The Slow Travel Journey - The Benefits are Endless
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I think the real gem for advice here is Carrie saying that "we aren't vacationing, we are just living elsewhere". So true. In our homelife, each day isn't going to a museum, a castle, or sightsee. It can be sorting through meals, doing laundry, having a walk, read a book etc. Life. So those who think three months in Italy may ask about you seeing a laundry list of places. Slow travel means letting the world go by, enjoy and drink in the vibe of your place. You have such valuable experiences to share.
Love your insights, Robert! Thank you.
I think what makes your posts so engaging is the contrast between you and the vast majority of travel vloggers who “over glamorize” travel, and skip through some of the “nitty gritty” so to speak between the highlights, cutting so much out, not sharing the reality of travel. With your channel I feel like I still get the excitement of seeing international locales that I’ll bookmark as I want to add that to my list, but also get a real world assessment of what it’s like as a true experience, not a glamorized account, and love that you include details like costs and your thought process on travel decisions.
Folks used to constantly ask me what I did all day during the decades of living in a Northern European city annually for entire summers. I would inform them that I basically did what I do at home as I didn't see myself as a tourist. Plus, I got up every morning and biked across town to my intensive language class as I'm one who is for learning the language of a country. So, by being at school, I ended up with a lot of friends and also had a lot of friends native to that country as they lived where I lived. Plus, they were so appreciative of me studying hard to learn their language that I would be invited to a lot of parties, events, family gatherings, to their summer houses for vacation, and even on vacation with some of them. It was about forming strong friendships and community.
Also, if one takes some kind of adult ed class, one is around native people of the country which helps one acquire the language. Language is important even if it's a country where a lot of people speak English. But, little kids couldn't speak English yet and also old people, so I needed to try to communicate with all age ranges within families of friends.
If I wanted to do something different, I'd take a few days or a week or so to another country or countries and then go back to the original country as that was my home base. To this day, I'm still very connected to friends in that country and it's been 51 years now as I started solo as a teen. We e-mail each other and I was last there in 2019.
Greetings from Los Angeles
Yes, it's living, just living somewhere else. Can't walk always be a tourist. Cheers!!
Gosh well there’s another item for the bucket list. I started learning Polish in preparation for a genealogical trip a couple of years ago and my tutor is so fun I just kept going. I don’t know anyone who speaks Polish so I drop into a different Polish city every time I’m in Europe just to see how I’m doing. 😂 But man spending a few months there studying in person sounds like a dream. Will have to wait until I have fewer animals though. 😊
Something that is working for us:
45 to 60 days in 1 place
7 to 10 days fast traveling in 2-3 places
And repeat. My brain and job routine is getting ok with this
I would love to see an example of this with actual locations.
That sounds like a great plan! It's nice when you find a schedule that seems to click. Cheers!!
This is pretty similar to us, a couple examples, we might use our route to decide (ie Florence for a month, a few days in Bologna, a few in Venice and then a long stay in Ljubljana) or sometimes we will use it for events or expensive places, a short stay at festival or stopping in Paris for a week between longer stays. Or just places we are interested in the tourist sights but no necessarily living in for a longer period, we might stop there for a few days
I’m noticing that a real strength you all have is the ability to adjust. I admire that you change things up when you find it’s making you tired or unhappy. Have a great day!
Thank you!! You have a great day as well, Mathew!! 😊
THIS is what we want to do!🎉 so glad to hear that others think like us.... & more importantly - are doing it!
This format is a winner! Keep the podcast style videos coming. Your two personalities are kind of ying and yang - they pair together well :)
Thank you so much, we are loving this new podcast format as it allows us a more casual approach. Cheers!!
I like the pants you are wearing Carrie. I used to have a pair like that, but when my mother saw them she thought that the pant needed to be fixed, so she sewed patches on the holes. 🤣
From a former voice over professional, respectfully suggest to Carrie to do a complete rebuild on your mic. This is at least the third or fourth video of yours I've enjoyed, except for the regular bits of static associated with your mic sounds.
Cheers to you both, hope to meet up and have a beer someday!
