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Posts from the Cheapest Destinations Blog related to long-term travel: backpackers taking a round-the-world journey, digital nomads moving from place to place, and those enjoying slow travel abroad.
Since I first started traveling a few decades ago, I’ve had the great experience of living abroad in three different countries. I enjoyed the first two experiences, but they weren’t made to last. I really enjoy living abroad in Mexico though, even though a whole lot of people don’t get it. When I lived…
Have you excitedly announced you’re going to go travel around the world or work remotely from another country, but the response from your friends and relatives was kind of muted? Was their first reaction “Be safe!” “Be Careful!” Did they say something dumb like, “Gosh, that must be nice to be rich!”? As a…
At least once a month I’ll get an e-mail or blog comment from a reader asking for help in estimating travel expenses for this country or that. Like “How much should I budget for three months in Thailand and Vietnam?” To me that feels like asking a psychiatrist that you’ve never met how to…
Hey, did you hear the one about local residents using squirt guns on tourists eating outdoors in Barcelona? About the TV ads that Amsterdam telling rowdy British tourists not to come? Did you know that additional tourist fees have been added for visitors to Venice, Bali, the Riviera Maya, and Greece? Tourism numbers are…
If I remember right, I got my first Osprey Packs backpack in the mid-’00s, when I took off on my first trip to South America, around two decades ago. I used it for many more trips when I was on the move as a solo traveler. It’s still going strong. A couple years later…
Over the years as I’ve written about moving abroad and published the best-selling book on the subject, readers have often told me they worry about buying into global real estate markets. Some see international real estate as more risky than buying property where they live now. There are some valid fears behind that, which…
