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Fund Your Trip

Plan a budget, make the most of your money, and travel for as long as possible without going broke.

Live Like a Gypsy… Without Going Broke!

  If money didn’t exist, there would be a whole lot more gypsies in the world.   Every day I receive emails from blog readers telling me that they want to live the way that I’m living, but they’re scared they can’t afford it. Every day I meet people on their one-week...

How to Travel and Work From Anywhere

I will never forget the moment when it dawned on me, that I was nearly out of money. I had been traveling for over a year, didn’t have a job, and I had slowly drained my savings to three figures. I had already made a lot of (what some people might consider insane)...

Yes, it’s Practical to Quit Your Job and Travel, and Here is Why

  I’ve been traveling the world nonstop, without a permanent address nor a conventional career for the last three and a half years. (Read my full story: Why I Left My Fancy City Life to Become a Globetrotting Gypsy.)   To some of you, that might sound totally insane....

How to Travel the World When You’ve Got Absolutely No Money 

  My all time favorite question to ask someone I’ve just met is “If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?”     The reason I love to ask this question, is that I believe it instantly reveals someone’s deepest desires. It reveals what they’d be doing...

How I Afford A Life of Constant Travel, and You Can Too

When I tell people I’ve been traveling nonstop for three and a half years, it doesn’t take long before they ask the question. The question I’ve become so used to answering, I can anticipate it before it even rolls off of their tongues. “So, how do you pay for it?” For...

How to be a Blogger Without Losing Yourself

Two years ago when I first hit publish, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. If I had, maybe I would have shutdown my computer, gone back to the beach, done some yoga, and forgotten about that silly idea to start a blog. For better or for worse I’m glad I...

Less Stuff = More Happiness

  I woke this morning as sunlight spilled onto the horizon, blanketing the ocean with a pink glow. I woke to the sound of the waves inviting dedicated surfers to ride. I woke to the call of the birds and the howler monkeys. I put on my old, sandy stained shorts, hop...

5 Simple Ways to Save Money for Travel… Fast

  Daily I hear from people who have the deep desire to create greater freedom in their lives so they can take off and travel. I remember being there once myself, and how overwhelming it all seemed. More than any other factor, finances seem to be what we consider the...

My Incredibly Geeky But Effective Travel Budgeting Technique

  People often ask how I'm able to afford to travel for months at a time. You can read my response here.   Today I'd like to focus on one incredibly important aspect of funding travel: budgeting. Whether you're in the process of saving for a trip or making your money...

How to Fund Long Term Travel

  When traveling the world, meeting older couples on airplanes, backpackers in hostels, locals on the street, expats in cafes, holiday-makers in restaurants, and you my dear, dear readers online, I am often faced with the question.   You know, the question.     "But...

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Fund Your Trip

Plan a budget, make the most of your money, and travel for as long as possible without going broke.

Live Like a Gypsy… Without Going Broke!

  If money didn’t exist, there would be a whole lot more gypsies in the world.   Every day I receive emails from blog readers telling me that they want to live the way that I’m living, but they’re scared they can’t afford it. Every day I meet people on their one-week...

How to Travel and Work From Anywhere

I will never forget the moment when it dawned on me, that I was nearly out of money. I had been traveling for over a year, didn’t have a job, and I had slowly drained my savings to three figures. I had already made a lot of (what some people might consider insane)...

Yes, it’s Practical to Quit Your Job and Travel, and Here is Why

  I’ve been traveling the world nonstop, without a permanent address nor a conventional career for the last three and a half years. (Read my full story: Why I Left My Fancy City Life to Become a Globetrotting Gypsy.)   To some of you, that might sound totally insane....

How to Travel the World When You’ve Got Absolutely No Money 

  My all time favorite question to ask someone I’ve just met is “If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?”     The reason I love to ask this question, is that I believe it instantly reveals someone’s deepest desires. It reveals what they’d be doing...

How I Afford A Life of Constant Travel, and You Can Too

When I tell people I’ve been traveling nonstop for three and a half years, it doesn’t take long before they ask the question. The question I’ve become so used to answering, I can anticipate it before it even rolls off of their tongues. “So, how do you pay for it?” For...

How to be a Blogger Without Losing Yourself

Two years ago when I first hit publish, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. If I had, maybe I would have shutdown my computer, gone back to the beach, done some yoga, and forgotten about that silly idea to start a blog. For better or for worse I’m glad I...

Less Stuff = More Happiness

  I woke this morning as sunlight spilled onto the horizon, blanketing the ocean with a pink glow. I woke to the sound of the waves inviting dedicated surfers to ride. I woke to the call of the birds and the howler monkeys. I put on my old, sandy stained shorts, hop...

5 Simple Ways to Save Money for Travel… Fast

  Daily I hear from people who have the deep desire to create greater freedom in their lives so they can take off and travel. I remember being there once myself, and how overwhelming it all seemed. More than any other factor, finances seem to be what we consider the...

My Incredibly Geeky But Effective Travel Budgeting Technique

  People often ask how I'm able to afford to travel for months at a time. You can read my response here.   Today I'd like to focus on one incredibly important aspect of funding travel: budgeting. Whether you're in the process of saving for a trip or making your money...

How to Fund Long Term Travel

  When traveling the world, meeting older couples on airplanes, backpackers in hostels, locals on the street, expats in cafes, holiday-makers in restaurants, and you my dear, dear readers online, I am often faced with the question.   You know, the question.     "But...

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