Been to Valencia. Went there for the day from alicante. I really felt like I was in Spain as no one really talked English. Beautiful place. Enjoying all these shows. Thank you for all your hard work. You two are amazing.....👍
Alicante is still one of our favorite places. Thank you so much for watching and safe travels!!
Cheers!!🍻
Although I do enjoy your location videos, I really enjoy this format as well, even a little more. You seem less rushed and more relaxed doing them (hopefully) editing, choosing the right footage, etc. seems a little stressful. Plus, it's really nice seeing you two talking casually. It's like having a chat with you in person... Well done.
We are really excited for this new format for our podcast episodes. It will allow us the opportunity to have more conversation style discussions, a bit less structured. Thanks so much for watching 😊
Absolutely love this format, guys! You have an awesome chemistry in these free flowing conversations, almost like if you were married to each other or something :)
I have a suggestion for a future episode topic: banking abroad. Please share the wisdom on how you minimize commissions on withdrawing cash, how you look for best exchange rates when (if ever) you need to sell physical dollars at currency kiosks, what credit cards you use, whether you've run into trouble logging in to your US banks from abroad, potential scams to watch out for -- things of that nature. I think it could be a very useful reference point for a lot of us.
Hi, Paul! We will be covering some of this in Saturday's video with the rest in upcoming videos and podcasts. Thank you for the suggestion and keep the ideas coming!!
Cheers!!🍻
Brian & Carrie we really love your honest down to earth video's of your world travels and have inspired us to make the move abroad mostly due to the healthcare costs in the US. My wife & I are planning on retiring this June when we turn 60. We won't have health insurance when we retire and we're planning on going on a 3 month scouting trip to find our home abroad. We have our sights set on Mexico (Chapala/Queretaro), Costa Rica (Grecia-Central Valley), Panama (Boquete/Vocan), Portugal and Spain. My wife is a dual citizen from Mexico and with its proximity to the US makes the most sense, but we want to scout these other countries too as possibilities. We've looked into Cigna Global health plans and it was a sticker-shock. We're waiting on a quote from Allianz World Wide Care. We wanted to know what you do for health care while traveling abroad and during your time in the US and what the best options would be for us?
We are using Cigna Global with extended US coverage while we are home. Our deductible is high but with medical coverage affordable everywhere else in the world we will pay out of pocket if we need to. We will need to figure something out more affordable the older we get. Thank you for the kind words and safe travels!! 🙂
We are 4 years into our slow-travel life. Our ideal is 4-6 weeks at a time in a place. In addition to that feeling of “settling in,” we can take smaller 1-bag getaways in the region (e.g. while in Laglio on Lake Como for 3 months, we took 3-day getaways to Monza, Lugano, Tirana, Bellagio, Milan and Como). We are currently in Auckland for 2 months and will take a getaway to Queenstown for 5 days. We also tell folks it’s not al go-go-go, we are just living our life in different countries with different vistas and different foods!. We also have “nothing” days. And we’ll take solo walkabouts occasionally-we don’t need to be together 24/7. And we like our routines as well-we nap pretty much every day. We are the laziest travelers we know.
We did some fast travel to visit family and friends on the East Coast, post-COVID. 17 stops in 31 days. Never again. But we call it “lightning round travel” and every once in a while they’re necessary. On travel days we try to love each other 10% harder, that’s for sure.
I do a FB post every week or two. But doing a CZcams, blog or podcast? That feels way too much like work to me. I am still allergic to deadlines of any kind. Having said that, I enjoy yours. Thanks. Live Your Life. Live Your Life.
Sounds like you've figured out a great travel groove for you. It's always a work in progress for us and agree sometimes those fast spurts of travel are unavoidable. Happy and safe continued travels. Cheers!!
7:24 we were burnout also. I travel with my gf, I am 34, i don't know if it's about age. It is travel fatigue. We are in Antalya now for 2 months, god bless this land 🤗
Agree... Burnout just happens. It honestly surprises me when others don't seem to reach that point. Cheers!! Enjoy your time in Antalya 😊
Love the podcast format! Wishing you huge success!! Great sound quality too.
