Cheapest Destinations Blog is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Cheapest Destinations Blog is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
When I recently posted in the Nomadico newsletter than I was finally throwing away a pair of Darn Tough Vermont socks I’d used for a decade and a half, a bunch of readers wrote me and said, “Don’t toss them—the company has a lifetime warranty!” I knew that, but I’m staying out of the…
“There are only three essential things you need for international travel: a passport, money, and time.” I’ve seen this quote attributed to a lot of people over several decades and have no idea who really said it first. I’m sure the quote was from a simpler time though, in the age before smartphones, credit…
Which countries use dollars as currency and which ones have a super-stable exchange rate that rarely changes ? More than a few, including some of the world’s cheapest destinations. If you’re worried about what’s happening to the exchange rates thanks to the angry orange one’s tantrums, these places offer a safe haven where you…
Who makes the toughest travel clothing around? If you ask me in the mid-2020s that would be Craghoppers, a brand that is a household name in the UK but disappeared from the USA market for a while. Some have called them “the European ExOfficio,” which used to be a testament to how well their…
The word “expatriate” or the shorter “expat” can mean a lot of different things depending on who it is applied to. Before the internet came along, most expatriates were stationed abroad for their job or they were retired. Remote work and online entrepreneurs have drastically increased the ranks of people living outside their birth…
Since I write a lot about living abroad, being a digital nomad, and traveling around the world, I get a lot of questions about travel money access. “Do you get a local bank account?” “Where should I put my money back home so I can get to it easily?” “Should I change money before…
