog puts a big emphasis on sustainability as well. I encourage responsible travel, so you will hear me talk a lot about this topic.

A big misconception is that travel is expensive. It certainly can be. But we keep the costs down on our trips. We choose free activities, like hiking, canoeing or cycling. Camping, Home exchange and Couchsurfing also helped us on many trips to keep the accommodation costs down.

If you just finished high school and want to travel the world and experience a gap year, you might find my au pair stay inspiring. 
At 2013 after my graduation, I decided to take a gap year and become an au pair. Besides the obvious reason that I love spending my time with children, I wanted to explore new places, meet foreigners and be part of the life of another family. So I headed to Russia, Siberia for 3 months. Not the typical au pair experience I must admit. People said all kinds of horror stories about Russia, but they couldn’t deter me from making my dream come true. This was my very first solo trip. I cried so much on the plane… and since then? I’ve visited Ireland, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, London all alone… Well, not exactly alone. As I bought Cheburashka in Russia, and she has been my travel buddy ever since. I

Come with me on this journey! Read my blog, watch my YouTube channel and if you are in my area, come say hi. Maybe we can share our last holiday memories over a cup of coffee. 😀

9 Comments

  1. Veronika
    February 7, 2016 at 5:09 pm

    Hi Enikő! I’m from Czech republic, currently as an au pair in UK. I just have a simple question, what visa did you need to go to Australia to be an au pair? 🙂 Thank you!

    • Eniko
      November 1, 2016 at 8:44 pm

      Hi, you need a working holiday visa in order to work as an au pair in Australia.

  2. Nora
    October 12, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    Szia Enikő,

    Két hét múlva megyek Malajzia-Thaiföldre. Nem utazol véletlen arra felé most? Ha jól látom te is Londonban laksz 🙂 Ha valamikor van időd vagy kedved egy kavéra, összeülhetünk. Eléggé megegyezik az érdeklődésünk.
    Még utolsó kérdés. Nem kell előre vízumot kérnem ha csak már hétig tartózkodok itt utazás céljából.
    Köszi
    Nóra

    • Eniko
      November 1, 2016 at 8:43 pm

      Szia Nóra,
      Sajnos nem járok arra fele mostanság, de neked jó utat! Szuper lesz, majd meglátod. Vízum tudtommal nem kell Malajziába, de Thaifoldon még nem jártam.
      Ha Londonban jársz összefuthatunk, mert én is itt lakom. 🙂
      Travelhackergirl

  3. Rianne Sonneveld
    May 1, 2017 at 4:43 pm

    Hi Eniko,

    I found you in the Female Travel Bloggers FB group. I’m also a nanny in London with a travel blog 🙂 Would love to get to know some fellow bloggers/nannies in London, so let me know if you would like to go for a coffee/tea sometime!

    Rianne xx

    • Enikő
      May 8, 2017 at 6:05 pm

      Super, I sent you a PM on facebook.

  4. Fafah
    June 8, 2017 at 7:24 am

    Bonjour
    Je cherche à travailler au canada comme au paire . Veullez me contacter via mon mail. merci bien
    Bien à vous

  5. Denae
    June 2, 2019 at 7:41 pm

    Hey hey! I’m teaching English in Budapest and was so glad to find your blog! Can’t wait to follow along!

  6. Tracy London
    May 20, 2022 at 5:04 pm

    Just saw your post about Lungern. Fantastic!! I have been to Swtizerland twice visiting relatives in Appenzell. Planned to go back in 2020, but Covid nixed that. Having been working out on my Norditrack bicycle with video screen. Just did 40 minutes around Lake Lungern. Can’t wait to read your blog.

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