Thank you so much, we are really excited to be doing it. Cheers!!
I love listening/ watching your podcasts . I do wish you would each have a glass of wine when your talking because I love just sitting on my couch with a glass of wine and listening. You two feel so comfortable to listen too, I actually feel like I am in the room with you when I watch your podcasts and I hate to drink alone. Lol
You two always give honest info.
A glass of wine sounds like a great idea!! Thank you so much for watching!! ❤
We can relate. We went to Portugal and Spain last November and there were a couple days when mid-day we decided to go to the hotel and use the restroom and lay down a little bit before heading out again in the evening.
Love your podcasts and content!!
Love it! Such a very realistic perspective. You are not "vacationing" you are "living life" in different places. I love that!
There's another retired couple that I follow that are "fast traveling". I love them and their videos, but it exhausts me to keep up with them! (LOL) I look forward to di it your way. Moving around the world - slowly! 😊
When we try to fast travel, we burn out quick and it's not as fun.❤ Slow travel is best for us. Thank you so much for watching!!
I just wanted to point out that most points you had when it comes to fast travel vs. slow travel were dealing with cost. You do advertise yourselves as budget travelers, but I would just point out that cost isn’t everything - I would say experience is everything and you’ve had 1+ years of great experiences regardless of costs. To each their own. Brian you can get ketchup packets for free at many places so you don’t need to stay 28+ days at an Airbnb to have ketchup 🙂. I have done the 1 day here, 2 days there, etc. and I categorize that as “fast travel”. We (as a family of 4 have found a happy medium of ~1 week here, ~1 week there. We typically plan 1 or 2 activities a day and I don’t consider that too fast - I still can get my nap in the afternoon if needed. We stay in Airbnb’s or places with kitchen/laundry and we still can go to the grocery store and cook at home. Oftentimes Airbnb’s have the basics for cooking, shampoo, etc. I just think you shouldn’t over-categorize “never when fast traveling” - you CAN still cook meals at “home”, you CAN still do overnighters, you CAN still travel light, you CAN still have a routine of getting coffee or croissants every morning, etc. If anything I think you are really comparing hotel staying vs. “home” staying.
If someone as a full time nomad visit a particular country, I think one should stay for at least 3 months there.
I think one of the biggest and probably most useful things that we have learned slow traveling is that people all have the same needs, wants and we are very similar as people no matter where we are from. We all have our own cultural spin we use to live our lives but our basics are the same. So our comfort zone becomes more mobile and relatable to each other. We totally agree with slow traveling. We stay in a country for as long as our visa allows and we extend our visas if we like where we are and extension is possible. Like you said, we are living our life, what’s the hurry.
Thank you for this, Beth. Very well said! ❤
Another great podcast. I just love watching you guys.
Thank you so much 😊 Glad you enjoy it!
A lot of really good stuff in this video that bolsters what I've found in my first few months of slow travel. My first lesson from the road is that I'm not really traveling, per se. I'm temporarily living in places that have interesting things to see. About to wind up my first month in Istanbul. I will be back. Off to Albania on Saturday. Quite validating to hear that I don't need to feel guilty about just wanting to stay in my Airbnb and read a book some days.
And YES, finding your favorite pub, etc. My favorite waiter from my local pub/restaurant invited me on a night-time tour last week, just to show me some cool places I hadn't yet seen. Slow travel lets you make connections. It's effing awesome.
You two are my heroes. Thank you for your example.
Albania is so affordable! The people are friendly, and the food is great! You'll have a fantastic time. Happy travels and thank you for watching!! ❤
Oh man this new video style podcast chill version is great! And of course the info has been super valuable! Thanks Brian & Carrie!!!
Thank you so much!! Our regular style of video will still be available every Saturday. We are also excited to get back on the road to bring some new destination videos soon. Thank you for watching and commenting! We appreciate the feedback. 😀
Thanks!
