Long-term travel

As we sat and listened to the couple talking about where they had been on their round-the-world trip prior to this small island in Indonesia, I was getting exhausted. It was not because I had been especially active that day, but because their itinerary was so frantic and detailed that it made me tired just …

As I was getting close to launching the book A Better Life for Half the Price, I wanted to get interested people on an e-mail list. So I started giving away a document with a rundown on all the places you could stay for four months or more after arrival, no border runs required. I …

This post brought to you by CORT. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Cheapest Destinations Blog. It’s great fun to be a nomad and travel around the world non-stop, but eventually nearly everyone starts yearning for a home base—at least for a while. It gets tiring to be on the move all …

I wrote in A Better Life for Half the Price that the cost of living in most parts of India was one of the cheapest in the world, but that staying there long-term was really difficult because of their visa policy. That changed for the better last year and you can now turn around and …

When it comes to the worldwide garbage problem and the giant gyres of waste floating around our oceans, are you part of the problem or a part of the solution? If you buy just two single-use plastic bottles a day and you’re on the road for a month, that’s 60 of your plastic bottles that …