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
Long Term Travel
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
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: 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)
30 Things Nobody Tells You About Quitting Your Job to Travel
It’s been a year 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 incredible … [Read more...] about 30 Things Nobody Tells You About Quitting Your Job to Travel
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
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
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
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
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