How Much Does it Cost to Travel Around the World? (April 2013)

Sunrise on our anniversary

For the last 31 months we’ve been traveling the world and tracking every dollar, yuan, and bhat spent on our journey. Our goal is to help you see how affordable around-the-word travel can be by providing you a monthly summary of our expenses. April was a great month as we continued our artists’ retreat and… [Continue Reading]

How Much Does it Cost to Travel Around the World? (March 2013)

Jumping in Guanajuato

Each month since October 2010 we’ve documented every dollar, yuan, and bhat spent on our journey to help you see how affordable around-the-word travel can be by providing you a monthly summary of our expenses. March was a month filled with friends, new experiences, and new beginnings. We officially kicked off our artists’ retreat where… [Continue Reading]

How Much Does it Cost to Travel Around the World? (February 2013)

First morning in Guanajuato

Each month we provide a monthly summary of our expenses as we travel around the world. We’ve documented every dollar, yuan, and bhat spent on our journey to help you see how affordable around-the-word travel can be by showing you how we break down our expenses. We started the month off in temporary new “home”… [Continue Reading]

What is the Action Plan to Following Your Dreams?

Dream Save Do cover (small)

So, you want to travel around the world? We understand. We’ve been in your shoes and know how strong the pull to explore can be. The excitement of seeing new places. The taste of cuisines you did not even know existed. The feeling of freedom knowing you can ANYWHERE. From the moment you utter the… [Continue Reading]

An Easy Tip to Help You Travel Longer and Experience More

SimonandErin_Cook_Islands

Today’s guest post from Erin of Never Ending Voyage provides insights and resources for how to save and budget your travel around the world. We’ve spent four out of the last five years travelling. We travelled around the world in 2007-8 and then three years ago we set off to travel again—this time permanently. There’s… [Continue Reading]

How Much Does it Cost to Travel Around the World? (January 2013)

January expenses by category

Each month we provide a monthly summary of our expenses as we travel around the world. We’ve documented every dollar, yuan, and bhat spent on our journey to help you see how affordable RTW travel by showing you how we break down our expenses. January was filled with travel as we began the month in… [Continue Reading]

A Bavarian Budget: Exploring Munich on a Shoestring

Enjoying Germany

Today’s guest post from Julie Poole, from our hometown of Seattle, provides practical advice for traveling in the wonderful city of Munich, Germany on a budget. A highly recommended stop for anyone while in Europe. Munich is one of Europe’s liveliest cities, and with more than 400 beer gardens, humming with merriment, perhaps this shouldn’t… [Continue Reading]

How housesitting boosts your Round The World budget

mexico-our-private-beach

When planning your round the world adventure, you’ll often have to take into account that hotels and hostels can eat up 30, 40 even 50% of your budget depending on where and how you travel.  There are ways to avoid these deep gouges into your budget, like volunteering or WWOOFing, but what we have found… [Continue Reading]

The UK on a budget

Train station in the UK

This guest post is from Sykes Cottages, a great company to book a holiday cottage with and here to share some budget travel tips. While the UK might have a reputation for being an expensive destination-it is the home of the Royal Family after all-there is a way to explore this great country on a… [Continue Reading]

Splurge vs Save – A Packing List Conundrum

Today we’re excited to share this guest post from Meg and Tony, of LandingStanding. We met them while enjoying a week in Berlin and had a memorable afternoon drinking beers by the river and then discovering a tiny bar in the city. Enjoy. When it comes to traveling, conscious spending is KEY! In other words,… [Continue Reading]