Just found you today, almost 3 years since you started. Good news for me is that you have continued the journey and now I will be able to binge watch to catch-up.
Hey Steve! FANTASTIC! So what what is your plan post-FI, are you going to be doing a lot of traveling or even consider nomadic living? I guess that is tricky with 3 kids too. Great to have you on board, you are VERY welcome to the party. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Great video guys! I have just found your channel via the YT algorithm. Brilliant idea to represent what British people can do with FIRE. I found MMM probably five years ago and unfortunately my family haven’t been on the same page but some more personal freedom beckons and I will be able to make my own decisions so no excuses! I’ve seen your most recent and it looks like the honesty is really there, so standing by to binge watch as much as possible. Thank you.
Just watched this video for the first time. Interesting to see your first thoughts on this channel. You guys have done a great job! This is definitely one of my favorite channels right now.
Hello from Seattle! We found you through the Retired Travelers and are looking forward to binging all your vid’s. I retired at 53 in Jan 2022 and we are trying to sell my husband’s business so we can both finally get on the road. Thanks for what you’re doing! Take care and blessings to you both
You're amazing leaving in the middle of a pandemic. I left NZ 26 years ago, heading for Manchester and my Dad said the Arndale got bombed just as I checked in . I said I'll be OK. I was only going for 4 years and stayed 20.. Did live in care. What an experience. The people I met, the places I went. Yep I had health issues and my parents died. Sad I didn't have them to share it with. Retired back here 6 years ago. All the best to you. You'll make it. You can always return home and live in a tiny house.
Saw you featured on Go With Less, nice launch video! We are excited to follow your journey and do something similar in the future. The FIRE nomad community seems pretty cool!
The FIRE community is the coolest eh! Everyone wanting to help each other and at the forefront of that help for us has been Tim & Amy from GoWithLess so we are following in their footsteps. Really pleased you enjoyed the video, it was actually a lot of fun to do that one first. Thanks and best wishes Neil & Sarah
Hey you guys - my wife Teresa and I are under 2 years from living your way! We love your videos and humor! I’m 62 later this year and will fully retire at 65 but have some awesome years leading up where I can travel, work and save money! If our health holds up - we are going to have the times of our lives, but in the meantime I’m living through you, even though we just Came back from a 35 day pack packing trip through all parts of Europe and it was a blast! Just thought we would say hello! Tom and Teresa
Hey Tom! Very kind of you to say, we really appreciate it and you taking the time to comment. Love that you are heading onto the same journey, please do keep in touch, we may be able to meet you somewhere in this world of ours. Best regards, Neil & Sarah
@@2GoRoam Most definitely want to meet up! Here are a couple of laughs that we have in common: my mom made me a “home made” high school letterman’s jacket from one of her jackets as I couldn’t afford genuine one (but in all fairness, it was COOLER than the real (and super expensive ones) and I was one of the top athletes so it made it little easier. And Teresa is “in training” to get rid of all her purses, jewelry, and other “nonsense”. Thirdly, I love how all your trips lead to BEER! Want to stay in touch here or swap emails or something?
We just came across you guys from (Snail Travelers) video who mentioned you. By curiosity we clicked on your names and couldn't stop ourselves from watching your first video. At first we thought you just might be like everyone else as the video started kind of slow, lol, but we kept watching and found that we had so many things in common. You have inspired and motivated us. We will certainly follow your journey and at some point connect. The thing we wanted to leave you with is this. As creatives ourselves, we noticed something very beautiful at the end of your video. As you both walked off to the (sunset) aka the right of the screen .... there was a young couple running in the background towards the left. It was just a brief moment but what a visual message of you walking towards the next chapter of your life while a young couple begins their journey, as you have done before. Can you spot it? Wishing you the best travels and that all your desires manifest as you dream. Cheers, Margie & Eduardo (yes just our 'For TH-cam Only' acct, lol)
Hey For TH-cam! You are most welcome around these parts! How cool you found us through our friends the Snail Travelers! We are having a video call with those two this weekend and we can't wait. You really must keep in touch, you sounds a very cool couple and you made us go back to that first video (awful isn't it? lol) and we saw those two running at the end of the video, that was indeed very poetic, thank you for pointing it out. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
BRAVO Sarah and Neal! Congratulations! Kurt n I decided to do exactly what you both are embarking on. Our FIRE pays for our travels, living and misc costs. We are fortunate in not having had to sell our home as we need to return home for two months in the year for business purposes. Also, we're Self Funded Retirees, ie not Government reliant on a pension. Travelling like this was always our plan well before we decided to retire. I gave up working in my 40's and Kurt at 63. We were always consistent and disciplined financial planners and, I believe, this is where our forte lay to stand us in good stead. You are both going to have a great time. There will be some worrying times to face but you will be amazed by the assistance you receive. We wish you happy trails and all the very best on your journeys ahead.
