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    How to Afford Travel Even With Inflation

    After a global pandemic, with rising prices and interest rates, an impending recession, and increasing inflation, how can you even afford travel? Here is a list of ways you can still afford travel even during an economic inflation or recession. Remember that travel is a luxury, and should only be second to the bare necessities in life.  However, it is still possible to spend on travel and other things that make you happy even if your money doesn’t seem to go a long way. All it needs is more advanced planning, budgeting, and time.  Have a separate savings account for travel  The first thing to do when you have decided…

  • A Financial Independence Guide for Travelers

    If you’ve noticed our blog, we post a lot about travel and also a bit about financial independence. Why? Well, since we love to travel a lot, we decided to make it our goal once we are FI: full time travel. You know, like what Go Curry Cracker managed to do, only our home base will be 3 countries: USA, Philippines, and Slovakia. So, how do you become FI if you’re not really as minimalist nor very Mustachian? How do you become FI if you feel as if you are spending so much money on travel compared to your peers that are on the same path as you? You may feel…

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    Get out and do something this new year

    Looking for a new goal to complete by the end of the year? How about chasing more experiences and doing more things that require you to get out of your house? This year, let’s all be productive and create new memories! Let’s all get out and do something!   This New Year, I have started using the hashtag #getoutanddosomething to hold me accountable and force me to do and experience more things outside my house. This would mean going to a park, the local library, the mall, or traveling to a new destination altogether. Are you in on this project? All you have to do is do something once a week,…

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    Costs, A Guide, and Travel Hacking Memphis Tennessee

    Another impromptu trip which started with cheap airfare and led to a quick weekend adventure. As part of our travel hacking, weekend wanderer series, we explore Memphis, Tennessee. We detail how much we spent on our weekend, where we went, our recommendations and how we saved. Costs, A Guide and Travel Hacking Memphis Tennessee Here’s the details of our trip & how much it cost in terms of miles and cash. Below the table is also a breakdown per segment on how we managed to pull this trip off for not so much cash out of pocket. This trip was only for a quick weekend. Fly out Friday afternoon and…

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    Ruby’s Current Journey to Financial Independence

    Ruby’s Current Journey To Financial Independence After working full time for 7+ years in Manila (and a couple of months in the UK), I found myself in the USA without knowing anybody. I mostly left the Philippines because I was getting tired of working without really having much to show for it. I was losing around 4 hours a day sitting in traffic on a commute to & from work, and seeing as the Philippines is a third world country, we are only being paid 80% less than our peers. The fact that I was losing time and money on a daily basis not being productive got me to be…