Preparations
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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 –…
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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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Does the N26 card allow access to the Mastercard Airport Lounges?
Recently, on a Facebook group of travelers, a person presented what seemed to be an excellent plan: with an N26 black card, one could access free of charge the Mastercard lounge areas at the airport. Mastercard has more than 1000 airport lounges around the world where you can wait comfortably for your flight while enjoying a buffet and a good glass of wine. It sounded too good to be true (access to airport lounges are usually charged around 40 euros per person vs. 10 to 17 € per month for the N26 card for unlimited access, …). Information taken, it isn’t possible. Either the person in question was lucky, or…
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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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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…
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Staying in Canada: Do you need a Visa or an ETA?
If you plan to stay in Canada for less than 6 months, good news, you don’t need a visa! If you arrive in Canada by car, train, bus or boat, you don’t need anything, except your passport of course. If you arrive by plane, you will need to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) before your arrival. The procedure is very simple and is done online. The most “critical” point is to make the request on the official website. As for many other countries, there are “fake sites” that will charge you a much higher amount than the official site. Here is some information to know about the AVE procedure.…