Larry and Minnie, thank you so much!! We appreciate all that you two add to the channel. The support is amazing! Again, thank you, thank you, thank you!! 😀
About that shopping video....i think we're all used to travel being a vacation and its go go go, See the sights, etc. So it was good to see what travel can be when its your lifestyle. Would love to see more DITL videos that arent necessarily tourist content. This is where we can really see the culture of a place. Love your channel
Hi, Amy. We did a DITL video from Antalya, Turkey not too long ago. It is a good idea to show what life is like just living as a local. We may do more of those with a different spin on it. Thank you for watching and for the idea!
Cheers!!🍻
Thumbs up 👍 Brian & Carrie
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Slow travel is the best way to travel and truly enjoy any place to its fullest extent. thank you both for sharing your experiences and learnings with us. I"m preparing myself slowly for this type of lifestyle, which is my dream. Keep up the good work!
Thank you!!
New to your channel but love the content. I'm a college professor who lives abroad during breaks (3 months in summer, 1 month in winter) and will just slow travel when I retire. I basically just transpose my life in academia (reading and writing) to wherever I travel to. Here's the comment I wanted to make though - there are certain foods that I haul around with me anymore because you can't find them in Europe or Asia. Topping the list is Ranch dressing and Triscuits! Both dietary staples for me. I LOVE supermarkets in other countries - Aldi and Lidl - but especially the small, local places.
Your is a specific lifestyle ... that is the reason that video was so commented on. People tune in to learn about the lifestyle and it is so enriching to hear how it is, so each person can visualize more clearly for themselves if this life is for them or. not. So that is a clue for really specific topics for videos that help people have an insight into the ins and outs ... downsides, etc. so they can figure that out.
💯....💯...🍻🍻🍻. Minnie and I have been doing the day trip style... During a recent one month stay we spent a night away from our home base. We plan to do the same in Bali and KL Indonesia. Cost makes it an option.
We truly love your videos. We talk about you often too others.
Many can't get over the concept of not having a house/home back in the states. We direct them to your channel as the OGs of slow travel....
We are aggressively considering house sits near Spokane July through September for our "home" visit with family.. travel safe,
Larry and Minnie. 🎉❤
So a few questions
1 Don’t you miss your friends and community? How do you socialise?
2 You don’t often mention local art/culture/community/events why is this?
3 Did you travel outside of the USA before you retired? If not why not? Is this why slow travel suits you?
We can’t contemplate travelling full time mainly because we play Saxophone and would miss the band that we’re in also we couldn’t easily take our horns with us plus we both have lots of other hobbies. I can’t imagine only socialising with my partner I need my girl friends too.
Hi! Yes, we meet people along our travels as well as through CZcams. Going home multiple times a year gives us time to visit family and friends.
We love when there are events going on while in a place we are staying 😊. We both did travel some outside the States, slow travel fits our lifestyle.
Thanks so much for watching!
When you are out of your comfort zone, smile, be friendly, and do it with a lot of grace. Remember that we are the guests. Learn please and thank you in that language, and above all be patient with everyone. It will make your trip so much better.
Love this!!! ❤
Great content! Such genuine and practical advice. I really like to concept of being in one place for a month and using that as a base for day trips 🙂
Thank you so much for watching!! 😃
Cheers!!🍻
Very wise🙌🏻 its true its ok not to do anything your not just there on a quick vacation, you are fully living life at the same time😊 slow travel is the way i agree🙏🏻
Thank you for watching, Dan!
I am planning to do a month of "slow" travel somewhere in 2025 - testing the waters!!! (I'm a few years younger but self employed so this could work!)
