Budget Slow Travel The biggest cost of travel today is accommodation. You can spend $10,000 a month for a condo in Hawaii or you can rent an estate for $25,000 a day in Palm Springs. There is no limit to what you can spend on accommodations. The trick is to get unbelievable accommodations at a budget price. You can book cheap luxury accommodations with research, perseverance, timing and a bit of luck. One cheap luxury accommodation I rented was an amazing house named Blue Hawaii on the southeast tip of Oahu. It is so unique and stunning that it has been the setting of many movies and episodes ..read more

I want to share with you tips and hacks for cheap airline tickets. We are independent budget travellers that have been travelling 6 months a year for the past 20 years. We use a variety of strategies to get the best prices available on transportation, accommodations, insurance, food and beverages and experiences. Airplane Tickets Airfares can be very high but with a few simple but powerful tips they can be very low and in some cases free. Depending on the day, week or month a seat can be $1800 one day or $300 on another day or even later on the same day. I use these 4 different strategies to g ..read more

We are independent budget travellers and have been travelling 6 months a year for the past 20 years. We use a variety of strategies to get the best prices available on transportation, accommodations, insurance, food and beverages and experiences. Airplane Tickets Airfares can be very high but with a few simple but powerful tips they can be very low and in some cases free. Depending on the day, week or month a seat can be $1800 one day or $300 on another day. I use these 4 different strategies to get the cheapest flight. Flexibility.The most important strategy is to be flexible on your travel ..read more

Photo by Shifaaz shamoon on Unsplash Travel blogs started as personal travel diaries. The first Internet travel bloggers began in 1995 when the Internet was first developed. They were people who travelled and wanted to share their travels with their friends and relatives through websites like bloggers.com. Dedicated travel blog websites began showing up in 2009. My wife and I retired in 2010 at age 55 and began travelling the world. We chose Facebook as the sharing medium to place pictures and comments on our travels. My family and friends loved them and I had great enjoyment doing it. Over ..read more

We know that the only constant in the world is change. As we come out of the world pandemic, I am starting to see important and significant changes in the travel industry. This is based on what they learned during those 12-18 months. Business exists to create a profit for the shareholders by creating system efficiencies. We are seeing the groundwork being laid for new efficiencies throughout the travel industry. Airlines The number of airline seats on sale worldwide in January 2023 are at 94% of pre-pandemic. One of the new changes for airlines are changes in filling seats.  I just recei ..read more

The gypsies are the biggest scam artists in Europe. On average, each gypsy scams 300-400 Euros a day from unsuspecting tourists. Most of that money goes back to the gypsy gang leader in Romania. Generally a gypsy gang leader will have 12-15 underlings working various tourist areas in Europe. We have run into many different scams over the years. My Credit Cards Don’t Work Scam My credit card doesn’t work’ is a common scam run by the gypsies in Rome and in Italy. The gypsy will stop their car and ask you directions. They will attempt to give you a gift then will pressure you for money to buy g ..read more

The gypsies are the biggest scam artists in Europe. On average, each gypsy scams 300-400 Euros a day from unsuspecting tourists. Most of that money goes back to the gypsy gang leader in Romania. Generally a gypsy gang leader will have 12-15 underlings working various tourist areas in Europe. We have run into many different scams over the years. My Credit Cards Don’t Work Scam My credit card doesn’t work’ is a common scam run by the gypsies in Rome and in Italy. The gypsy will stop their car and ask you directions. They will attempt to give you a gift then will pressure you for money to buy g ..read more

We took a day trip from Boca Chica up to the town of Boquete, Panama. The drive can be done in about 90 minutes. We were able to follow good quality secondary roads off the Panamerican Highway that took us through scenic terrain. Boquete is a popular town for visitors. There are many boutique hotels with high end restaurants. A lot of expats live here. They are attracted to the cool weather and the outdoor activities like hiking and rafting. One of the most popular hikes is overnight hike up Volcan Baru to watch the sunrise.  Volcan Baru is the highest point in Panama and on a clear day ..read more

We first visited Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco with our children and fell in love with the Côte D’Azur. A few years later we set-up house for a month in the old town of Nice. We spent the month explored the region using their excellent public bus service. The buses are luxury coaches and the fare is $2.50 anywhere within a two hour radius. The bus ride from Nice to Monte Carlo is 40 minutes. We took the bus to Monte Carlo every week to play games of chance at the world famous Monte Carlo Casino. The road is high up on the mountainside overlooking the Mediterranean with a steep drop on the wat ..read more

We first visited Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco with our children and fell in love with the Côte D’Azur. A few years later we set-up house for a month in the old town of Nice. We spent the month explored the region using their excellent public bus service. The buses are luxury coaches and the fare is $2.50 anywhere within a two hour radius. The bus ride from Nice to Monte Carlo is 40 minutes. We took the bus to Monte Carlo every week to play games of chance at the world famous Monte Carlo Casino. The road is high up on the mountainside overlooking the Mediterranean with a steep drop on the wate ..read more