Before the World Tour
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6 Tips to Sell well on Vinted + Free Boosts
I’ve told you in another article how to sell well on Le Bon Coin. Today, I talk about the other famous selling site: Vinted.After having been a compulsive buyer on this platform, I put a few items on sale as well and it went like hotcakes. I give you my tips here: Register to Vinted thanks to my referral link. You will benefit from some free boosts for your first ads 1. Choose the right time to go online Everything goes very fast on Vinted. To make your ads visible and not lamentably crushed by other ads, you have to put your ads online at the time when people are…
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Opinion: Columbia’s Saturday Trail, Best Women’s World Tour Pants
Even if I have become a digital nomad and do less treks, I still keep the habit of wearing technical clothes, like merino wool tops because they are very breathable. Some of my clothes are even water repellent. And in terms of design, we’re getting better and better. I used to wear Decathlon pants but I didn’t like the texture so I wore my cotton pants as soon as possible and reserved these cardboard pants for real treks. But it’s a shame because it means that there are pants sleeping in the backpack most of the time. And then, I discovered the Saturday Trail model at Columbia (from 31€, Amazon…
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Buy a cheaper airline ticket by paying in local currency
Interesting tip to pay cheaper airfares: put the price in local currency and see if the fare becomescheaper. What you need to know is that a plane ticket is charged in the currency of the country of departure Thus, a Paris – Istanbul will be invoiced in Euro and an Istanbul – Paris will be invoiced in Turkish lira. Usually you don’t see it because the company’s website will use your language and/or geolocation to convert the price into your own currency. This is where it becomes interesting since the company can convert : Using the real exchange rate (called the interbank exchange rate) By applying a small margin on…
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Itinerary 2 months in Central America + Colombia
Here is the itinerary that we plan to do, from Colombia, through Central America, to Mexico, as digital nomads for 5.5 months. If you are on a trip around the world or on vacation, this trip can be done in less than 2 months. Note: we made a 5 month itinerary for South America + Cuba (excluding Colombia) here Comments on the itinerary Here are the countries that we did not include in our trip this time: Costa Rica : too expensive, we’ll prefer to go there when we’re on vacation Honduras: no time, Internet too slow Belize : too expensive Guatemala : not for this year (finally we made…
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Comparing Icebreaker’s Merinos Wool T-shirts to Decathlon’s
One advice that a friend who traveled around the world gave me was to buy little (to wear little) but of quality. Comfort during the round-the-world trip is essential, and you shouldn’t save money on this point, especially since good gear isn’t to be found everywhere in the world. Even if JB already has a Decathlon backpack, he bought a real Gregory Baltoro 65 pro bag, which changes everything! Apart from the backpack, there are other items on which one should not be thrifty: the shoes merino wool t-shirts winter clothes: the lighter, the better, the more expensive it is Today, I will compare several merino wool T-shirts/tops I bought…
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Around the World for 4 years: Our Ultimate Travel Guide 2021
Are you planning to go on a world tour? What a wonderful project! We made a first world tour (without working) between June 2016 and April 2017,having caught the travel bug, we are now digital nomadsand are making a second world tour, at a much slower pace, while working from May 2017. We document our adventure day by day through this blog. We would be happy to help you with your preparations! Here is a summary of the articles we have written that can help you. If there are any outstanding questions, please feel free to use the comments! Budget and itinerary for a world tour Around the world, where…
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How do I get an international driver’s license?
When traveling abroad, it is often tempting to rent a vehicle to be completely free of our travels. In two and a half years of travel, we have rented two or four wheels in many countries: South Africa, Morocco, Turkey, South Korea, New Zealand, Easter Island, Argentina, … Although you will not always be required to have an international driving license, it is a must for any frequent traveler. Good news: no need to go to the town hall or the prefecture, everything is done remotely (by mail). Bad news: the procedure is very slow, taking several months. What is the international driving license for? If you are traveling within…
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How to Plan and Budget a Trip? Case Study: Egypt
If you are curious to see how we plan and budget our LARGE trips, here is a very concrete case: Egypt. I am in the process of organizing our trip for November 2018 It is a country that I have wanted to visit for a very long time but for which there is very little recent feedback on blogs and forums (the number of tourists has considerably decreased since the Arab Spring). It is therefore the perfect example to show you the tricks to get around this lack of information Basic Info Which month to go? What are the must-see sites? What are the recommended itineraries? This information is widely…
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Some DIY projects for your world tour
DIY (do-it-yourself) is one of my great passions. It is naturally to DIY that I turn to when I can’t find what I want for the world tour; or when the things I want to buy are too expensive. Here are some projects for you if DIY is also your passion. Passport cover scarf When I first saw her here, I thought I needed one. But the price ($55) discouraged me a bit. I preferred to do it myself for 5€. If the result isn’t perfect inside, the outside is impeccable and that’s what counts. The tutorial for the scarf is available here. Maxi-skirt I loved strolling on the heavenly…
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Around the World or Long Journey: An Opportunity to Konmarize Your Life
I’m not a fan of the Japanese art of living, but I can’t ignore the KonMari phenomenon, a storage method created by Marie Kondo, who shook the planet with her books translated into whatever language. So one night, having nothing to do (I have a lot of free time now), I pressed the “Express Buy” button on Amazon and the book The Magic of Storage came right away on my Kindle. After the (exciting) reading, I have only one regret: not having read it BEFORE I left on my trip around the world. Flashback: I left my job in mid-February 2016 to devote myself fully to the preparation of the…