Hey! Thank you so much. Over the moon that you two loved it. You have been a huge inspiration to us! (i.e. if it doesn't go well, we know who to blame :-) )
Yes Our Freedom Years has been a great inspiration to us as well, love the idea of “slow travel” getting to experience a place for more than a few days.
@@2GoRoam Now on "4 Uncomfortable Facts 3 Years into Retirement" so I am sure you will reflect on those 3 years, then I can visit Mexico with you. Best wishes
Great video Neil & Sarah, I saw you mention your TH-cam series on the Facebook UK FIRE group, so thought I’d take a look. I was somewhat surprised when you mentioned Alsager as I live nearby (Congleton). Will be really interested to see how you get on and ask the amazing things you find on your travels. You mentioned you’ve never been to Asia - I hadn’t until a few years ago and then went to Vietnam and it blew my mind. Definitely a region you should consider visiting soon!
Hey Mark! We are thinking of South East Asia at the moment in fact so you may find we are there sooner rather than later! Congleton! We love Congleton, a lovely little town and we absolutely loved living in Alsager, all around that part of Cheshire is just incredible. We think in fact that in all the UK, around there is the only real place we miss. Good honest people. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Hey Robert! You have mentioned this on a particularly momentous day! Check our video that comes out today (Wednesday), that has been LONG in this planning and the first in a series on the subject of travel and costs. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Hey Warren! You are an inspiration too! Our strapline is "Living our Best Life", we think you might well be doing the same. Thanks for everything while we have been in San Miguel de Allende, you and all your friends elevated this experience to a whole new level. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
First off massive congratulations. You two are an inspiration. We started watching some of your later vlogs and thought, no, these guys are like us and have a similar outlook to us. This is what we want to do (in a fashion!) - so we’ve come back to Vlog one and are going to work our way through your entire library! We are longing to make the shift to working online only and being able to be free to travel where we want. We can’t wait to follow your adventures. Cheers 🍻 love Wills and Rach x
Well, after discovering your videos not too long ago and watching some of your MX videos --I always enjoy going back to the first one to find out how it all started--it takes a willingness to admit that life is short and courage to give up everything and say -what the heck are we going to do to get the most out of it?! I love what you're both doing and it's always exciting to me when someone gets out of their comfort zone and interacts with the world around them. I am excited to hear about all your travels. I'm learning so many new things about travel, finance, and fun! Retiring early has always been on my radar and so I am looking forward to enjoying your journey. One of the things I'll be interested to learn is if you will just keep traveling or will take a break to go home to visit family/friends throughout the ten years of travel you are planning and the pros/cons of constant travel.
Hi Cindie, great to have you on board! Thank you for your comment, we are over the moon that you have found us and are enjoying our videos, comments like this mean the world to us :-) Yes, we will be travelling back home to visit family and friends so plan to spend 1 month a year back in the UK (unless we need to be there longer of course!). Cons to long term travel - we obviously miss family and friends very much and 'admin' - things are so much more difficult when you're abroad than in our home country. Pros - well, there is never a dull moment, always something new and exciting to learn about ourselves and of course, meeting new people from around the world, we are amazed just how many friends you can make, chance meetings with people leading to potential long term relationships. We so happy that you have joined our journey, we hope you enjoy! Best wishes Neil & Sarah
I’m here for it! I’ll be following…Our plan is to leave the US to slow travel with home base in Mexico and explore the beauty of the country and neighboring countries and beyond for a few years.
Hi Karen, great to have you on board! :-) Welcome! What we have seen of Mexico so far is so beautiful and the people here are very welcoming. We are loving it. We hope we can provide you with some inspiration for when you start to plan your exciting travels. Thank you so much for getting in touch, we appreciate it. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Hi Cindy, That is fabulous to hear! Really it is. We get most excited when we hear of other people going on the same journey as us! We are really excited for you. Hope you enjoy living vicariously through us as you start to get your own plan together. Please keep in touch, we are excited to hear your plans sometime in the future. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Wow travel has suit you well. I saw a few of your more recent videos and now I'm at the first one. It is interesting how much more relax you look on your later videos. clearly your new life is bringing the best out of you and you are now living indeed your best life.😎
Hi Ian, thanks so much! It's been a huge decision that we answered is small chunks along the way so in breaking it down, when we got to it, the decision seemed obvious. Hope that makes sense :-)
Hey Gary! Thank you so much! We really appreciate that, it is difficult to know if our slightly off kilter presentation is actually interesting to others, so thank you! Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Brilliant first video. Felt like we were right there with you. Sounds like your planned content is going to be interesting. Looking forward to what is next.
