Long-term travel

There are many English-speaking countries in the world where the cost of living is relatively low. In some cases you may be able to live A Better Life for Half the Price even. This makes them great places to live for people who want to cut their expenses by moving abroad but are scared by …

[This post on the cheapest places to travel for Americans was updated in July 2022.] In a normal year when I’m giving advice on the cheapest places to travel to, I’m looking at prices, exchange rates, and special situations that are leading to temporary deals for travelers. In 2021 it was a crapshoot. Many countries …

When I was a young budget traveler backpacking around the world, I spent a lot of time sleeping on night trains and overnight buses. The rail sleepers were often a real pleasure, the night buses not so much, but in both cases they combined lodging and transportation in one, which saved a fair bit of …

As I write this, every conversation among friends in the USA seems to touch on spiking housing prices, higher food prices, inflation, and supply chain problems. Some travelers who are back out on the road again aren’t talking about any of this though. They’re staying in budget hotel destinations and getting a room for two …

Where are the cheapest places to travel in South America? This can be a moving target because of economic conditions and exchange rates, but many of the countries are a perpetual good value.  I spend a lot of time traveling in South America and the continent features prominently in two of my books. There’s a …