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Long Term Travel

This is my home office! It's filled with travel things, from postcards to globes to smaller globes to travel-themed cups to a big scratch-off map. Yes: I literally wrote a gift guide for myself and then bought everything on it.

Digital Nomad Gear: 24 Tips & Essentials to Work From Anywhere

Sipping hot coffee while gazing out over the bright blue Caribbean sea and finally cleaning out your inbox: these are the things that remote working dreams are made from! But as a location-independent, self-employed small business owner who has … [Read more...] about Digital Nomad Gear: 24 Tips & Essentials to Work From Anywhere

Travel blogging couple looking at a map in front of a city skyline.

The Best Backpacking Travel Insurance: Complete Travel Insurance Guide for Backpackers

Here’s the thing: I am a walking disaster. I am clumsy, forgetful, scatterbrained, and generally prone to mishaps. But up until a few years ago, I had never purchased travel insurance in my life. I’d never even heard of it. Now, I refuse to travel … [Read more...] about The Best Backpacking Travel Insurance: Complete Travel Insurance Guide for Backpackers

Lia and Jeremy and the rooftops of Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic.

32 Things Nobody Tells You About Long Term Travel as a Couple

Traveling with your partner is one thing. Long term travel with your partner? That's like, a whole other, totally different, completely not the same thing. It turns out that traveling as a couple on a romantic weekend getaway is worlds different than … [Read more...] about 32 Things Nobody Tells You About Long Term Travel as a Couple

Our year-long honeymoon was kind of a disaster. But we had a great time anyway.

Our Year-Long Honeymoon: What Happened (& How Much We Spent)

Our year-long honeymoon is officially over. Really, it was officially over on July 11, 2017 - 1 year after we boarded a plane for Cartagena, Colombia to start our year-long journey. But now it’s like, officially over. Yesterday, all of our … [Read more...] about Our Year-Long Honeymoon: What Happened (& How Much We Spent)

Couple gazing at an island in the Caribbean ocean.

30 Things Nobody Tells You About Quitting Your Job to Travel

It’s been a few years since we quit our jobs, hopped on a plane, and left for our year-long honeymoon. For years, all I wanted to do was leave my job in corporate America and go off an amazing journey, traveling all around the world and having … [Read more...] about 30 Things Nobody Tells You About Quitting Your Job to Travel

25 things we didn't ask for from traveling the world together as a couple for a year!

25 Things We Never Asked for from Traveling the World for a Year

When we started planning our year-long extended honeymoon around the world, we didn't really know what to expect. We had a lot of hopes and dreams: we wanted to become wiser, healthier, better versions of ourselves. We wanted to become the sort of … [Read more...] about 25 Things We Never Asked for from Traveling the World for a Year

Gazing at the sunset over the desert dunes in Huacachina, Peru.

Why we’re leaving South America early

When we first began planning this amazing year-long honeymoon, we planned to spend 7 months backpacking through South America: starting in Colombia, working our way down through Ecuador and Peru, popping into Bolivia, and spending a month bouncing … [Read more...] about Why we’re leaving South America early

Packing for long term travel is an art. Or maybe a science. Either way, we made some mistakes. Here's 10 things we wish we did and didn't pack for our trip.

What Not to Pack for Long Term Travel: 10 Things We Wish We Did & Didn’t Pack

Packing for long term travel: some people leave it until the last minute, but I - of course, you probably guessed - spent months planning, researching, test-packing, and even in some cases, weighing every item for our trip. You’re probably not … [Read more...] about What Not to Pack for Long Term Travel: 10 Things We Wish We Did & Didn’t Pack

Selfie while hiking from Barichara to Guane near San Gil, Colombia!

Long Term Travel: A Day in the Life of a Travel Couple

It’s been almost 2 months since we put our belongings in storage, said goodbye to steady paychecks and friends, and embarked on our year long extended honeymoon. Before this trip, the longest either of us had traveled anywhere was 2 weeks. True to … [Read more...] about Long Term Travel: A Day in the Life of a Travel Couple

Looking out over Big Sur, California at Sunset

Today’s the Day I Quit My Job to Go Travelling

It's finally here. The day has come, and I'm so nervous No, not my wedding day. That was last weekend. And while that was amazing and incredible and well worth 18 stressful months of planning, I wasn't nervous at all. What's there to be nervous … [Read more...] about Today’s the Day I Quit My Job to Go Travelling

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