Leffel projects

You hear this phrase a lot among international travelers and see it a lot in comments online. “Why didn’t anyone tell me that?” In a way this blog started out as a way for me to give people a heads up on things they needed to know before they went traveling around the world. I …

If a tree falls in the woods and everybody hears it, do we need to know who is selling the lumber? I once wrote a post on this blog with my thoughts on disclosure statements. Turns out I did that at the end of 2006. So perhaps it’s time for an update. People have very …

The question I get the most when talking about moving to another country to cut expenses in half is the one that shows how badly we’ve been programmed since childhood. It changes a bit from person to person in the exact wording, but it’s usually some variation of this: “How do I get a job …

As I was getting close to launching the book A Better Life for Half the Price, I wanted to get interested people on an e-mail list. So I started giving away a document with a rundown on all the places you could stay for four months or more after arrival, no border runs required. I …

It was 10 years ago when we published the very first issue of Perceptive Travel online magazine, which you can still see at that link. It’s got Rolf Potts, Jen Leo, Bruce Northam, Peter Moore, and Harold Stephens, plus me reviewing some books like the very first edition of Signspotting. We started off with a …