Welcome to my second International Slow Travel Review! I spent 9 weeks in Mérida, México – by far the longest I’ve stayed abroad in my adult life and the longest I’ve stayed in one Airbnb. So let’s see how Mérida measured up 🙂 ! Continue reading “Slow Travel Review: Mérida, México – The Land Of Color & Nature”
I have a treat for y’all today! So far during my 7+ years posting on this blog, I have only had 1 guest post and it was my Mom talking about how she retired at 55 🙂 . Well, today I’m breaking that streak!
Continue reading “Nomad Coffee Supplies: How To Make Great Caffeine Anywhere”
So I’m a big fan of the travel site The Points Guy. I’ll even say I’m hipster enough “to have read him before he was mainstream” 😉 . And I have been fortunate to pass my love for the helpfulness of that website to my Mom along with my travel hacking knowledge. Continue reading “How To Easily Meet Entry Testing Requirements: A BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag At-Home Test Review”
As a US citizen, one of my major concerns for retirement was how I would access healthcare. I knew this would be tricky because my plan was to travel around the US and the world, which does not work with how the US healthcare system is set up.
After I decided that I wanted to pursue financial independence in 2015, I had a laundry list of things I needed to research and learn before retirement. However, luckily I had 10 years to figure it out 🙂 . Even though that 10 year timeline became 5 when I retired in 2020, it turned out to be plenty of time to figure out all the minutiae of HOW I would actually take this leap.
Before I became a nomad, one of my concerns was how I would get regular dental cleanings and checkups. I knew that would be tricky while traveling around the US and then the world, given how the US healthcare system is set up. Continue reading “Medical Tourism: A $32 Dental Cleaning in Mérida, México”
So many anniversaries are sneaking up on me lately. I feel like we were just in Maine deciding to switch from Republic Wireless after 5 years to Google Fi, and now I’ve already been with them for a whole year! So let’s get into how it’s going with Google Fi and if I’m going to stay with them for another year.
Continue reading “Review: Google Fi – The US & International Cell Service”
It’s official! We’ve been nomads living in Airbnbs full-time for over 12 months now. I was really curious to see how being a nomad would work out since I’d never tried living in long term Airbnbs before and I’m happy to say that it’s even better than I thought 🙂 . Continue reading “Lessons Learned After 1 Year Of Airbnb Nomad Life”