Nice and honest video that we have just discovered, well done! We will follow you from now on, from Hong Kong….hoping that you can visit our great city one day! Cheers
Massive well done guys, I rushed my wife out of the kitchen into the lounge at 7am while she was eating her toast and drinking coffee and said come and watch this.. being from the UK originally myself I connected with you straight away. I cannot wait for you to post future videos! Brilliant :) Regards, Dave G
Hi Dave, that is fantastic to hear... although your wife might not have been so excited to have her morning disrupted :-) We can't wait to get our videos out too, so much to say and share. Exciting times!
Hey Tom! And we love you for enjoying them. Unlike Star Wars... we actually get better the longer the series goes on, hope you enjoy :-) Sorry for the delay in replying, we have been traveling the past few days. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Hi Anna, Thanks so much! Really appreciate it... we are heading over to check out your channel, sounds interesting and certainly something that we can learn from! Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Felicia, Food and Pastries are my specialist subject! Sarah's specialist subject is in trying to keep me away from Pastries lol. We think that our videos will be slightly different to the norm, really hope you enjoy the journey with us :-) Thanks for the message and getting in touch! Neil & Sarah
Great! Thanks Erin. We have used so many TH-cam videos over the years to learn what we want to do so we're now feeling it is time to pay it forward with our own. So please do learn through us as we're sure we'll make plenty of mistakes :-)
Hey Chris! We are both 'ALL IN' indeed and are loving it so far. Thanks so much for taking the time to drop a message. Hope you are coming on this journey with us! Best wishes Neil & Sarah
When you talk about experiences it reminds me of our trip to Italy 5 years ago. We are from Canada, and this was a bucket list trip. On our last full day in Rome, we were inside the Vatican waiting while my husband went to get holy water to bring home to his mom. My son - who was 12 at the time- threw his arms around my neck and said “thank you so much for this amazing trip”. I still well up thinking about it. We have always been about experiences, but at that moment I knew for certain we did the right thing. Beat of luck on your travels! I am looking forward to following along!
Hey Joanne! You sum it up perfectly... collect the memories not the things. We are doing that and loving it, there is nothing that we want or need that we don't have with us on the road. Excited that you are on this journey with us. We really hope you enjoy it! Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Thank you for making this video and for spreading the word of slow travel. It's appreciated. Let's hope it won't be too long before we can slow travel again.
Hello and thanks for getting in touch! We think that before you really investigate slow travel it sounds so scary (and expensive), it's only when you properly investigate that you find it is neither of those things. Have you been slow travelling for long? Best wishes Neil & Sarah
So glad my wife and I found your channel, we are wanting to do the same thing, sell all our stuff and “slow travel” the world and we are about 5 years away from realizing that goal. Travel and experiencing new cultures is exactly what we want to do in retirement. Looking forward to your travel experiences once you are able to.
Hi Mark, that is great to hear. Very excited that you are a few years behind us, as that means you can watch what we do and not make the same mistakes that we do. There will be many I am sure! We recommend having a bit notepad handy when watching this kind of video on TH-cam as there will be so many ideas and places to note down in the moment. You will be amazed how much you forget! Thanks for coming on the journey with us, hope you enjoy it. Keep in touch!
@@2GoRoam my wife is the note taker/planner and we watch your videos together. By the way I fully expect there to be mistakes, if you are not making mistakes you not living a life worth living! Cheers to you both.
Mark, you think the same way as us! The more you try the more mistakes you make and importantly, the more you grow! Hope you enjoy the journey. Keep in touch! Neil & Sarah
Cheers Brian! Hope you stick around for the ride, goodness knows where we will take it. But I know you and I think very much alike on many things so I am sure you will be feeling our successes and pains along the way :-)
Just found your channel and am looking forward to following your journeys. My wife and I are looking to start this adventure ourselves soon!! Cheers from Canada.