Ha, we had the feeling we needed to explain "needing a vacation" from full time travel! And we don't have a CZcams channel. It was all the regular life stuff in a foreign language that takes a toll. We have doctor's appts, pharmacy finding, managing Visa process, normal bill paying, necessary correspondence, shopping, cooking, laundry and then the never ending logistics of travel and trying to stay 8 months ahead. It takes up a lot of time. So being slow travelers we get into town, settle in, grocery shop, buying bus pass, catch up on laundry, then taking the bus all over with our pass to get lay of the land, THEN we start to think about seeing sights and events and day trips. We get those questions too about "Have you gone here or seen that?" And the answer usually is no, but we found the pharmacy and the farmers market this week? And that is what life is truly like, normal stuff. And we also have what we call "down days" where we maybe stay in jammies, watch a movie, eat snacks, put a mask on my face and deep conditioner on, take a nap. Those days of forgetting you are traveling are life savers. It reenergizes our batteries and then we are ready to get out there the next day. Brian, my husband calls his daily nap as "taking a 20", which is more like 45, but it makes a huge difference mentally and physically. I get some quiet time doing something for me or catching up on correspondence. It's a win win. So enjoy hearing your views on slow travel, as we are in our 5 month of slow travel and we enjoy the excitement of a quick trip, but know that it is not sustainable. And we are from Tacoma area, ha! Thanks for sharing and letting us share.
Kat
Thank you so much!! "Taking a 20" for me usually turns into an hour or two! 😃
Thanks
Thank you so much for the support!! ❤😀
You’re so welcome guys! I just love watching your channel! Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏🤗 Love from Australia! ❤
We found your Phuket video and we were there during the exact same days last year. We are going back again, this time for ‘slow travel.’ Agree with your insights and see so many similarities. Aloha
Sounds like a wonderful plan. Enjoy and safe travels 😊
Great vid/podcast I think some people are skeptical of many countries because of the misconceptions we have been told. Thank you for dispelling that myth. I putting turkiye & south east Asia on my travel list. PS I followed your advice on the laptop recommendation. Love my new laptop.🥰
Thank you, Denise for watching!! Happy that you like your laptop!! 😃
I am a slow traveler and just taking a break at home, After 5 months being in Asia…. I enjoy my comfortable bed after by “traumatized” by some bad mattresses. I agree renting a condo or Airbn ( I don’t) is better option we can continued our healthy food cooking.
Cooking at home is healthier and saves you money!! 🙂
The podcasts are really good
Thank you so much!! It is nice to get feedback on this new adventure. We hope to improve as we go! 😀
@@BrianandCarrie I forgot to mention, I’ve been traveling for 30 years for business, i two hours two hours started watching your videos and decided to follow your trail in Vietnam with the slow movement, and in Thailand and I loved it. Da Nang and hoi ann were great . Wish you the best success as you go forward. .
That's so cool ..we loved Da Nang and Hoi An.
I completely understand needing a vacation from travel. One summer after taking 10 of my high school German students to German speaking countries for 3 weeks, I was asked if I enjoyed my “vacation “. 😂 Vacation? While I loved every minute of it, taking 10 teenagers anywhere, let alone to a foreign country, is definitely not a vacation. When I arrived home after such trips, I needed to veg out for at least 2 weeks. 😳-Elizabeth
Oh goodness...I can only imagine! Fun I'm sure, but not a vacation. Veg time a must after that 😊
Great video and good information I agree 100%.. I'm a slow traveler I spend two months or 3 months in a lot of places and it's very enjoyable to be part of the community. You really get to absorb things and get to know the area after a month or two.. you may even want to stay there longer. Also planes and flying is expensive it eats up a lot of cash Plus it's kind of a hassle so staying put for a while it's great.. I look forward to your next videos on the road..
Thank you for watching, Wildbill!! 😀
Thank you for watching, Wildbill!! 😀
Fast travel can, and usually will lead to a meltdown. The cost will be a later stressor, when you get the bills. It's hard to see, do and even remember any of it, traveling fast. We have done it a couple of times and we saw a lot, but really regret not seeing or doing more in each place. We plan to avoid fast travel going forward.
Hey Brian and Carrie! Love watching your videos and your website that is full of practical guide and a wealth of information. I remember in one of your videos, you mentioned you would talk about how to keep your US number while traveling. Would be grateful when you get a chance to share. Thank you
So happy you're enjoying our content. The video we released this Saturday covers the topic you're looking for 😊
Omg 3.5 weeks of fast travel through Japan and South Korea. Haven't cooked a single food! I'm so sick of packing and moving. Currently on a train in Korea heading to Seoul for 4 more nights before we start a 30 hour journey home.
