Ready to take the leap? “I’m all for sticking everything in storage and moving abroad to cut my expenses, but what I do for a living isn’t portable. What am I going to do for work if I go traveling or move to another country? How do I look for international jobs? How do I…
Travel has gotten a lot more hazardous lately and we’ve seemingly got 100 more scenarios to plan for to stay healthy and safe. It’s clear that we need to invest a bit more time and money to address the “What if?” questions when planning a vacation. You can add a layer of travel safety on…
“Yes yes, that’s all good advice,” she said, “but my editor really wants to focus on what’s new in budget travel. What are people doing now to save money that they couldn’t have done a year or two ago? New social websites, apps, that sort of thing.” This was from an interview I did…
Ideal for me, probably not for you… “I’m a ____ from _____ who makes $_____ and I want to move abroad. Where should I live?” I’ve been getting some variation on this question a few times every month in e-mails and blog post comments for more than a decade. After a while I took…
When you’re traveling for an extended period or are on a budget vacation, you often choose the cheapest option available for getting to where you need to go. You have more time than money, so a little extra hassle of a crowded local bus or walking long distances isn’t such a big deal. In a…
Going by what I see in airports and bus stations, most people are carrying at least two bags when they travel somewhere, all stuffed with what they need for their travels. Upon arrival though, do you really want to lug around one of those when you’re out sightseeing or shopping? Plus what if you are…
Back in those darkest days of the pandemic, when few people were traveling, hopefully you were banking points for some free flights, free hotel rooms, and free vacations for later. My accounts grew a lot during those times because in those days it was easy to rack up the points without flying or checking in…
What’s my favorite hotel brand? The one where I’m getting free hotel stays, whichever one that happens to be when I’m traveling. There are a dizzying number of corporate logos out there in hotel land. Even someone immersed in the industry like me has a hard time remembering which one belongs to which corporation, especially…
I’ve lived in cities most of my adult life and felt comfortable in them. Most of the time I’ve spent in rural areas has been on outdoor adventures like multi-day hiking trips. Except that time last summer when I spent three days experiencing life on a ranch in Uruguay… That’s one of the few places…
There’s been a lot of talk in the travel news lately about what vaccination passports are going to look like for planes, conventions, concerts, and even whole countries, but this post is about a beer passport instead. The other kind of passport is still taking shape, but you can obtain the second one right now….
