I knew this would be a particularly challenging “What We Learned” post to write, because so much time has passed since the leg (which took place from August to November 2025, and I’m writing this in August 2026) and because we’ve become pretty adept at the general mechanics of our travel life and know what…
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FAQ – How Did Our Sixth Europe Leg Add Up?
Once again, I did a pretty good job estimating our expenses for Leg 17, and we came in just $123 under budget, a less than 1% deviation. We’d saved so much in the early part of the leg that we were able to do more than expected in the final three weeks of our trip…
FAQ – What did We Learn on Our Second Asia Leg?
Our first trip to Asia in 2019 remains a highlight of our seven years of travel. We have such great memories of that time. It was probably the leg we learned the most on other than the first one. We had hoped to return a lot sooner than six years later. We may not have…
FAQ – How Did Our Leg 16 Numbers Look?
We finished Leg 16 dramatically under-budget, saving over $900 on the 16-week leg. I’ll talk a little more about why in my next post, but here’s a general breakdown of our Leg 16 numbers. Where We Were Countries visited: 2 – Japan and Vietnam (one favorite and one new) Cities visited (overnight): 13 – Tokyo…
FAQ – What Did We Learn on Leg 15?
Leg 15 was another short one (similar to Leg 13 in 2023), but we still managed to learn a few things during our eight weeks in Europe. Here are my top three lessons to share: It can pay off to fight the power The EU has relatively strict airline rules for delayed and cancelled flights…
FAQ – How Did Our Abbreviated Leg 15 Add Up?
Like Leg 13, we ended up having to adjust this leg to accommodate family health issues. With the added time in America (where we have free accommodation in a family home), I was able to give us a very generous budget for our eight weeks on the road for Leg 15. Here’s how the numbers…
FAQ – What Did We Learn on Leg 14?
Our first big lesson from Leg 14 is to write down a few lessons as soon as we get home from each leg in case months pass before I make this post! But after brainstorming and reminiscing with Chad, we managed to come up with a few relevant lessons specific to Leg 14. Weather Really…
FAQ – How Did Our Leg 14 Numbers Work Out
We were pretty spot-on with our budget for our four months in South America. We were a little unsure about how the economic conditions would impact us in Argentina, but it somewhat stabilized as we were there, at least for the type of expenses we had (groceries, restaurants, etc.). Peru wasn’t as quite the value…
FAQ – What Did We Learn in Africa?
Spending almost 10 weeks in Africa was eye-opening. We had a number of incredible experiences and learned so much. Here are a few of the lessons we’ll take with us: Beware of Bad Reputations Egypt really does have a terrible reputation among travelers – mostly due to the touts (the people constantly trying to sell…
FAQ – How Well Did We Budget for Africa?
Leg 13 was our first time visiting Africa, our first new continent since 2019. I tried to budget a little high for this leg since there was a fair bit of uncertainty, even reallocating part of our year-end time-at-home budget to Africa. Turned out that wasn’t necessary and we finished the leg $455 under my…