How Do You Know When a Place is Safe?
Let’s talk about safety and travel. A lot of people have opinions on where is and isn’t safe to visit. When I decided to visit Colombia back in October I …
Trip Planning
How to Rent an Apartment in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires has one the highest number of hostels than most cities in the world. Dorms go for typically $15 to $25 a night and privates for $20 to $40 …
How I Saved 20K in Less Than 2 Years
You may be wondering how I saved 20k in two years, ten thousand of that within an eight-month period before my trip. As a result, I’ve become a little bit …
How Much Does it Cost to Travel?
You know there’s not going to be any one concrete answer to this, right? The cost to travel varies for everyone. This is a question I get asked a lot …
Where Do I Start? How to Stop Dreaming and Get Moving
I got an email from a reader the other day (edited for length/personal details): I took a year off from college with the intentions to travel. Well…. I didn’t travel …
Where Do I Start? How to Stop Dreaming and Get Moving Read More »
How to Travel through Your Twenties Without Worrying About Money
Money makes the world go round and it’s also a big factor in helping you go around the world. Twenty-something Americans probably aren’t in the best place to save up …
How to Travel through Your Twenties Without Worrying About Money Read More »
When Travel Plans Come Down to the Wire
“Where are we going tomorrow?” We had no idea. After 3 weeks of essentially vacation time (sunning, surfing, drinking, not much blogging) in Montanita, Ecuador, Mike and I were at …
New! Travel Talk with Mike and Stephanie
So you know how I have more things going on than I could possibly have time for? Well, maybe you don’t, but let me assure you I’m a busy, busy …
Three Personality Traits that Make a Successful Expat
You’ve been thinking about it for a while. You’ve been googling jobs abroad, exploring ESL teaching opportunities, researching backpacks, pricing flights and dreaming of booking them. You think you might …
Three Personality Traits that Make a Successful Expat Read More »
How to Live at Home and Not Go Insane
One of the main reasons I was able to save up so much money in such a short length of time , was my Mother, who was generous enough to …
Lists, Lists, Lists
I’m leaving the United States indefinitely exactly one month from today. I’ve given my notice at work and told everyone I know, so there’s no going back now. Everyone keeps …
How to be a Smart Splurger
Spending Diet update! You can track how my own savings are progressing here. Time to come clean… For all the money advice I’ve been dictating to you guys, all the …