I'm exhausted and never been more convinced that I'm a slow traveler. And less is more! I am ready to travel with so little just to make things easier to move. If we're going for 4 weeks though I might not mind having more than a backpack. Right now my rolling carryon bag is the worst with all the stairs and rough sidewalks
Oh wow, sounds exhausting! It didn't take much for us to learn less is more either. Hauling and packing gets old. Enjoy the last leg of your trip and safe travels.
Love your channel. Any tips for finding reasonable plane tickets? Especially to and from the States. The cost of air travel is insane. That might be a great video topic. Thx
Yes, this is a video we plan to do very soon. There are some great tips to search and find some better deals.
Thanks for this - this is exactly what we are looking at doing and in Split! Could I ask about day trips pls? We are 60ish….. very fit and want to do it all so day trips are right up our alley. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks for all your great help 😊
Hi! We went to Hvar and Trojer and enjoyed both. I know therr are plenty more ferry rides to the islands you can do as well. Cheers!!
Another great video. I know you have mentioned the Cost of Living site, is there a range you use to pick your city and or country? Hopefully you are out of the West Coast by now, we are getting hit with a major storm in Nor Cal for the next week.
We are still trying to stay under $2500 a month for all of our combined costs. We were way over that in Italy but made up for it in SE Asia. We are leaving Monday!! Very excited to get back on the road!!
Cheers!!🍻
Great analysis. One thing that I evolved into myself throughout my travel and made things on a different level is to not go carry-on only, but take it a step further to personal item only. Budget airlines wanted to charge for a carry-on, and I realized the margin between carry-on and personal item is very tiny, so why pay the extra money where I can just make do with one less pair of jeans.
You can always get away with less!! As we have said in the past, less is more!!
Cheers!!🍻
Love your content. Just retired this month and will begin my travels in the next few weeks. (National Parks 1st)….. I have lots of overseas travel experience, but mostly the fast pace hustle and bustle - see and do everything in a week type…. Very much looking forward to slowing down and enjoying the cultures. Keep up the good work
Will you guys be adding your podcast to Apple Podcasts? I tried listening on your website (congrats!) and your voices are sped up. I can listen on CZcams while driving but sometimes commercials are 20 min long and I can’t safely press “skip” while driving 😂
Yes, Apple takes 3 to 5 days for new content to show up so please keep checking!! Thank you so much for the support!! ❤
I love the podcasts!. It's great to take you both to work with me to listen to. I have a question - this comes from the point of view, can we do this? Did I hear right that you just rented in the US, you didn't have a property to sell or rent out?
So happy you're enjoying the new podcasts. Correct, we had both sold our homes and had been renting for a few years.
I love the way you travel and plan to do the same when I retire in a few years. However, our budget would be higher than what your budget is. Can you talk about where in the budget you would put the additional funds? Better stays, food, car rental, etc
Yes, we will absolutely be addressing that in a podcast in the next few weeks😊
Enjoyed your take on slow travel. I'm headed to Turkiye this summer. First stop is Istanbul for a week. Should we stay in Sultanahmet or where you stayed in Beyoglu? Also, you stayed in two places in Cappadocia. We are staying a week. Which one would you recommend staying in? Ed. Cheers
We really enjoyed the area that we stayed at in Istanbul near the Galata Tower. We would recommend staying in Goreme. There is plenty to do and see. Thank you for watching and happy travels!!
I printed your packing lists (very helpful thank you) but I did not see a power converter/adapter listed. Do you travel with one and if you, is there one you’d recommend?
We don't travel with a converter, but we do travel with a power plug in adapter. You can find the link to the one we've used the past three years here: www.brianandcarrietravels.com/shop.
Curious what are your top 2-3 or so places you’ve visited so far that you could/would live at full-time on a permanent basis? Really enjoy your channel. Thank you.
Hi, John. We have done a couple of Top 10 videos recently that will answer your question. We will say that for now, we are enjoying the slow travel so no plans to stop permanently. Thank you for watching!!
Cheers!!
