It’s a topic that comes up often at dinner parties and family gatherings: How can long-term travelers like us afford a nomadic lifestyle? In truth, for us it’s a combination of several factors including income from freelance writing and two rental homes. With those funds coming in, we operate on a strict budget of $2500/month … More Travel Secrets: Workaway, Along the Way
Thinking about taking an overnight ferry during your travels? We’ve boarded two recently – one an eight-hour party cruise in the height of tourist season from Ancona, Italy to Zadar, Croatia, and another 20 (yep, t-w-e-n-t-y)-hour float in off-season from Durres, Albania back to Italia. *Here are a few tricks we’ve learned along the way: … More Simple Six – Travel by Overnight Ferry
Workaway: Croatia, August 2015 When Matt and I shared news we would soon be working for a week on an organic farm in Croatia in exchange for room and board, questions began to flood our inboxes. Do you know anything about farming? Are there horses involved? What do you know about horses? Will you be … More The Farmer Fantasy
On Saturday we arrived in Croatia, sleep-deprived after a club music-thumping overnight ferry ride, in tow with every PYT in Italy in route to Europe’s hottest holiday destination. Crowded, unreserved deck seating, that’s what happens when you book last minute and you’re on a tight budget. If not for the captain and crew, we might … More Traveling like 20, Playing like 40, Sleeping like 70.
Anyone who has traveled enough has an “oh shit” story. That time you drove hours to see a concert, then realized the tickets were back home on the kitchen counter. The night you got lost wandering around after dinner then suddenly found yourself in a sketchy part of town. The second you spotted the keys … More Those “Oh-Shit” Travel Moments
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