Planning, planning, planning. Where to begin? Well, we had seen checklists online and knew the general goals of RTW prep: determine a vague start date, figure out a route, start selling replaceable possessions, get vaccinated, find travel/medical insurance and buy visas. But then little things cropped up, like figuring out what the best credit and Read Post
Where It All Began: The Idea of Traveling Around the World
I tell ya, we never expected that planning a round-the-world (RTW) trip would require so much research and so many details. Every week, we find ourselves adding more items to our to-do list than we’re crossing off. I personally want to get to the fun part of shopping for the clothes and other items that Read Post
Holy Hell, What a Roller Coaster
We haven’t written in five bajillion years because we’ve been busy planning, calculating, listing, planning, calling, emailing, planning, planning, planning. On March 3, 2012, wedding bells will be ringing again, but this time for us. So not only have we been planning our RTW, but also a wedding. We’re keeping it small because we’re paying Read Post
Why I’m Failing My Spending Diet
I’m a bit frustrated and upset with myself for not controlling my spending after I initiated the spending diet for Mike and myself. It’s hard for me to say no to a happy hour invitation, especially since some of my friends don’t know about our rtw trip and therefore our plan to be conservative in our Read Post
Reverse Bucket List Top Picks
To help get a sense of where our rtw trip will take us, we started making a bucket list of places we definitely have to visit, festivals we want to attend and random things we want to do (such as volcano boarding). Then I started thinking about all the awesome experiences I’m not adding to Read Post