Hey Overworkin! Hoping to make that Underworkin sometime soon! Sounds great! Fantastic that you found us! If you are looking to do the same hopefully we can help by showing that two people that are fairly clueless about travel can do pretty good. If we can do it.... :-) Do keep in touch! Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Hi Phil, Welcome on board. We really hope you enjoy the journey. It will be all about Entertainment, information and Cost of Living. Appreciate you reach out. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Loved this introductory video and why, how, and when. Good luck and glad to have found your channel. We are planning something similar just trying to "get our ducks in a row"
Hey Finneys! Fantastic! We were in your position of getting the ducks in a row and at that time, the future plans don't seem real. But one day, this will be you and we gotta tell you. It is amazing, we regret NOTHING. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Great video guys! I'm looking forward to following along with you on your journey. My husband and I debated doing the same, but have decided it was best for us to put down roots and travel from a home base instead. He's from the UK and I'm from Canada so by moving to Canada we were able to retire early too (almost 2 years ago) and we're really enjoying it. We're just anxious to get out travelling again! P.S. My husband overheard me watching this video and he said he'd like to hear when you get Belgian buns. He says they are delicious! :-)
Hi Stacey, Your husband sounds like he knows his buns, so be sure to tell him once we get into the bun recording process! Interesting that you have considered the same, I know it is something to toss up really, whether to retain a home base. We are sure that in the not too distant future we will wish we had 'home' to go to, but at the same time we are excited to see how we manage that feeling. Congratulations on the retirement and I hope you both get out travelling again very soon! best wishes Neil & Sarah
Way to go you two......., I am looking forward to seeing your adventures. My husband and I love travelling and looking at places people have been to, it gives us inspiration. Wishing you every success to your future. X
Hi Janet, you sound very similar to us. We actually stopped our Sky TV subscription a few years ago as we loved watched the travels that people undertook on TH-cam, real people having real challenges. Then working out if they were in places that we would like to visit. Little tip from us, keep a notepad by when watching TH-cam videos on travel, you'll be amazed at how much you forget as you move onto the next one. Taking notes of where people stayed or restaurants they visited. Really helps when putting an itinerary together. Thanks so much for getting in touch, we really appreciate it. Neil & Sarah
Hi Simon, thank you! The details are on their way. In our second video we speak more about the extreme downsizing. We will now be pivoting our videos towards the financial elements of what we did to reach FIRE or Financial Independence. If there is anything specific you want to see, let us know :-)
Hi Mel, thanks for getting in touch! We are excited for you, we remember that stage as we started to investigate this process, it was a nightmare trying to find people as they went through the transition and then starting their life of travel. We hope you enjoy the ride! Keep in touch!
Thanks so much! This kind of feedback is great when we are so new to this and so pleased to hear that you are hearing it the way it is meant. Our plan going into this was, 'What kind of channel would we liked to have followed 12 years ago when we started our journey?' and that is what we are trying to create, a space where people can see their future if they put in the right work. If you have any views on what you would like to hear about, either our plans for the future or our journey to FI, that would really help us get the content on point. Thanks again.
@@2GoRoam Honestly, the longer, and more deeply, you can be you, the better as far as I am concerned. Of course the temptations of chasing the algorithm and views will be there, and who am I to say what you should and shouldn't do! :)
Good to go back and watch early vlogs! What video editing software do you use and what was your learning curve like?? We are on week 1 and trying to decide if we should dive deeper into a professional type or play with some basic editors like Power Direct or similar for awhile... 🤔 Currently trying to figure out Divinci Resolve and it is a LOT to learn but trying not to get too frustrated. Hope ya'll are safe and having fun 🌎 John & Teri
Hi Noelle, thanks so much. We have a huge list of content ideas and we are exciting for how it turns out. Hope you have had a chance to look at the others that we have uploaded so far. Really appreciate the comment, you don't know how much that means to a tiny channel like ours.
Hi there. We have just found your channel and have watched a few of your most recent videos. We have one question which you may have already answered in other videos. What will you do and where will you live once you have finished your big adventure? You did mention that you sold your house. We are curious to know. Cheers and all the best for your travels and your vlog.
