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Mexico isn't anymore. The requirements are that you have a lot of monthly oncome.

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Oh, no. Much simpler and cheaper would be overseas

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You are nomads 😊

I bought a usb-c waterpik and usb-c toothbrush

Try some hand lotion on your out of control hair. It works really well.

We started doing this in January at 62., kinda. We sold everything and house in the US rarely staying with my Aunt. While traveling, we mix in pet sitting in England and France which has been a great experience. We have fallen in love with Toulouse, France. It has a great airport for quick trips. We are heading to Milan, Lake Como and Venice next week. All of the points that are made in this video are really spot on.

51 days away

I see you were up in our area. We’re in Queensbury between Glens Falls and Lake George. It would have been nice to meet you both. We’re in Sydney at the moment having taken a cruise from Vancouver in early October. We’re here for the winter.

I have traveled like this for many years, and for me it's the *only* way to travel. I like the idea of getting to know a country a bit better than you would in just a few days. The history, the customs, the dos and don'ts are all interesting. You get to know some of the neighbors and they start treating you as one of them, especially if you are able to communicate with them. This is one of the reasons why it's important to learn at least a few words of the local language and the longer you stay, the more you learn. I always end up buying a few things for the apartment, and for the most part I just leave them there. It's much easier than trying the sell them and less expensive than putting them into storage. Holding on to things also doesn't make sense because I don't usually visit the same country twice, and even if I did, I wouldn't go back to the same city. It's a great way to get to know the world.

Great video. This type of travel is right up our alley. We aren't retired yet, but we've noticed we like to stay places longer than the usual one week that we normally do. When I retire, we'll be taking some extended road trips and live like the locals.

Thank you for your content! Many things here are doable except making a forwarding address work while one’s traveling! Some banks are not accepting ipostal address and not everyone would have a home nor can afford to rent an apartment that will be empty for most of the year to have an address! I understand several are making this work but perhaps their banks didn’t have issues? has the ipostal worked for you folks as an only address, are there other options that work better? Perhaps there are banks that are more international? Would really appreciate it if you could please do a video on that aspect. Thank you!

We are embarking on the part-time expat life. We still have a car in the US that we can decide if we want to keep or sell. What are you doing about a car and car insurance when you are home?

Thanks for including the medium-term rental service you used! Just that part helps in my research.

Subscribe to our NEW free newsletter "Expats and Slow Travelers" that focuses on how you can make Expatting and Slow Travel a viable lifestyle. Https://expats-and-slow-travelers.beehiiv.com/subscribe We took a 6 week trip to Saratoga Springs in Upstate NY in September/October to re-energize and re-boot after our daughter headed back to college. This video provides some of our observations about the value and impact of staying in a destination for a month or more.

Just a couple comments here from a new subscriber and someone who has experienced both slow travelling and expat living. Having school-aged children is not disqualifier for slow travelling as the US is renowned for their home schooling network. Just find out what home schooling entails in your home state (or province or country) before you leave. Also, with slow travelling, you're keeping a home base which will not not make it possible for people who want to flee their high taxing countries like my country of Canada. This doesn't apply to US citizens as they are taxed (for now; might change under Trump, as he's alluded to changing this) based on citizenship; whereas all the other countries tax their citizens based on residency. Well, if you're keeping a residency in your home country, you lose the ability to say you are not resident in your home country. This is a major drawback of all of us non-US citizens. I like the idea of having 3-4 different countries you travel to every year (and have an apt you can spend time while visiting that country and other countries around it) but keeping a residency in Canada and still getting taxed at very high tax rates (53.53% in the top tax bracket which kicks in if you make more than C$220,000 per year) is not worth it. It's much better giving up that residency while still earning $220k+ income wherever you are in the world and be in the 0% tax bracket while doing so.

The only flaw in your logic is that you can slow travel in the US for the same amount of money that you can do it in other countries.

It's a lovely apartment

Totally agree. It's what you want to prioritize. Great video.

Thank you for the video, very informative 😊

Please reupload without background sounds. Too unpleasant and anxiety provoking.

Thanks for the video. We’re slow traveling but spend a bit more than the low ranges you noted. We like to have more space, wash machines, and central locations.

We do this domestic travel for a few years now using a 5th wheel. We are doing a 49 State Tour and we’re on our 34th State and 21 National Parks.

Spot on. Great list of tips. Agree with all of them. Another tip I've discovered is don't feel guilty about not seeing every "must see" thing in a location. If it's not really of interest to you or you just haven't set aside any time for it, don't force it. Do things you want to do, not what others think you should do.

I am in my 30s and planning my slow travel right now - I like the 89 days away idea (not requiring and avoiding all those visa headaches!) and love the channel - thanks!

