We have officially been on the road for 6 whole months! Starting from Seattle in February, we’ve driven thousands of miles, visited over a dozen different states, and had enough unique experiences to fill a decade. And we’re not even halfway done! July has not only been our lowest month of spending on this trip, […]
Separating Decisions From Results When Investing
In personal finance (as well as life in general), there are going to be many decisions to make and the choice won’t always be an easy one. So when it comes to investing, it’s important to have an over-arching strategy that will help guide those month to month decisions of what to do with your […]
What’s In Our Wallet – August 2018 Edition
As you may already know, Becky and I have a lot of credit cards. We’ve acquired the majority of them over the past few years by taking advantage of large signup bonus offers with the goal of heavily subsidizing our travel expenses. With 70 new credit cards between us and several million points and miles […]
Gap Year Spending Month 5 – $2.895.11
It’s hard to believe we’re approaching the halfway point of our Gap Year Adventure. Since leaving Seattle in February, Becky and I have traveled over 12,000 miles in our car and visited over a dozen different states! While we’ve chosen to slow down a bit during the summer to spend time with friends and family […]
Gap Year Week 23: A Brief Intermission
After setting off on a year-long road trip adventure across America in February, Becky and I have driven over 12,000 miles and currently find ourselves back where we both grew up: the Midwest! It was a very deliberate choice to end up here for most of the summer and you may have noticed our Gap […]
Purchasing Points For The First Time
Since starting our travel hacking adventures nearly 4 years ago, we never purchased points or miles to pad our balances. Credit card signup bonuses and other promotions have been more than sufficient to cover the entirety of our flight and hotel needs, but our needs have changed ever since we quit our jobs to travel […]
Gap Year Spending Month 4 – $2,184.27
Another month is in the books as we continue to travel around the country full time on our Gap Year Adventure. We started this month in Southern Utah near some amazing national parks before making our way across Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri to finish out the month of May in St. Louis. Amazingly, this month […]
6 Perks of Living In Hotels
In early 2018, we both quit our jobs to travel around the US full time on our Gap Year Adventure. During this trip, we’ve stayed with friends and family as well as camped, but the majority of our nights have been spent in hotels. During the first 4 months of our journey, we’ve stayed 92 […]
Gap Year Spending Month 3 – $3,796.40
Three months into traveling on the road full time, we find ourselves leaving the amazing national parks of Utah and heading into the heart of Colorado to visit friends and family. It’s hard to believe we’ve technically been homeless and unemployed for over three months, but we’re still loving our decision to take a Gap […]
Choosing the Perfect Early Retirement “Income”
Let’s imagine you find yourself in the fortunate position of no longer having to work for money (a.k.a. financial independence). If you managed to achieve FI early enough in life, you might have walked away from work well before supplemental income such as social security or a pension kicks in. Depending on how you choose to […]