Found you two from a search of travelling for a year, but not 10. 4 years ago I would my house to live in Soho London for a year, now 4 years on I’m planning a year away. Great that your a Town fan, been going since my dad took me to Wembley in 1969. Even got a season ticket this season, first time in over 15 years. Trevor
Hey Trevor! Welcome! Very pleased that you found our channel and we hope you can learn some useful insights from us whilst planning your trip away. Sounds very exciting - where are you planning to visit? A fellow Swindon fan, that's fantastic! My (Neil) first game was against Carlisle in 1979 which ended in a 0-0 draw, I was hooked :-) It's amazing the magic that being a football fan can bring eh. Thanks for following along on our journey! best wishes Neil & Sarah
My wife came across your channel yesterday. And we watched your first video. You are so naive (😂). COVID seems so long ago. We plan on watching every single one of your videos. We are looking forward to seeing your collective progression. Best from Canada! 🇨🇦 👍🏻😘
Hi Eduarda! That's exactly why we set the channel up, that if we are in a position to help others that are a year or two behind us in not making the mistakes we do, then that is all good with us :-) Porto, well that was because at that time we had flights booked and 2 months in an Airbnb in Porto but sadly it all fell through. We love Porto, such a wonderful City. Thanks for getting in touch, we appreciate it. Sarah & Neil
Hello from the Outback of Australia. Well done on having the guts to start your own social media journey whilst travelling fulltime. We look forward to seeing your content each week. We've subscribed and hit the alarm bell! All the best to you both 😀
WOW! We have reached the Australian Outback?! It was fun to start the TH-cam channel right at the start. I've lost count over the years of the number of times I wished I had started something earlier. Some examples: 1. I wish I had kept every ticket stub from all the gigs I'd ever been to. 2. I wish I had photographed every car I ever owned (past tense... hoping to never own another car :-) ) So we didn't want to start this journey and then say to ourselves "Wouldn't it have been great to record what we were thinking before we got started." So we just went for it. Thanks so much for getting in touch and for following our journey, really hope you enjoy it! Best wishes (Neil) & Sarah
@@2GoRoam Hello Neil and Sarah. Thankyou for the reply, we are so happy to be conversing with you both. Yes, we have the same thought process, let's start off by documenting our intentions, how we are preparing for our future adventures, and why we are doing this. Yes, document everything, it will be the best resource to use when your older and in a full stay at home chapter.
We see that you too are looking to document your travels. Really go for it, commit to it. It is a lot more work but unless you start you'll end up never picking up a camera. We wish we had started documenting our process even earlier! Looking forward to seeing you on TH-cam soonish! :-)
Hubby and I are about to early retire (6mths) and planning to travel also. Subscribed and excited to hear and see more 👍👊 Wishing you both every success ❤️
Great video. Looking forward to watching your videos about cost of living in different places. Our youngest child turns 18 later this year and I would love to start travelling more once she's an adult and when restrictions ease move to travel from Australia (where we live).
Hey Merridy! Looks like Australia is starting to open up which is wonderful. Are you thinking of traveling fulltime or take more relaxed longer holidays? Thanks for taking the time to get in touch. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
@@2GoRoam i dont think full time travel as i dont think my husband would like to be without a home base but a have one of those scratchy maps of the world and it would be nice to mark off some more countries
Congratulations this is awesome! Thank you for being open & honest about how to retire early & accomplish your goals. I just retired early & plan to travel often as well. I’m looking forward to following you both around the world & I wish you great success every step of the way.
Hey NaturalFitNurse, thanks so much for reaching out! Excited to see that you have done the same, we'll be checking out your channel as we see you are also doing Cost of Living stuff! Exciting times for us all! Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Thanks for sharing 🙂. I'll be following you guys. Planning to do the same in 7-9 years. Fingers crossed 🤞 for a positive Boris announcement. Keep posting
Hi Maria, that is exciting to hear that you are on the same journey! Hopefully we can make all the mistakes so that you don't have to :-) Yes, I have never been so interested in what Boris has to say. Let us know if there is anything that you would like to know about in our episodes before we head off onto our adventure 👍
Wow you guys are awesome. Well done. I’ve been binging on your videos today. When you do your budgets could put in a little comment about what the cost would be if you were solo/single as many people are. It’s def not a simple divide by 2, so it’s probably somewhere in the middle.
Hey, thanks for the kind words. As I said at the end of the video, I couldn't believe how much work it would take. We have some great ideas for future videos and fun content, if you have anything you'd like us to talk about, let me know :-)
@@2GoRoam Yes. Creating your own videos is very time consuming indeed. I have learnt a lot on this journey so far! I'll be sure to let you know any questions. For now, just waiting for the next video 🙌
Andrew, thanks for watching our videos! We really appreciate it :-) Thing is, we had a tent but sold it, otherwise that would have been an idea I would have considered lol! Best wishes, Neil & Sarah
@@2GoRoam we are just about 4 months in. Really just started the whole budgeting and tracking and just recently got exposed to FIRE. But my wife and I are now dialed in. Watching stories like yours is very motivating so I look forward to following your journey. We are open now as fas as plans but hoping for much travel later in our journey!
