We want to create a travel blog and not a finance blog, but our first post about saving for this trip got great feedback so we wanted to share more details! I don’t believe people should be tied to a job simply to be able to live their lives, and Michael and I have worked hard to educate ourselves towards that financial freedom. This is the concept of F.I.R.E.

Packing for long term travel is a balance of weight, volume, and functionality with many compromises. This is a quick look at how we approached packing for our year abroad. Fair warning, this is a beast of a post!

The most common question we hear is, “how can you afford to travel that long”?! Well, we’re not rich. Rich is the point at which your money works for you, and we work hard for our money. We saved like crazy, and now we’re fortunate enough that we can travel and return with money saved. This is a quick blurb on how we each got there.

Planning is usually the part of traveling that can stress people out. It shouldn’t be that way! Below are major resources used to plan our trips whether abroad or in a local campground. You may notice a few very popular options like AirBnb, All Trails, or Tripadvisor are excluded. We rarely use them.

Hello reader, and welcome to the very first ever blog post produced by yours truly! I’m not nearly as proficient in writing as I am at eating so pardon my literary growing pains. You’ve found yourself in the world travel blog of Chandni Patel and Michael Barton!