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Test & Reviews of the Cabify application (+ promo code)
If you want to get a free ride on Cabify, you can use the coupon code jeanbenoij1 In Colombia, the Uber application is prohibited. This does not prevent many people from using it, but while doing so, one might as well try to be within the law. So I installed the Cabify application (ex Tapsy). Cabify was created in Spain and is available in 38 cities in Spain, Portugal and many Latin American countries (Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Panama, …). It resembles in every way the standards of VTC applications: the application geolocates us, we indicate our destination address and we call a driver. Cabify allows you to use 3…
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Getting gas in the U.S.: How much does it cost? Prepayment at gas stations…
Making a road trip of several weeks is often a big gas budget. We took very expensive during our trip in Iceland and New Zealand but in the United States, the bill is much less painful. What types of fuel? In the United States, you have 4 types of fuel: Diesel, 87 (or regular), 89 and 93. Be sure to ask your car rental company for the fuel level of the vehicle as it isn’t indicated on the fuel tank door. In our case we had 87 which seems to be the equivalent of Lead Free 95 in France. That’s good, it’s the cheapest fuel! In the United States, we…
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Withdrawing money from ATMs abroad: the different fees and the trap to avoid
As long as you travel in the euro zone, no worries, you won’t have to pay any fees when you withdraw money from ATMs (except with Euronet ATMs which charge 2€/withdrawal), it’s part of the advantages of the single currency. As soon as you visit a country with another currency, it gets a little bit complicated. Here is a short summary of the different fees you may incur and how to avoid them. Fees charged by your French bank If you use a traditional bank card, you risk making it richer each time you make withdrawals outside the euro zone. As an example, Société Générale charges €3 per withdrawal +…
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Toll system in Florida (tolls, Sunpass, …) How does it work?
In Florida, there are many paying roads. The problem for tourists like us (misinformed) is that there are four payment systems in parallel: The Toll by plate: automatic system where your license plate is flashed and the toll amount is charged to you. The Sunpass, an automatic system via a physical transponder present in the car that has been credited beforehand. Teller machines with an employee where you can pay (in cash only, the employee gives change). Exact Coins Only ATMs, where you have to pay in coins and top up the change. Where it gets complicated is that while the first two systems are systematically present (Toll by plate…
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Prepaid 4G SIM card in Colombia: How much does it cost? Where to buy it? What speed? Speedtest
After more than 6 months using our SIM card Free Mobile, it’s over, we arrive in Colombia which isn’t covered by our subscription . So we resume our good habits of buying local SIM cards. In Colombia, as in most South American countries, you can buy a SIM card that you will then have to credit (credit can be bought in almost any small grocery store by giving your phone number). With this credit, you will be able to buy “packs” with a more or less long duration (from 1 to 30 days), more or less Internet, more or less SMS, more or less calls, .. Often, social networks (WhatsApp,…
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Vertoe Test & Review: A worldwide luggage deposit service (+ promo code)
If you would like to test Vertoe’s services, use this referral link to receive a 20% discount After a month in Miami, it’s time to leave for a 15-day road trip by car throughout Florida We had a moderate desire to leave all our expensive computer equipment unattended in the car for days on end, so we started looking for a solution to store our luggage in Miami for two weeks That’s how I discovered Vertoe’s luggage deposit services. Vertoe is an online service that offers many storage locations in Miami and around the world (Canada, USA, France, Thailand, Japan, … and many other countries). Many spaces are available in…
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Passing immigration to the United States when you are a digital nomad
I have promised you an article on the famous immigration to the United States. It went very well for us in Washington DC even though 2 of the 5 people in line in front of us were brought to “interrogation” rooms by an immigration officer. On a FB group reserved for digital nomads, some (especially one person) had problems coming to the United States with a passport filled with stamps, showing that they are traveling permanently (1h30 of questions and answers). And speaking with the French people living in Canada, who during their trip were kept for an hour of interrogation at the border, we thought it was absolutely necessary…
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Test & Review of the Digidom direct debit service
After discovering this article, Digidom kindly proposes to the readers of this article a 20% discount code on their services. You must contact them by e-mail (support AT digidom POINT pro) indicating that you come from the blog “around the world 5 continents”. For several years, I used the services of ABC Liv for the domiciliation of my company. In addition to the simple direct debit service, ABC Liv received and forwarded my mail. I was satisfied with the service but I was a little annoyed by their policy of automatically increasing the rate every year. The rate that was very competitive when the contract was signed was becoming less…
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Transfer photos from your SD card to an iPad or iPhone using an adapter
Currently in Miami, we are about to leave for 15 days of road trip by car throughout Florida. We will never sleep two nights in a row in the same place and we didn’t see ourselves leaving all our computer equipment in the car for 15 days. We thus decided to leave it in a locker in Miami. We wondered how to store the photos and videos that we were going to take because we are sure-equipped: a drone, a camera and a waterproof camera There is a very simple solution, an SD card adapter that allows you to download the contents of an SD card to an iPhone or…
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Drimsim: the best international SIM card (review + promo code)
If you want to test DrimSim, go through this referral link, you will get a 10 € bonus on your first upload: https: //drimsim.app.link/n2cdwwRP6V When we arrive in a country, one of our priorities is to have access to the internet with our phone. This will allow us to book a Uber, find a public transportation route, communicate via WhatsApp, … A lot of very practical things 🙂 There are generally two scenarios: The country where we arrive is covered by our Free Mobile subscription. In this case there isn’thing to do, we use the internet thanks to our French SIM card. The country isn’t covered by Free Mobile, so…