That is really cool to hear! Great that you are doing this as a team also. Please do stick around as our content is going to really change up when we hit the road. We are going to be doing a lot more on Cost of Living which I think you'll find particularly interesting. Sarah and I like to challenge ourselves and there are a few areas where we plan to do that. In fact, the video that is coming out on Saturday 13th March is all about one of those challenges :-) Thanks for getting in touch, we really appreciate it as we are a really young channel (if not young in years lol) Neil
Love the story guys! Great first video. I’m looking forward to listening to more. I am sure I can watch others to see how you are doing - hope you are doing great! 🥳
Hey TBI! Thanks for getting in touch. Yes we are now well on our journey and learning so much about ourselves. Thanks for taking the time to get in touch. We really appreciate it. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
@@2GoRoam looks class! I can’t wait to get to the same point in life. What you did is inspiring and a great advert for those pursuing FIRE in the UK. How long ago did you start your journey towards FIRE and has your FI number always been the same? I always get a little nervous about targeting a lower FIRE number (say ~£500k) but then I also consider that I will probably not completely retire and will likely try to do something to make some side income (e.g. if this TH-cam channel takes off).
Hey British Investor, Drop us a line to info@2goroam.com we can have a chat there. Also, see the video about being a Superman, you will like that. It has been a real journey but we would say that, really pursuing would be around 10 years. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
@@2GoRoam hi guys, I watched the superman video - really good. Great inspiration and I liked the underpants! 😆 I dropped you an email asking a few questions and giving a bit of discussion. See what you think. Cheers, TBI.
Neil and Sarah hats off 2 you both your a year in front of us, we are planning our venue now early-ish retirement ect. We have watched love your vlogs but on the TV and unable to comment. So I have on my phone subscribed and I'm sure Graham will also. All the best Amanda and Graham from teesside UK 😃 xx
Hey Amanda! Thanks for getting in touch from sunny Teesside! :-) Thanks so much for the kind comment, do come on this journey with us. If you have any questions at any time, just ask away! Best wishes Neil & Sarah
I love your videos! ❤ Thanks so much for sharing. My husband and I are in the process of doing the same. I am having a major hurdle of getting rid of everything! I love my "stuff" and it seems like an impossible feat to downsize to nearly nothing. Do you have any guidance or examples of what you went through, or how you did it? Thank you!
Hey Tiffany! Thanks for getting in touch and congratulations on doing something similar! Trust us when we say, you won't regret it... we were very attached to our stuff but it feels like a weight has been lifted when we don't have to worry about all that any more. We did do a video on how we downsized but it was one of our first videos so wasn't our best... we are too embarrassed to watch it again but if you can handle it, here is a link : th-cam.com/video/EvMQkRV4x04/w-d-xo.html Also there are a couple of really good documentaries on Netflix, the first is called Minimalism and the same guys made a follow up. Check those out, they will help motivate. Hope you are joining us on our channel as we travel the world and once again, congratulations on the downsizing! Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Awesome guys! Good to see some Brits getting FIRE content out there. Best of luck - hope you get the vaccine soon and can get on your way. I have 7 whole days left before I retire early - life is short, grab it while ya can!! 😁👍 i will be looking forward to living vicariously through you 😜
Hey Fiona! Thanks for the kind words. We love the word 'vicarious', that is literally what we have been doing on TH-cam for the last few years as we watched people travelling as the rain hit our window at home.... Sunday afternoons were our time to really live vicariously on TH-cam, as the creeping sunday night feeling built up, we would be watching people eating street food in Thailand or visiting historic locations in the Balkans. 7 days! Count them down Fiona and enjoy! :-)
❤One idea I love history so where ever you go find out the history of the area and show us areas of interest. Tip 2 If you have any helpful information or advice to share please don’t keep us waiting tell us straight away. Costing is a good idea, but the places of interest for me is the most important.