Hi guys, love your videos, been a fan for a while. I'd love to know more about your expenses budget for 2024, especially as costs appear to be going ever higher with inflation etc.. Be great to know what it would cost a couple to live a similar lifestyle of slow travel in 2024 including all expenses like flights, accommodation & food. Thanks guys, cheers from the UK :)
We will absolutely be sharing our budget throughout our 2024 travels. If you haven't watched our full breakdown for 2023, you may find that interesting as well czcams.com/video/bHt-eHAFw2A/video.html
@@BrianandCarrie thanks guys. Is your 2024 budget higher than your 2023 actual spend, which was $33,968? Would be interested to know your spending plan for the whole of 2024 as well as your monthly spends throughout 2024. Cheers :)
I'm loving hanging out with you two in the podcast! These have been great.
Carrie, I have a question just for you. Sorry, Brian. I'm single in my 50s and would be doing this type of thing solo. I'm curious if you would have started this journey on your own, everything else being equal. ie, you could afford it, etc. And have you met many/any women in their 50s traveling full time? I'm trying to find some to follow but have come across mostly couples so far.
So happy you're enjoying them 😊.
I have met a few solo female travelers. I think it's quite common. One thing I would do if I was going out alone would be to get into a Facebook group for the location I was traveling to, prior to getting there. They are very common and this would help connect you to other solo female travelers, a great way to make new connections.
@@BrianandCarrie oh yes! I've heard you both talk about local groups before. Thanks for the excellent reminder.
We also live slow travel. We’re a family with two kids and fast traveling is a sure way to get burnt out. What CZcamsrs do you guys watch?
We like Emelia and JP, Probably Lost, Delightful Travelers, and Sammy and Tommy. Thank you for watching our channel!! 😃 Happy travels!
Cheers!! 🍻
Having a routine is essential for your health, and your sanity. We are planning for 2-4 months away November ish to April ish. Our dates are fluid while I look into locations and prices. Do you two use rewards for part of your traveling? Either cruise tier discounts, hotel programs, airline miles programs? Also do you use different credit cards for different rewards? We did a travel card for our last trip, but I think that I may be missing out on more perks. We have never been in a airport lounge, but it would be nice if we had a card with lots of other perks, that also included that. Any information you can give would be greatly appreciated. 😊
Hi! We don't really use much for rewards programs. Unfortunately, we don't use the same line of hotel or airline often enough. Plus, many rewards cards require so much spent too get the bonus benefits, well beyond what we spend. We do both have capital one venture and have for years. They have had the best points for us, but they are removing their 2 free lounge passes a year so we may rethink that one.
Oh, now I’m nervous to visit Valencia. I have been to mexico over a dozen times, but i’ve not yet been to Spain
You'll get by just fine!! It is a beautiful city with plenty to see and do. 🙂
@@BrianandCarrie thanks. You guys are killing it btw!
Thank you! We are always trying to improve.
5:55 So true sometimes places tend to blur together, when it's too fast.
We often drive up and down the east coast. Most of the time each town and rest stop looks identical from the next.
But when we take the time to slow down and check out the downtown or city centers do we get a better feel of the area..😊
Have you heard of: Bodrum Turkey? 🇹🇷 Is it on your radar for future stops?
Unless something changes, we may be staying in Bodrum in June 😀
Makes total sense but conversely, weren't there stays of say a month when after two or three weeks you were kinda done with your stay for whatever reason(s) and thinking the next
destination couldn't come quick enough? That might be the only real benefit of a shorter one or two week stay but of course you don't know until you get there.
At about the three-week point in any destination, we are ready to move on. We have left a few days early in the past but most of the time we stay and get work done. It is just so much more cost-effective to stay for a month.
I learned from a previous video that one of Carrie's favorite places was Salzburg. Ditto here. Did you visit Mozart's birth house?
We did see it but did not go inside. We were only there for the day and didn't have time. We would love to go back and spend 2 or 3 days.
We have downloaded your packing list. But one question> What about what you are wearing? Would these be extra? Thanks
What we wear is included in the packing list. Thank you for downloading the list and watching our channel! We very much appreciate the support. 😀
Look forward to it every week and are loving the Podcasts as we are just staring our journey (With carry on only) @@BrianandCarrie