Budget
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Azimo’s test & review: international bank transfers at lower cost. Referral link to get 10€
This post isn’t not sponsoredIf you would like to receive a discount, we offer a referral link. This also gives us a small commission, but you are absolutely not obliged to use it If you wish to use Azimo, click on this link and you will receive a €10 promotional code as a referral. Even though we’ve been traveling around the world for the past two years, we hadn’t needed to make transfers outside the SEPA zone and/or in a foreign currency until now. On a daily basis, we use our N26 and Revolut cards, which allow us to pay and withdraw money free of charge, regardless of the currency.…
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Total transport budget Round the world 2016 – 2017 – 21 countries crossed in 11 months
As you knew, we have a round-the-world ticket that only includes long haul flights. Most of the trips in Asia and South America are outside the round-the-world ticket. Since transportation is a big budget, we are giving you here the detailed budget so you can have a good idea of the cost, so it may help you, if you have very few destinations, to decide whether or not to buy a round-the-world ticket. The total cost of all transportation (excluding cabs) is estimated at 8000€/person for 21 countries crossed France – South Africa – Qatar (short stay) – India – Nepal – Thailand – Burma – Vietnam – China (Hong…
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[The Return] Round-the-world budget (3/3): Management after a round-the-world trip
This article is the last of the articles dealing with the round-the-world budget. To read the first part: “how to save for the round-the-world trip & to do list before the TDM”, click here To read the second part: “how to manage & protect your money during the round-the-world trip”, click here. This article concerns, as you say, the management of the budget after the round-the-world trip. Part 1: How much money should be prepared after the round-the-world trip? The “survival” budget after a round-the-world trip is normally already taken into account BEFORE you leave. In our case, we have set aside an envelope of 5000€ to cover the first…
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Round the world budget (2/3): Spend smart during the trip, Earn money & Security
We have seen how to put aside money and manage his payment cards for the world tour, we continue this series of articles with the management of money during the world tour. During the round-the-world trip, you can (1) continue to earn some money, but most importantly (2) spend it wisely and (3) protect your money. I’m sure you already know most of these tips, but there’s no harm in listing them here. Part 1: How to keep making money As a freelancer By applying for working holiday visas and/or doing small jobs (fluency in the local language is obviously a strong point) By giving language courses: Anglophones have many…
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Budget Round the World Tour (1/3): How to save money?
How much money is needed for a world tour? How do I set money aside for a trip? I tell you everything in this first part of a series of 3 articles Part 1: Before the round-the-world tour How to put the money aside? Already, we are lucky enough to have jobs with responsibility and the Parisian salaries that go with it. During our 10-year career, we put our money aside to buy an apartment in Paris. Finally, we preferred to give up this project to travel, but we will talk about the dream of an apartment a little later. One year before the round-the-world trip, we put even more…