Do you have a rough budget of what you expect to spend per year? And do you have investments that you rely on to support this , or did you start your pensions early
Hi Amy, thanks for the message, we appreciate it. We think that the cost of living videos will be our most interesting content, we have a different slant we want to bring to it that will add some fun and peril along the way. Hope you like it :-)
Do YOU have children and grandchildren.? Will you allow a set amount of money to hold back incase or when, you want to stop travelling abroad any more and want or need, to settle in one place again ? Your idea is very interesting and we all need less than what we've got! Thankyou, Roberta Gardner
Hi Roberta, We do not have children no, we are cat people and our cat passed away last November which certainly accelerated our plan. Yes we are budgeting for now and for the future. We are planning to travel for 10 years but who knows that could be 5 or 50 :-) so we are planning for all eventualities. Thanks for getting in touch and your support. Best wishes Neil & Sarah
Hi Sarah & Neal, have been enjoying watching your journey and it's been a great learning experience. I would be interested to know if you had considered renting out your UK home as opposed to selling it and using that rental income to supplement your other income streams? If it is something you did consider would you mind sharing your thought process as to why you ultimately decided to sell? Thanks
Hey Neil and Sarah get out of that garden you sold the house LOL!! I'm so chuffed for you both!!! By the way if your looking for great advice on slow travel ,check out Vagabond Awake!!
Hi Andrew, We will check out Vagabond Awake, not come across that one so thanks for the tip. Haha could you imagine if we sold the house and then just camped in the back garden... that would be a great way to get famous (but save some money at the same time :-) ) Best wishes Neil (& Sarah)
Hi Philip, ahh that is really nice of you! Thanks for subscribing too, we have so many plans and are bursting with ideas. What we want more than anything is to be helpful and entertain, hopefully we'll manage both :-)
It takes Balls. To sell all your stuff and travel at your young age age. Good on you mate. Hope you find salvation through Jesus Christ on your journey. End of the world is coming very soon. With prayers 🙏
Just found you today, almost 3 years since you started. Good news for me is that you have continued the journey and now I will be able to binge watch to catch-up.
I now have 189 more videos to watch ty, I hope that pot of gold is still strong for you both.
We are currently 33% into our 10yr journey to F.I
Brilliant!
Look forward to following you guys along. 32 year old guy with wife and 3 kids who is also on the path to FI from Australia
Hey Steve!
FANTASTIC! So what what is your plan post-FI, are you going to be doing a lot of traveling or even consider nomadic living? I guess that is tricky with 3 kids too. Great to have you on board, you are VERY welcome to the party.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Great video guys! I have just found your channel via the YT algorithm. Brilliant idea to represent what British people can do with FIRE. I found MMM probably five years ago and unfortunately my family haven’t been on the same page but some more personal freedom beckons and I will be able to make my own decisions so no excuses! I’ve seen your most recent and it looks like the honesty is really there, so standing by to binge watch as much as possible. Thank you.
Awesome, thank you!
Just watched this video for the first time. Interesting to see your first thoughts on this channel. You guys have done a great job! This is definitely one of my favorite channels right now.
Hello from Seattle! We found you through the Retired Travelers and are looking forward to binging all your vid’s. I retired at 53 in Jan 2022 and we are trying to sell my husband’s business so we can both finally get on the road. Thanks for what you’re doing! Take care and blessings to you both
You're amazing leaving in the middle of a pandemic.
I left NZ 26 years ago, heading for Manchester and my Dad said the Arndale got bombed just as I checked in . I said I'll be OK.
I was only going for 4 years and stayed 20.. Did live in care. What an experience. The people I met, the places I went.
Yep I had health issues and my parents died. Sad I didn't have them to share it with. Retired back here 6 years ago.
All the best to you. You'll make it. You can always return home and live in a tiny house.
Saw you featured on Go With Less, nice launch video! We are excited to follow your journey and do something similar in the future. The FIRE nomad community seems pretty cool!
The FIRE community is the coolest eh! Everyone wanting to help each other and at the forefront of that help for us has been Tim & Amy from GoWithLess so we are following in their footsteps. Really pleased you enjoyed the video, it was actually a lot of fun to do that one first.
Thanks and best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Hey you guys - my wife Teresa and I are under 2 years from living your way! We love your videos and humor! I’m 62 later this year and will fully retire at 65 but have some awesome years leading up where I can travel, work and save money! If our health holds up - we are going to have the times of our lives, but in the meantime I’m living through you, even though we just
Came back from a 35 day pack packing trip through all parts of Europe and it was a blast! Just thought we would say hello!
Tom and Teresa
Hey Tom!
