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    Transportation Options for Backpacking Around Southeast Asia

    Backpacking around Southeast Asia was one of the most cost-effective ways to extend your travel time back when I first hit the road in the 1990s. Here we are a quarter way through a new century and it still is. It helps that so many great value destinations are clustered together. Getting from A...
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    The Most Polluted Cities Around the World

    If you’re a traveler, where are you most likely to encounter bad air? Where are the most polluted cities in the world, places where it is downright dangerous to your health? Well, there are some places in the Americas that have some bad air, but they’ve got nothing on the smoking guns of Asia,...
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    How Much Does a Machu Picchu Trip Cost? (2025 Prices)

    One of the seven wonders of the world and by most accounts the most popular tourist destination in South America for foreigners, Machu Picchu is on the list of almost every first-time visitor to Peru. It’s in an isolated location only reached by train though or on foot though, so the answer to...
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    The Best Digital Nomad Destinations for Those on a Budget

    If you’re working remotely or running a business but you aren’t made of money, where you choose to open up your laptop can have a huge impact on your monthly budget. Thankfully some of the best digital nomad destinations are places where you can really stretch your dollars or euros. In many...
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    Mexican Residency Income Requirements Updates for 2025

    Since I live in Mexico and am the author of the best-selling book on moving abroad, I often get questions about the Mexican residency rules. The problem is, as soon as I put those current rules down in writing, they change again. The past few years were especially volatile so the changes have...
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    A Checklist for Moving Abroad: 6 Nagging Details to Take Care of

    While I applaud the guts of anyone who says, “That’s it, I’m outta here!” and lands in another country a week later, most people are going to want to do a little more planning and tidying up before they move abroad. If you want to travel long-term, work as a digital nomad, or move...
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    7 Popular Travel Destinations on Sale in 2025

    Where should you go this year if you’re trying to stretch your travel budget? As I write this heading into spring of 2025, you’ve got a lot of places to choose from if you’re American. There are plenty of popular travel destinations on sale this year thanks to a strong U.S. dollar—for now. Don’t...
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    Those Trendy 4-wheel Spinner Suitcases Are Terrible on Uneven Surfaces

    The two travelers were sitting on a bench, looking dejected and tired, the very large suitcase the woman was carrying missing one of its four wheels, the man looking sweaty like he had been carrying it for a while on the cobblestone sidewalks. They were learning the hard way what so many other...
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    Find a Cheap Flight With an Alternative Airport

    Is there another way to get where you’re going other than the most obvious route? Can you find a cheap flight to somewhere nearby instead using an alternative airport? Often the answer is yes, and it can save you a small fortune if you’re a bit flexible. I pull this trick several times a...
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    International House Hunting Requires Time and Patience

    If you’re thinking of investing in a house or condo in a foreign country, understand that what you see on TV about buying real estate is often fiction scripted for entertainment. International house hunting is not something most people should do quickly or on a whim. Back in 2007 I wrote a blog...
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    Republic of Georgia Travel Prices and Living Expenses

    Through several editions of The World’s Cheapest Destinations book and two of A Better Life for Half the Price, there was one country featured that I hadn’t visited personally. Now I won’t have to say that anymore after close to two weeks of Republic of Georgia travel. I’m happy to say that...
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    A Few Toad and Co Items I’ve Been Traveling With

    I do a recurring article series on my favorite travel gear and travel clothing brands, with a few new updates each year, and lately I’ve been trying to mix up the apparel that goes in my suitcase a bit. This month I traveled for weeks with three new items from Toad and Co, (also...
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    The Cheapest Places to Travel in the World in 2025 and Beyond

    This is a terrible year for foreigners to travel to the USA. I can’t advise anyone to do it unless there are family or business reasons. Going the other direction is a different story though. This started out as a great year to travel abroad for Americans. The strong U.S. dollar pre-tRump had...
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    The Pyramids You Can Climb in Mexico

    Mexico has more ancient pyramids than a cantina has empty bottles of Victoria, but with tens of millions of foreign tourists adding to the throngs of domestic visitors each year, some of these structures can’t support the crowds. So the pyramids you can climb in Mexico aren’t so well-known or...
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    What’s in My Travel Bag When Packing Light

    What should you put into your travel bag if there’s a need for packing light? After hundreds of trips, including living out of a backpack for three years, I know a thing or two about how to pack well. Back in the early days of blogging in the ’00s, I did a guest post...
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    Affordable Vacation Spots in the US Can Be Plenty of Fun

    One of the themes of this blog and a whole book I published once is that the best way to make your travel dollars worth a fortune is to be a contrarian traveler. When the sheep are all headed to one place, take the other path to an alternate spot with smaller crowds. While...
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    The Vacation Spending Mindset and Ways to Offset It

    The less often people travel, the more they tend to overspend when they finally get away. The vacation spending mindset is influenced by a lot of external factors, including marketing from some deep-pocketed international hotel chains. Step back and think like a contrarian traveler though and it...
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    How to Avoid Travel Fees on Your Money in Foreign Countries

    Since I write a lot about living abroad, being a digital nomad, and traveling around the world, I get a lot of questions about travel money access. “Do you get a local bank account?” “Where should I put my money back home so I can get to it easily?” “Should I change money before...
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    The New Wise Debit Card is a Dud

    In the flood of e-mails I get every day that are pitching a product or service, this one stood out because it was something I’d been waiting for. Finally, for the first time since 2023, customers in the USA could get a Wise debit card. I was excited because while Wise.com (formerly Transferwise)...
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    5 Fun Day Trips From Budapest

    I spent 17 nights in Budapest last year, on my third visit to the city, and there’s certainly enough to do there to keep you occupied longer than that if you’d like. Even if you stick to the tried and true, the capital city of Hungary is packed with history and quirky attractions. If...

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