2024 Antarctica, Patagonia & South America Trip

Trip Overview I am a *little* delayed writing this trip recap for our 2024 trip to Antarctica & South America (okay maybe more than a little, it's been nearly two years, haha, but life of course has been busy since we had our baby!) But I wanted to be sure to come back and write … Continue reading 2024 Antarctica, Patagonia & South America Trip

2024 South America and Antarctica Trip: Summary and Expenses

At the beginning of 2024 we embarked on our 7th multiple month international trip since 2018. We've learned a lot about how to plan these trips over the years, and each successive trip has been a little more optimized. Although the costs of our trips have increased gradually over the years, our enjoyment of the … Continue reading 2024 South America and Antarctica Trip: Summary and Expenses

Epic 2024 Adventure: South America, Patagonia, and ANTARCTICA

*Written by Whitney* We are starting 2024 off with a bang by taking an epic bucket list trip to South America, Patagonia, and Antarctica! If you've been keeping up with our travels, you may be aware that we said our Summer 2023 Honeymoon trip to Europe, after our wedding in June, would likely be our … Continue reading Epic 2024 Adventure: South America, Patagonia, and ANTARCTICA

2023 Europe Trip: Summary and Expenses

At the end of August we wrapped up our most recent long international trip in Europe. We've taken many multiple month international trips in the last 5 years, but this one was really special (why? keep reading). If you haven't read about our prior trips and the associated expenses, you may be interested in those … Continue reading 2023 Europe Trip: Summary and Expenses

2.5 Weeks in Switzerland (Europe Honeymoon 2023)

We kicked off our 10-week European Honeymoon trip in a long-anticipated destination: Switzerland. We had only ever heard amazing things about Switzerland, so we knew we were going to love it. The only downside to Switzerland-- and why we had delayed going there up to this point in our travels-- is the high cost. But, … Continue reading 2.5 Weeks in Switzerland (Europe Honeymoon 2023)

Europe 2023: Epic Honeymoon and Last Long International Trip?

WE'RE MARRIED! We got married on Friday, June 9, 2023 -- which was our ten year dating anniversary! We've already had so many amazing experiences in our first ten years together, and we can't wait to see what the next chapter holds for us. The Honeymoon First up on our married-life agenda is heading out … Continue reading Europe 2023: Epic Honeymoon and Last Long International Trip?

Around the World in 2022

2022 was a whirlwind of travel for us! We spent only eight weeks at home all year, not consecutively. We set a goal to travel as much as possible before settling down and having kids soon, and we really cashed in on that goal in 2022. We spent the first two weeks of the year … Continue reading Around the World in 2022

2022 Around the World Trip: Summary and Expenses

Wow, 2022 was an extremely busy year for us. We started off the year with a couple week road trip to Florida. Soon after returning, we spent 10 weeks traveling all over Latin America. After that was a quick turn around to our 4 month summer adventure driving to/from and living in Alaska. A couple … Continue reading 2022 Around the World Trip: Summary and Expenses

Around the World (Again) in 2022!

2022 has been a whirlwind of travel! We started out the year with a few week road trip from Virginia to Florida and back. Then we spent 10 weeks traveling around Latin America. Almost immediately after returning from Latin America, we hit the road to Alaska where we spent the summer working part time and … Continue reading Around the World (Again) in 2022!

Latin America Trip: The Sequel

If you've been following this site for a while, you know that Whitney and I usually do a lot of international travel. Back in 2018, we decided that we wanted to spend at least 4 months out of the country each year following semi-retirement that year. I also decided to track my expenses on each … Continue reading Latin America Trip: The Sequel