Timeline: July 16-21, 2018 *by Whitney* Getting Started Jared and I left for our "Around the World Trip" on 7/16/18 out of our hometown, Roanoke, Virginia. Our first flight was free using credit card rewards from our AMEX Gold Delta Skymiles Cards. We each got the card and earned 60k Delta points/miles each (total 120k). … Continue reading Around The World Trip: Scotland!
Category: International Travel
Around-The-World Trip Update and Expenses: Scotland
We were in Scotland a total of 5 days and 4 nights. We arrived on 7/17 after an all night flight, which was pretty hard on us but we handled the jet lag fairly well. We left on the night of 7/21 headed to Dublin, Ireland. Whitney regularly spends quite a bit more than me … Continue reading Around-The-World Trip Update and Expenses: Scotland
Around the World in 2018: Semi-Retirement Trip Update
The Original Plan It's been almost three months since I originally posted about my plan to semi-retire in 2018 and spend the second half of the year traveling through Europe, Africa, and Asia. Whitney and I have spent a lot of time planning the trip out since then. Due to a variety of factors, including: … Continue reading Around the World in 2018: Semi-Retirement Trip Update
Aruba: A Lesson in Travel Hacking
Today I'm bringing you a guest post by my 19-year-old brother. This is his blogging debut. When I asked him to write a post about the trip to Aruba we took in December 2017 for his graduation present, I was anticipating a play by play of all the fun we had. What I wasn't expecting … Continue reading Aruba: A Lesson in Travel Hacking
Planning Our Trip to Europe, Africa, and Asia: 2018 “Slow Travel”
In Review As I talked about in ⇒ my last post ⇐ 2018 is going to be a crazy year for Whitney and me as we transition into semi-retirement. We plan to work the first half of the year, January-June, and then "slow travel" internationally the second half of the year, July-December. Our one-way ticket to Europe … Continue reading Planning Our Trip to Europe, Africa, and Asia: 2018 “Slow Travel”
Semi-Retirement in 2018!
*The picture above is from an amazing trip to Aruba my brother and I took in December. Update 1/17/2018: ⇒⇒⇒ Click here for PART TWO: our travel agenda! ⇐⇐⇐ Original Post: Taking The Leap In my November monthly update, I mentioned that Whitney and I have been discussing transitioning away from full time employment to take … Continue reading Semi-Retirement in 2018!
