We currently find ourselves 2 months into our Gap Year Adventure! The month of March started out in Arizona and ended up in western Texas, so we saw plenty of desert in-between the bigger cities. One of the biggest things we’ve noticed so far is how much time has appeared to slow down (which I […]
The Ultimate Movie Theater Discount Hacking Guide
Updated on 04/12/2018 There are a lot of different ways to save money in life, but it usually boils down to one of three different ways to reduce costs. The first two involve either cutting out the expense completely or replacing it with an alternative. These can be extremely effective, but come with the sometimes difficult decision of […]
Gap Year Week 9: Time Has Slowed to a Crawl
We currently find ourselves in northern New Mexico, about two months into our Gap Year Adventure. Starting from Seattle the first week of February, we’ve now driven over 6,000 miles starting down the west coast, heading east to the heart of Texas, and now making our way back west to see some national parks we […]
The $1,000,000 Road Trip
While we are diligently tracking spending during our Gap Year Adventure, there is one significant item we haven’t touched on yet: Opportunity Cost. If you haven’t heard, my wife and I recently quit our jobs to road trip around the country full time. The amount of money left on the table by this new lifestyle […]
Existing Debt is a Sunk Cost
One of the largest contributors to fishy accounting and sub-optimal financial decision making is debt. This applies to all kinds of debt and whether or not you consider it to be “good debt”. I’m not here to answer the endlessly debated question of whether or not to pay a mortgage off early (spoiler: probably not), […]
Gap Year Spending Month 1 – $3,743.55
Now that we’ve been on the road for a full month, its time to take a look at how much full time travel is costing us. Neither of us have ever been away from home longer than a few weeks at a time, so crossing the one month mark is new territory. And there are […]
Gap Year Spending Month 0 – $1,552.62
As Becky and I travel around the country (and possibly beyond) during our gap year adventure, I plan to track every dollar we spend and share that information here on Money Metagame. While we haven’t completed a full month on the road yet, I think it’s important to first take a look at the money […]
Gap Year Week 2: It Doesn’t Feel Real Yet
We’re currently sitting in Bakersfield, California after the second of many weeks to come on our Gap Year adventure. Despite quitting our respective jobs in order to road trip across the country for an entire year, I’m not sure that significant life change has sunk in yet. If you know anything about this area of […]
Reviewing Our 2017 Expenses
I can’t believe we’re barely over a month into 2018! Becky and I have been extremely busy over the past month traveling and preparing for our Gap Year adventure, but the trip has officially begun. After a brief family trip to an all-inclusive resort in Cabo, we hit the road and are currently making our […]
A Cabo San Lucas All Inclusive on Points, Miles, and $164
Before Becky and I head out on our Gap Year Road Trip Adventure, we’ll first be taking a trip to the beaches of Cabo San Lucas in Mexico! We had this trip planned before the gap year idea came into being and it will make for a nice precursor to hitting the road full time, […]