Great video. Shared with my family. 😂

I can live with the smaller space, but no grill would be very difficult. And you are describing exactly what we are looking at in a local 55+ community. 😀

We have a rule where we set aside filming time, then put the camera away and have fun. We may not have much of an audience, but it has got us out of the house. Plus, met more people who love travel too. No regrets ❤

Our channel is in the travel category and a lot of what you pointed out is true. Luckily we don’t travel full time and create videos to document our travels for our family and friends but it is a lot of work.

Best video yet

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Loved it! A mix of truth and sarcasm. Thanks for starting my day off with some laughs!

Don't forget about CARRYING all of that gear. Try schlepping cameras, lenses, and that 27 pound Macbook in a backpack while walking from one country to another. Don't ask me how I know. LOL! Thanks for the video, and yea, it's pretty a pretty complete list. Right up to the "you pronounced the name of my city wrong, it's Ćròǔfghëéistan ... you stupid entitled American. 🙂

This is very funny and well done!

You are very good at this. And I enjoyed watching it. : )

Damn, you let a lot of air out of my bubble.

Thank you for bringing this up! When you see those, you wonder if they’re having vacation and having fun or into some weird ritual getting in everyone’s face (quite literally) ruining others’ enjoyment too. Many quite literally push you out (locals or anyone) and go in front of you for a half hour hour (or more) staged shoot with some photographer/videographer for 100 fake shots and videos (some of them don’t even seem to be vloggers, just for some insta shots! It’s become an everyday occurrence everywhere!). Channels like these are at least sharing useful info with some tidbits of footage or snaps here and there… which is plenty (as things used to be). Wonder if it ever stops being a trend?

This is a great video, leaving Canada 100% scares the shit out of me. I want to slow travel 8 months a year and back in Canada. Keep my rental property which generates $4000 a month helps pay for my travels

Thanks very much for the video. Can you share the name of the bike rack that you have with the ram? I like that one. Thanks again.

Great video..have you tried the Bluetooth helmets....They are fantastic...you can communicate to each rider up to a mile....or just listen to music or podcast...even learn a new language while you ride.....even call a friend while riding

Enjoyed your video. NEW sub...my wife and I bought e-bikes 2 yrs ago...Everything you mentioned..is absolutely true....Best decision we have made...Out In Nature ..getting exercise and having a blast

Three years before we planned to retire, we downsized from 3400 sq ft to just under 2000 in a Del Webb 55+ community. The house had zero storage in the house or in the garage. The 3rd BR was 10x10 and not big enough for a dual purpose room. We hated the whole experience. We were just under 60 whereas >90% of our neighbors were our parent’s age. We have upsized again now. Probably have more space than we need, but happy to have it!

10,000 apartments off the market for rentals but 10,000 more for locals so I can see why locals would be irritated by having Airbnb, etc.

Residents are angry and tell the politicians to ban tourism, and yet it's those same politicians who enabled the greed which allowed businesses to use AirBnb as rule-free hotels and jack up the prices. And oh sorry residents, if you need to rent out a room to pay for the mortgage that all those Business AirBnbs jacked up, you're out of luck. You mentioned Barcelona. The previous mayor started the crackdown to combat AirBnb, and at the same time expanded El Prat (the airport) and added another cruise ship terminal. Both of which increased the wrong kind of tourism. Forgive my rant but this is rather personal to me. I can't afford a month or three in a hotel. I want to immerse myself in a place and culture. That's slow travel. We are not the problem. If Barcelona and other cities want to curb the ever increasing housing costs and clamp down on "bad" tourism, then they need to shut down the cruise ship terminals. Make it illegal for a business to buy a building just to turn it into an unregulated hotel. Don't hurt the locals who have businesses that serve tourism. Don't hurt the residents who just need to make a few bucks off a spare room. And don't tell people interested in your wonderful city and culture that they aren't welcome.

89! Bravo. how great , take care,

Some cities restrict the type of unit that can be rented short-term. In Penang, short-term rentals have to be licensed. If it is a condo, 75% of the owners must approve use of a unit for short-term rental. It is confusing because they haven't defined what constitutes "short-term" i.e. are monthly rentals allowed or not? This has caused many visitors, including me, to go elsewhere rather than risk non-compliance. Imagine showing up at your prepaid rental only to find out you can't stay there after all.

Really appreciate the honest assessment and great tips! I would not have thought of all the quirks.

I think it’s always good to have a home base. A condo is an excellent choice.

I hear where you are coming from. My wife explains it this way, When you live in the US, you have pretty much everyting figured out, but when you move overseas, you have to figure out everything again! We first moved to Panama and where there for the first five years of our retirement. We have been expats in Portugal now for about six years. We got here when the NHR was still in affect. Everything you mentioned in the video is true. At the time, Portugal was the easiest country to get a residence visa in. Also, here, you just exhange your driver's license. No need to take the driver's test in a foreighn language. Any foreign country does have LOTS of bureaucracy, and the challenge is to figure it all out. And yes we are renters here, that makes things a lot easier! We also house sit from here and travel Europe that way. So, Not disareeing at all about your experience.