We’ve been travelling for almost 5 years now and while it hasn’t always been easy we’ve definitely learned a lot along the way. To help you avoid some of the mistakes we made, like packing way too much stuff or…
Minimalist Couple Living in a Tiny Camper Trailer That Cost Only $1,800
Kathleen and Greg from Tiny House, capsule Tiny Footprint decided to downsize their lives from a downtown apartment in Denver, Colorado to a 140 square foot camper trailer/mobile home. For the first year of their tiny house experiment, the 1969…
5 Years Living Without Cell Phones: Why We Love It
Getting rid of our cell phones was one of the first alternative lifestyle choices Mat and I made together. Our goal was to save money and to have fewer bills & responsibilities; and we were also pretty confident we could live without…
Have You Ever Thought of Quitting the Rat Race?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to get off the “more” treadmill and live with less? Mat and I thought about it all the time before we sold our house 3 years ago in an attempt to try something different. The nomadic…
A Nomad’s Guide to Cheap Accommodation
Most long-term travellers can’t afford the luxury of staying in hotels every night so they need to get creative when it comes to finding accommodation that will fit with their travel plans. We’ve collected 15 budget-friendly accommodation ideas from fellow nomads, and from our travels,…
Exploring Canada’s Crown Land: Adventures and Lessons Learned
Did you know that Canada has over 8 million square kilometres of crown land (~90% of Canada’s land area) available to the public? We’re so used to viewing land as a commodity to be bought or sold that our little hippie minds exploded when…
Should I Plan for Retirement?
I found The Wealthy Barber on my dad’s night table when I was about 14 years old and decided to read it, cover to cover, because I thought it would give me a head start on my retirement savings plans. I…
Long-Term Travel Budget
Budgeting for a long-term trip is scary when you don’t know how much it’s going to cost. Mat and I didn’t have a clue how much we’d be spending before we started travelling. Not knowing made it hard for us…
Big Weddings Aren’t for Everyone
It seems like most couples getting married these days choose to have a big wedding with a white dress, elaborate ceremony, sit-down dinner, DJ and dancing; not to mention pre-wedding activities like bridal showers, stag and doe parties, bachelor(ette) parties and…
The Importance of Living a Life You Won’t Regret
We watched a lot of romantic comedies over the holidays which usually makes me feel warm and gooey inside, but this time it felt like a lot of the stories and jokes were about people who were either miserable at work,…