Most travellers are amazed how much they can save up before they head off on their round the world trip. But post- trip, if you aren’t ready to pack away your rucksack yet, saving will only get you so far. Now it’s time to start earning while you go.
Category Archive: Finances
5 Ways We Saved Over $30,000 In 12 Months For Our Round-The-World Trip
In the lead-up to our big around-the-world adventure last year, we wrote extensively about the various strategies we used to save the money needed to fund several months of travel. The end result? We saved over $30,000 in just 12 […]
5 ways to save money on accommodation in North America
The most expensive part of any travel adventure is usually accommodation expenses and these can easily kill a traveler’s budget before you know it. Accommodation has accounted for a whopping 40% of our spending on our trip so far! Despite […]
The migration to budget-conscious travelers
During our past travels, we haven’t really worried about budgeting. In fact, we were probably doing the exact opposite – saving up a shitload of cash in the lead-up to our holidays and then blowing it all like it was […]
Announcing Frugal February
With an estimated 6 months until our round-the-world trip kicks off, we’re 45% of the way to our savings target and currently tracking behind where we want to be at this stage. Concerned, we did some calculations and realized that […]
Two steps guaranteed to help you save money for traveling
Not along ago we described three ways we’re saving money to fund long-term travel and no doubt we’ll be posting more money-related material in the coming months with ways we’re cutting our expenses and generating extra cash to follow our […]
Store our belongings or sell the lot?
We have 7 weeks until we move out of our 2 bedroom apartment and back into a single room at Amy’s parents house. This might seem like a pretty simple move but as the moving date approaches, we face quite […]
Saving for long term travel
255 days until 30 June 2011, our estimated departure date for this trip of a lifetime. That leaves us 8 months to research destinations, organize our itinerary and book the necessary tickets/accommodation. But more importantly, that’s 8 months to save […]