All in Financial (FIRE)
Budget and low-cost airlines are just starting to make their way to the United States. However, they’re commonplace in Europe. We’ve enjoyed our fair share of $30-$50 international flights around Europe and have learned a few lessons on saving money and making the most of the flight.
We were finishing up work, washing clothes, and packing everything in our backpacks. It was time to check into our flight for the next day....
Value traveling is our style. That means that we’re booking travel and activities in advance and online.
We want to travel with as little stuff as possible. Less stuff equals less weight and more space. It’s amazing how much difference a couple of pounds can make on comfort and mobility.
Staying safe and protecting your belongings while traveling is important. As long-term digital nomad travelers this is magnified because we’re always in new places with new surroundings. Plus, just about everything we own is in our single carry-on travel backpack. Through research hand experience we've come up with some tips, tricks and hacks to make long-term, light weight traveling possible and safer.
We knew it would be a challenge to see London, especially as in depth as we're known for.
There’s so much to see and do in London! It’s by far the largest city we’ve visited to date. London is an iconic city with many must see and do things, like the Thames River, West Minster Abbey, Big Ben and the London Eye, just to name a few.
Sleeping isn’t when the memories and the life changing events happen.
Using less stuff has a multitude of ancillary benefits, and it’s typically a butterfly effect.
We’re extreme. So, saving money on food while traveling (or not traveling for that matter) is a task we take very seriously.
As we've researched, prepared for, and done some travel, we've come up with some tips, tricks and hacks to make long term, light weight traveling possible. Here's a tip that will make things a bit easier.
We have no shame in being a full on, camera toting tourist. We want to see everything, the big, the small, the famous and the hole in the wall attractions.
*We won’t ever feel like we’ve ‘made it’, and that may in fact be why we've made it?!
The Pareto Principle, also known as the 80/20 rule originates from Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto. The principle states that “for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes”
After much time preparing and planning, the time to take off on a jet plane is finally here! We’re absolutely thrilled, overwhelmingly excited and a bit nervous about having plane tickets in our hands, figuratively of course, as they’re e-tickets.
