Retiring abroad permanently may not be in your long term plans, but how about escaping the long and dark winters for 3-6 months a year? Sounds like a good compromise between living abroad and staying at home? I have already talked a bit about how much it costs to live in Guatemala, but this post… Read more
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Going on holidays when you live on the beach
When it comes to holidays, I am a pretty spoiled girl. I live on the beach, in a spring-like weather country that many are dying to go on holidays to. My hometown is Paris, capital of the country that receives the most tourists in the whole world.
Going to Miami!
One of my financial goals last year was to take a trip to the US, but we ended up going to Europe for two months (life is hard, I know) in the end, my second European trip of the year (very hard indeed), and the US were postponed… until now! We made the decision at… Read more
Budget Your Way To An Even Longer Vacation!
Please welcome Fiona and Joe from Budget Breakaway! Contact me if you would like to guest post on RFI. The worst time to plan your holiday is when you NEED a holiday! When you NEED a holiday your searching patterns are like budget parasites, eating away at your hard earned savings. You rush to the… Read more
Why going out of your way for cheap is not a good idea
As I announced last week, I recently went to Cancún, Mexico in hopes to catch a cheap flight back to Europe and spend 6 weeks over there, riding my motorcycle with BF to Morocco. On a fine day, I was browsing for flights and saw a $150 flight from Cancún to Madrid, Spain on… Read more
Holidays with friends: 10 tips to keep it cool
We have had a string of visitors since Christmas, and while most visits have been pleasant, one of them was pretty bad, and all were demanding in that we are used to our peace and quiet and being an introvert, I don’t like very much to be around a group 24/7. Actually, there is only… Read more
Bang for your buck, UK edition
I have not updated this travel series for a long time, but Janine from My Pennies, My Thoughts contacted me to get tips about traveling around Europe for 6 weeks, and I wanted to share them with you too! You can check previous posts about the US, Guatemala or Morocco as well. I wrote a… Read more