Travel delays are never fun but recently, I was reflecting on why I went from someone who was almost furious when delays happened to now being a chill little cucumber. And I think it all stems from retirement and my new freedom of time and money. So let’s get into it and see why travel delays suck a lot less in retirement.
Continue reading “Travel Delays In Retirement: Surprisingly, Not A Big Deal”
Well, it finally happened. But like a lot of things in life, how it happened was a complete surprise. Of all the reasons I suspected that I would settle down again, such as getting tired of traveling or wanting to create ‘roots’, FOMO was no where on that list
. But let me explain. Continue reading “I Got A Homebase! (But Will Still Travel 1/3 Of The Year)”
It’s finally here! Y’all have been asking me for literal years to write a post detailing my nomad packing list. I put it off because y’all requested, at minimum pictures and ideally video, and that sounded like a lot of work 
. But I finally found the motivation so it’s happening! Here is everything I pack to travel the world. Continue reading “My Packing List As A 5 Year, Full-Time Nomad”
2025 is 1/3 over and time is dumb 
. The month absolutely flew by for reasons I’ll explain below, but in general it was nice to be back Stateside after spending the first few months of the year on the other side of the world. It was also lovely to land when spring had sprung in one of my favorite cities in the world. Let’s see what I got up to in April!
This is the second part of a very long post about my experience flying 17 hours in Singapore Air Economy Class. In case you missed it, here’s the first part:
So let’s get back into it! When I left off, I had just finished a 7 hour layover in Singapore.
Continue reading “Review: Singapore Air Economy Class – Singapore to Auckland, New Zealand for $37”
Surprise surprise – I’ve written a lot on this blog about Singapore Air Business Class, First Class and their First Class Suites, but until now I had never sampled their Economy Class product. That all changed this year . So let’s dive into if Economy on this airline lives up to the rest of its plane classes.
Continue reading “Review: Singapore Air Economy Class – Tokyo, Japan to Singapore for $37”
So my Partner loves trains . I try to incorporate them into our travel plans as much as I can because he loves them so much.
That has led to some fun adventures, such as taking a sleeper train up the west coast of the US (even though it’s much slower and more expensive ) and taking trains around Europe this past fall. I also found individual sleeper cars in trains to be a good alternate pandemic travel solution.
Continue reading ““Is It Worth It?” Green Class Tickets On The Shinkansen Bullet Train”
It’s been almost 5 years since I sold everything I owned and started living in Airbnbs. Every year, my thoughts, revelations and strategies for being a full-time nomad seem to change, so I like to record them here for posterity and in case they can help anyone else take full advantage of the awesome-ness that is long term Airbnb stays. So let’s get into it!
Continue reading “Lessons Learned After 4 Years Of Living In Airbnbs “