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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…
I spent 17 nights in Budapest last year, on my third visit to the city, and there’s certainly enough to do there to keep you occupied longer than that if you’d like. Even if you stick to the tried and true, the capital city of Hungary is packed with history and quirky attractions. If…
In the flood of e-mails I get every day that are pitching a product or service, this one stood out because it was something I’d been waiting for. Finally, for the first time since 2023, customers in the USA could get a Wise debit card. I was excited because while Wise.com (formerly Transferwise) customers…
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…
The less often people travel, the more they tend to overspend when they finally get away. The vacation spending mindset is influenced by a lot of external factors, including marketing from some deep-pocketed international hotel chains. Step back and think like a contrarian traveler though and it doesn’t have to be that way. “Yes,…
One of the themes of this blog and a whole book I published once is that the best way to make your travel dollars worth a fortune is to be a contrarian traveler. When the sheep are all headed to one place, take the other path to an alternate spot with smaller crowds. While…
The Cheapest Destinations Blog has been running continually since 2003, with articles from award-winning travel writer Tim Leffel. That’s me at work below.
I’m the author of The World’s Cheapest Destinations, Travel Writing 2.0, and the living abroad book A Better Life for Half the Price. All have been published in multiple editions. I am nomadic part of each year with a home base in Mexico.
I am also editor of the narrative web publication Perceptive Travel, named “best online travel magazine” by the North American Travel Journalists Association and “best travel blog” by SATW. I have contributed to more than 50 publications as a freelancer and have been invited to speak on stage in 11 countries. I’m the former chair of the advisory board of NATJA, served as North American Conference Director for TBEX for six years, and am a member of the Adventure Travel Trade Association. See more on the About page and get in touch with any opportunities via the Work With Me page.
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