I posted on Instagram about my latest travel hacking wins and several people in the comments asked if I could write a post about specifically HOW I travel hack. I thought the topic was overdone with the abundance of articles out there that all basically say the same thing, but I guess not 🙂 . Continue reading “How I Travel Hack: A Step-By-Step Guide To How I Saved $100,000 On Flights”
So I know inflation is wild at the moment – or at least wilder than we’re used to in the US. However, there is a difference between what the Consumer Price Index (CPI) says the inflation amount is and my costs, since I don’t buy a lot of things the CPI mentions. Continue reading “Is My Nomadic Life Immune To Inflation?”
And just like that, 2022 was at an end… Weird 🙂 . 2022 was filled with so much travel, food and fun that it seemed to fly by. Years used to feel a bit infinite, but now they’re whizzing past. I’m glad I have these posts to look back on and remember what I did with that time 🙂 . So let’s see what I got up to during the last month of 2022!
Continue reading “The Month Of Holiday Cheer: December 2022 Recap”
I’ve always been fascinated by languages. In my youth I declared that I wanted to speak at least 10 of them. Unfortunately after several years studying French in school and barely being able to order ice cream in Paris, I accepted that languages do not come particularly easily to me. So I had to change my approach 🙂 . Continue reading “From 0% to Fluent: How I Learned Spanish in 1 Year”
Shockingly, that title is not a click bait-and-switch, but it is inflated by fancy international flights 🙂 . These palaces in the sky are one of the parts of travel that my Mom loves most and I’m so happy that after shelling out $7,000 for a 1/3 off Emirates First Class ticket in 2012, I discovered the wonder of travel hacking, which has allowed us to fly in these wild cabins for almost free. Continue reading “How I Saved $44,667 With Travel Hacking In 2022”
Throughout the year, I like to jot down new things I’ve learned, read, watched and experienced to try and remember what each year entailed. I then summarize all of that in my annual goals and accomplishments posts. The goal of these posts is not just to curate what I’ve been up to, but also to document how I have changed from one year to the next and how I’ve grown as a person. Continue reading “The Year Of Spanish: 2022 Goals & Accomplishments”
The adventure continues! After a lovely 5 weeks in Buenos Aires, Argentina it was time to head back to the States and see family for the holidays. My flight to Argentina went way better than expected, and I was curious if I would experience the same amazing service on the return flight. I was also curious which seat configuration I would receive and how that would factor into the experience. So let’s see what happened! Continue reading “Review: American Airlines Business Class 777-200 – Buenos Aires to NYC”
As the title suggests, I spent this month in Argentina! It’s the farthest south I’ve ever been in the world. As a comparison, Buenos Aires has a similar longitude to Sydney, Australia as well as Auckland, New Zealand and Cape Town, South Africa. Continue reading “The Month Of Argentina: November 2022 Recap”