Ladies, picture this: You’re laying on the beach, toes in the sand and margarita in hand. You have a good book and and just ordered a plate of fries, poolside of course. Does this sound like the ideal vacation for you? If so, then you’re destined for the tropics. First things first, you need to get packing.
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Isla Mujeres is a little island less than 5 square km in area! This tiny island is only 13 km off the East coast of Cancun. If you’re in the Cancun area, it is a must to visit! Isla Mujeres is the definition of small but mighty.
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Whether you’re planning a vacation or trying to figure out what all of the Spring Break hype is about, you’ve heard of Tulum. This ultimate travel guide will give you the ins and outs for planning your trip. The best way to learn more is to visit Tulum for yourself!
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After a cold and rainy visit in Poland, the Diemers make the most out of a long layover in Istanbul. Initially planning on taking the free bus tour of the city, a series of delayed flights and jetlag-influenced decisions had them missing out on the complimentary tour by 5 minutes. Rats.
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The day hikes listed here, for us, was the most "bang for your buck". We didn't have the gear for multi-day hikes but still had the adventure in our hearts to see some of New Zealand's summits. Everything listed can be completed in about 2 - 8 hours.
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I've been on the hunt before trying to find the best waterproof travel shoes for women. It's tough! There are many choices out there but it always seems like you have to compromise no matter where you turn!
Since hindsight is 20/20, here is what I found to be most important when selecting shoes.
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All of us have been impacted by the Coronavirus to different degrees leaving us with a lot of uncertainty. The one thing we are certain about though, is that all of us are stuck inside. While binging Netflix and scrolling TikTok is not a bad way to spend your days, what if you could spend that time making money instead?
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Being far enough from the tourist scene, Bacalar is mostly visited by Mexican vacationers and long-term travelers who have heard of Bacalar through the grapevine. Bacalar is a town 5 hours south of Cancun right on the Mexican border. It is home to a freshwater, 35 mile long lake. Often called the “Lagoon of 7 Colors” due to all of its shades of blue, this lake is one of Mexico’s best kept secrets.
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In this video, we're talking all the things: transportation, phone and internet, weather, visas, immunizations, food and language. If you’re like me and hate reading, check out the video below - or if you’re secretly planning your vacation at work we have the video transcribed below.
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Sick and tired of fashion bloggers suggesting “cute booties” for your next trip? If you’ll be hiking and not just walking out to the lookout point for your next insta-worthy photo then this article is for you. Don’t worry though, we haven’t completely sacrificed fashion for function.
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Bali is a beautiful place that can be done on a budget. For even $20/day we hung out in the trendy area of Canggu. Here we dive into what it costs to eat, live, and work abroad while hanging out in the Canggu area of Bali.
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Here's what "BEST" means to me:
- Not crowded
- Not feeling unsafe to leave small things behind when I go to swim
- No one soliciting me to buy a necklace, get a massage, or take a surf lesson (or a damn whale shark tour)
- Clean water (jellyfish are attracted to pollution and in several places in SEA it's un-swimmable)
Quitting our jobs to travel in 2015 was just a quick route to live a temporary life of adventure. However, on the road we continuously had to monitor our budget and always had the looming thought of needing to return back to the states to work. After depleting our $60,000 travel fund it was all over with one flight back to Chicago… or was it?
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Scared of spooky spiders? How about deadly snakes? If not - certainly the 110 degree heat will get to you!
This is a full length documentary of our experience on a 4 Day Cave Trek. This adventure takes place in Phong Nha Vietnam with Oxalis adventures (not sponsored)
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Congrats! You’re quitting your job to go travel. Which is awesome. We’ll take you through 4 ways to make that possible (and hint - not all of them are unpaid!)
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Are you tired of hearing travel bloggers, travel vloggers, miscellaneous travel people tell you on travel blogs, travel vlogs, and travel stuff about how you can make travel content online to make money? Well, we are too because for the most part… it’s complete bullshit.
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If you want to have a better life of travel, our tip for you is to turn your full-time salary employee position into a freelance or consulting gig. I know it’s shocking that there are other ways to travel and work without just being an Instagram influencer. Becoming a freelancer in a field you are familiar with is a great and relatively easy way to work full-time while traveling.
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One of the issues with living a life of travel is trying to break the stigma of not having a “traditional” career. It’s not a concept that people totally understand yet and has definitely taken some getting used to. The biggest task at hand is ripping the band-aid off and going for it. Finding that first client. Making that first order.
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Airbnb has been growing like crazy which means there are tons of options for you to generate income if you own almost any type of space. Having trouble thinking about what you’ve got to rent out? How about a flat piece of asphalt? In Albuquerque, New Mexico, we used Airbnb to find a driveway to park our RV on that we had driven across the United States in.
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The main reason we want to share our story becoming a digital nomad is to show that "overnight success" is only perception and that in almost most cases takes several years to accomplish. I remember looking at other people online thinking they were lucky. What I didn't know was their full story. Here's ours.
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