This post is a follow up to our first post about the Taiwan Gold Card where we cover the process to bring your spouse on board, as a Gold Cardholder. Similar to our previous post, we are taking a closer look at the requirements and the steps you need to follow.
We are sharing everything you should know about the Taiwan Employment Gold Card. What is this program about? What are the benefits associated with the Taiwan Employment Gold Card? Who can benefit from the Taiwan Employment Gold Card? And a step by step guide so that you can apply within minutes and take advantage of our research.
A morning routine primes your for the day. It is the first thing I do after I wake up to keep me excited and happy about life by staying energized, focused, and sharpIn this post, we cover my meditation practice, explain what meditation is all about, how to meditate, how much time to spend meditating, what you get out of this activity and provide you with resources to get you started within minutes!
As full-time travelers, we take a lot of transportation, live in multiple apartments, eat out at restaurants, shop at markets, taste new snacks and enjoy exploring our beautiful planet. Since we explore much more than the average person, our impact on the environment is very much a concern for us. In the article, we share tips on how we reduce our impact on the environment that we apply while we travel but many tips you can easily apply at home.
Since there are a lot of things going on in the world, I thought this might be a good time to give people a break from the daily news and share some techniques that might help them also get the most out of their lives. I will be sharing the key elements of my morning routine in a short series of posts. In this first article, I will be talking about my bullet journaling routine, explaining what journaling is all about, what I am journaling about, how much time I spend on journaling, what I am getting out of this activity and provide you with resources to get you started within minutes!
Today we are going to talk about some of those nasty fees you occur while traveling when withdrawing foreign currency. We found a solution that has helped us save about 2.5% of our money withdrawn by ATM which would’ve been eaten up by an ATM “transaction” fee – that’s $25 for every $1000 withdrawn so it adds up! We’d much rather put that money towards a special dinner in Thailand than pay bank fees. With this solution we don’t have to worry about which ATM to use and how much cash to take out since all ATM fees will get credited back to our bank account at the end of the month. And best of all, this solution is entirely free for everyone in the US! If you’re not a US resident, we have an alternative solution for you too. Let’s dig into our ultimate ATM hack!
Being long time travelers can be a wonderful thing, especially if we decide to travel with purpose. It can also be a lifestyle philosophy that can cost you less than the cost you are currently paying to stay at home. But when we shared with people that we traveled the world for less than $30K during our first year and that we only spent $8 to pay for healthcare insurance, they were wondering if this number was bogus or if we have decided to entirely opt out of healthcare insurance.
In this article, we will add some clarification and dig into the large topic of health care insurance. We will explain (1) how we got coverage in California in 2019 for $1 per person and per month, (2) what insurance we decided on for year 2, (3) why we think our health care costs are going to be a fraction of what they are in the US (even if we pay out of pocket) and (4) why we believe that we (and most people) will be saving thousands of dollars each year by avoiding the US healthcare system. Ready to talk about health care?
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As both aspiring minimalists and slow travelers, we like to control our spending since we have limited space on what we can carry and are traveling quite extensively. We have developed a process to help us decide what to spend money on and how much money we feel comfortable spending.
Accommodation usually represents the largest expense while traveling for extended period of time. Did you know you can reduce significantly this expense by using Airbnb? In this post we explain how we use Airbnb to find amazing rentals, why and how we introduce ourselves to the host, our best tips to get us the best stays at the best price through the Airbnb platform and more…
Credit card travel rewards AKA travel hacking is a large part of our strategy to travel the world affordably as full-time travelers for the past 6 years. Almost all of our transcontinental flights are paid for by travel rewards points, saving thousands of dollars per year. We even occasionally treat ourselves to a nice 5 star hotel paid for by credit card hotel rewards. In this detailed introduction to credit card travel rewards, we will explain what they are, how you can leverage them and the credit cards we recommend to get started.