Driving an old VW campervan all around Australia sounds ingenious. Thanks for the great idea Monica! Bahia Bustamante, Argentina may not be the typical tourist destination but it looks like a travellers paradise! I like that Richard points out that it takes upfront time and focus to become that ”lucky” person who only works a few hours a week and gets to […]
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An incident I experienced last month got me thinking… will I be in over my head next year? I work as a Business Management Consultant, which is just a fancy job title for “I Travel Way Too Much for My Job”. I am on the road for work Monday thru Fridays and am the only […]
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“We had a plan when we left the United States in September 2009: travel for one year, return home, and resume our jobs.” Sounds like we have a plan very close to what Akila and Patrick had when they started their journey… and their road has forked quite a bit since then. Wonder if the […]
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While we hope LandingStanding becomes many things: a repository of helpful travel tips, insight on how to plan an around the world adventure, a great discussion where you help advise us on our journey… we also hope to share some great stories with you. The good, the bad, and the amusing in hindsight. Since we […]
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Do men really have the upper hand in travel decisions? And is Spain really not a desired travel destination for women? If that’s the case, Tony and I might be an anomaly! This story is reinforcement that Tony and I need travel insurance. Feel better Adventurous Kate and let us know how World Nomads handles […]
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When Tony and I began planning our trip, we kept on going back and forth between when an “ideal” time would be to go…Next month? Next year? Two years from now…The debate was EPIC. The funny thing was, there is never an “ideal” time to put everything on hold for a year plus. For example, […]
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Every week we collect our favorite travel articles from around the web and post them for you to enjoy… So enjoy! A heuristic is simply a rule of thumb or a frame of reference that aids in decision-making… and deciding quickly and living with the consequences is one that will come in handy on our […]
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This past weekend, Tony and I realized that this year is going to fly by (like they always do) and within no-time, we are going to be packing our bags to begin our journey. With that in mind, we decided to start checking things off of our to-do list. First Action: Updating My Passport Tony’s […]
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