Preparations

  • Around the world,  Asia,  Country Guides,  During the World Tour,  Preparations,  TDM,  Vietnam

    Which visa for Vietnam? Visa Exemption, Visa on Arrival, e-Visa

    Type of visa Duration Entries Cost Validity Possible extension ? Visa exemption 15 days 1 0€ All border crossings No e-visa 30 days 1 25$ Some border crossings Yes but expensive Visa to be applied for at theVietnameseembassy inFrance 30 days 1 60€ Yes 30 days Multiple 80€ Yes 90 days 1 80€ Yes 90 days Multiple 130€ Yes Visa on Invitation 30 days 1 50$ Yes 30 days Multiple 55$ Yes 90 days 1 70$ Yes 90 days Multiple 75$ Yes Visa exemption The visa waiver for a maximum of 15 days applies to citizens of the following countries: France, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Finland, Germany,…

  • Around the world,  During the World Tour,  Preparations,  TDM,  Tips

    How to Save Photos during a Trip or a Round the World Tour?

    If you are going on a long trip of several months, you surely have a high-performance camera on you that will take high definition photos. You will probably also use this camera or your phone to take videos. Maybe you even bring a drone to take spectacular videos. Anyway, you will create a database of thousands of files that will represent your most beautiful memories. This base will weigh very heavy, tens, even hundreds of gigabytes. We’ll have to think about how to save all this and avoid everyone’s haunting: losing all our precious memories along the way. What volumes are we talking about? During our first world tour, we…

  • Around the world,  Preparations,  TDM,  Tips,  Travel Light

    Minimalist travel this summer: Checklists Men / Women

    These images come from our Instagram stories, but I decided to post them here on the blog. To save the checklists, just right-click and “save image”. Here is the list of the clothes we recommend for one week. If you are leaving for more than a week, it is better to bring your clothes for 1 week anyway, then just do the laundry. If you’re just going away for a weekend, I already have another list here for you that fits in a small Longchamp bag. To save space and prevent wrinkles, fold them in the KonMari(read more here). 3 pairs of shoes maximum, it may be hard for you,…

  • Around the world,  Before the World Tour,  Preparations,  TDM

    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…

  • Others,  Preparations

    [Reviews] Vinted, my Shopping Experience

    Do you know the Marie Kondo method of tidying up, which consists in keeping around only those things that bring us joy? After seeing some very nice things on the Instagram of a Mario Kondo consultant, I realized that I no longer liked my clothes. Being teleworking in old Mickey Mouse pajamas with a hole in them, I’m not very motivated anymore. Before, I didn’t realize it because I was absorbed in my travels. Being surrounded by beautiful landscapes, I didn’t need to be surrounded by beautiful clothes. Now that I’m not at home anymore, I look at my little wardrobe and I find its contents super sad and super…

  • Around the world,  During the World Tour,  Preparations,  TDM,  Tips

    Travelling with a hypersensitive or as a hypersensitive: tips & advice

    Having traveled with many hypersensitive people and being hypersensitive myself, I know how quickly travel can become a nightmare. From the preparation of the trip to the after-trip. But don’t worry, being hypersensitive doesn’t mean you have to stay home. Travel and hypersensitivity are completely compatible Here are some tips I can give you if you plan to travel soon with a hypersensitive person, or if you are hypersensitive yourself. How do I know if I am hypersensitive? There is a test set up by Elaine Aaron, author of the book Hypersensitive: Better understanding to better accept oneself (Amazon link).You can download the pdf of the test here. If you…

  • Around the world,  Preparations,  TDM,  Tips,  Travel Light

    Our Photo & Video Material for the World Tour

    Still hesitating between going with a camera and taking a simple smartphone? Here is our opinion and our photo & video equipment. During our first world tour, photo & video was clearly not our strong point as we only left with two has-been smartphones and a 1st generation GoPro. The pictures were pretty much OK but the colors were really disappointing. During the 2nd round-the-world tour, we realized how important it is to have quality visuals, which are able to show things as they are (realistic colors, some depth for the pictures). We don’t have a crazy budget and being still amateurs in photo/video editing & retouching, we don’t want…

  • Around the world,  During the World Tour,  Preparations,  TDM

    How to receive free SMS messages abroad? Telephone, Calls and Internet

    This is a recurring question for people preparing a long trip abroad: how to continue to receive SMS? For people leaving for long months, the only need is often to be able to receive SMS messages from the bank to confirm a payment on the internet. If this is your only need, be aware that some banks such as N26 or Revolut do not work with SMS, the confirmation of the payment is done with the mobile application which is still much more convenient. Receiving SMS is free of charge anywhere in the world Not everyone necessarily knows it, but receiving SMS is free anywhere in the world.Wherever you are,…

  • Around the world,  Digital nomad,  Europe,  France,  Preparations,  TDM,  Tips

    Opinion on Ma Gestion Locative agency: renting your property from abroad

    As we told you in this article, we took advantage of having a file that was still presentable at a bank to get into debt and make a rental investment just before leaving on a trip around the world. It was a project under the Malraux Law (rehabilitation of old buildings) which required heavy work. It is only 18 months after the signature that we recovered the keys. In the meantime, we had decided to continue to travel for an indefinite period of time, so it was essential to entrust the management of our apartment to a rental management agency. We were in a hurry for several reasons: We had…

  • Around the world,  Budget,  Our Itinerary,  Preparations,  TDM

    Total transport budget Round the world 2017 – 2020 – 29 countries crossed in 3 years

    For the 1st round-the-world trip, I have listed all the transportation costs between cities/countries of the 21 countries here.For this 2nd round, I will do the same thing. I hope that it will help you to organize our trip and/or estimate your transportation budget as accurately as possible. You will see below some actual costs The estimated cost is 6000€/person to cross 29 countries, at a cruising pace (1 month/country minimum, and little travel within each country because we have to work instead of being unemployed as before). Here is the final list of countriesUpdate: March 2020 Poland – Czech Republic – Austria (short stay) – Hungary – Romania –…