Uncover the secrets of Travel Rewards! In 2025, we earned over 612K points and redeemed nearly $4,000 USD worth of travel and stay (a very conservative estimation), all while stacking up a future travel stash valued at $25K+.
Learn how we do it, and how you can too… to travel the world for less (sometimes almost free!).
What are you waiting for?
In 2025, our seventh year of full-time slow travel, we spent $60,001.80 as a couple across 13 countries, 20 locations, and 4 continents. Here is the full breakdown of our accommodation, food, transportation, health, and lifestyle costs, plus what changed from 2024.
We explored Milan and Venice over 4 days for less than $85/day. Here’s our full budget, itinerary, tips, and what made it all unforgettable.
Uncover the secrets of Travel Rewards! In 2024, we earned over 591K points and redeemed more than $5,800 worth of travel, all while stacking up a future travel stash valued at $22K+.
Learn how we do it—and how you can too—to travel the world for less (sometimes almost free!). What are you waiting for?
We don’t blog for a living but that doesn’t prevent us from monetizing our blog. This year our revenue increased compared to last year! In this post we explain how we monetize our blog, what works, what doesn’t, and how much money we made in 2024. Are you ready to dig in?
What if you could find the secret to a longer, stronger life? FunctionHealth’s 160+ blood tests give you easy tips, like the best foods, supplements, and activities, to be your healthiest self. I tried it out and I’m sharing what I learned! Check out this blog post to know more!
Discover the cost of our slow nomadic lifestyle in our 2024 EOY Spending Report where we share every single dollar we spent so you get to see how much it costs to live an abundant life around the world traveling to 15 destination across 10 countries!
We’ve been slow traveling for 6+ years and our packing list has evolved a lot over the years. Our tech and electronics items are definitely the most essential items that we can’t imagine traveling without. Whether you are digital nomads working full-time or simply slow traveling as nomads, here is our packing list of essential tech that will come in handy on your journey.
If you’re looking for our comprehensive packing list beyond tech gear, check out Men’s carry-on packing list for nomadic long-term travel and Women’s packing list for nomadic long-term travel.
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Jeju Island is a dream destination for nature enthusiasts, food lovers, and anyone seeking a mix of adventure and relaxation. Known for its breathtaking volcanic landscapes, serene beaches, and rich cultural heritage, it is a must see if you visit South Korea!
Phone, text and online data access while overseas is an important logistic to figure out for nomads, expats and travelers alike. There are a lot of great options nowadays for eSIMs like Airalo, Eskimo or RedteaGo to get easy data access overseas. However, if you’re an American and need access to a US mobile phone number to receive text message verifications, you may need to maintain a US mobile phone carrier. A number of online banks and credit card companies have tightened their restrictions on accepting VoIP numbers so our Google Voice number no longer suffices. After extensive research on US mobile phone carrier options, we discovered Tello, a service that provides a real US phone number that banks accept, all for a very affordable $5 per month (or $60 per year) plus taxes.
In this blog post, we’ll share why we think Tello is a fantastic low-cost carrier option, walk you through setting up an account, and show you how to use it effectively while traveling internationally.
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