Very kind of you to say, we really appreciate it and you taking the time to comment. Love that you are heading onto the same journey, please do keep in touch, we may be able to meet you somewhere in this world of ours.
Best regards,
Neil & Sarah
@@2GoRoam Most definitely want to meet up! Here are a couple of laughs that we have in common: my mom made me a “home made” high school letterman’s jacket from one of her jackets as I couldn’t afford genuine one (but in all fairness, it was COOLER than the real (and super expensive ones) and I was one of the top athletes so it made it little easier. And Teresa is “in training” to get rid of all her purses, jewelry, and other “nonsense”. Thirdly, I love how all your trips lead to BEER!
Want to stay in touch here or swap emails or something?
Hi there, missed how old you are?
Great job! Love your vlog
We just came across you guys from (Snail Travelers) video who mentioned you. By curiosity we clicked on your names and couldn't stop ourselves from watching your first video. At first we thought you just might be like everyone else as the video started kind of slow, lol, but we kept watching and found that we had so many things in common. You have inspired and motivated us. We will certainly follow your journey and at some point connect. The thing we wanted to leave you with is this. As creatives ourselves, we noticed something very beautiful at the end of your video. As you both walked off to the (sunset) aka the right of the screen .... there was a young couple running in the background towards the left. It was just a brief moment but what a visual message of you walking towards the next chapter of your life while a young couple begins their journey, as you have done before. Can you spot it? Wishing you the best travels and that all your desires manifest as you dream. Cheers, Margie & Eduardo (yes just our 'For TH-cam Only' acct, lol)
Hey For TH-cam!
You are most welcome around these parts! How cool you found us through our friends the Snail Travelers! We are having a video call with those two this weekend and we can't wait.
You really must keep in touch, you sounds a very cool couple and you made us go back to that first video (awful isn't it? lol) and we saw those two running at the end of the video, that was indeed very poetic, thank you for pointing it out.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
BRAVO Sarah and Neal! Congratulations! Kurt n I decided to do exactly what you both are embarking on. Our FIRE pays for our travels, living and misc costs. We are fortunate in not having had to sell our home as we need to return home for two months in the year for business purposes. Also, we're Self Funded Retirees, ie not Government reliant on a pension. Travelling like this was always our plan well before we decided to retire. I gave up working in my 40's and Kurt at 63. We were always consistent and disciplined financial planners and, I believe, this is where our forte lay to stand us in good stead. You are both going to have a great time. There will be some worrying times to face but you will be amazed by the assistance you receive. We wish you happy trails and all the very best on your journeys ahead.
Hey you two, love this debut video and look forward to more!
Hey! Thank you so much. Over the moon that you two loved it. You have been a huge inspiration to us! (i.e. if it doesn't go well, we know who to blame :-) )
Yes Our Freedom Years has been a great inspiration to us as well, love the idea of “slow travel” getting to experience a place for more than a few days.
Watched the latest bucket video so seems natural to start at ground zero - first video.
Wow! That video is our worst lol... good luck 😃
@@2GoRoam Now on "4 Uncomfortable Facts 3 Years into Retirement" so I am sure you will reflect on those 3 years, then I can visit Mexico with you. Best wishes
Great video Neil & Sarah, I saw you mention your TH-cam series on the Facebook UK FIRE group, so thought I’d take a look. I was somewhat surprised when you mentioned Alsager as I live nearby (Congleton). Will be really interested to see how you get on and ask the amazing things you find on your travels. You mentioned you’ve never been to Asia - I hadn’t until a few years ago and then went to Vietnam and it blew my mind. Definitely a region you should consider visiting soon!
Hey Mark!
We are thinking of South East Asia at the moment in fact so you may find we are there sooner rather than later!
Congleton! We love Congleton, a lovely little town and we absolutely loved living in Alsager, all around that part of Cheshire is just incredible. We think in fact that in all the UK, around there is the only real place we miss. Good honest people.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
I like your idea of providing detailed costs of places you are going. You're on the right track so to speak.
Hey Robert!
You have mentioned this on a particularly momentous day! Check our video that comes out today (Wednesday), that has been LONG in this planning and the first in a series on the subject of travel and costs.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
New subscriber👍Excellent and smart idea .I am very apreciate yours Work and thsnk you So very much for the precious informations from the world 🌹
Sorry about my eanglish 😀
I just found you guys and I’m binge watching your journey! Subscribed.
Inspirational guys. I really enjoyed meeting you in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. You did it. You continue to do it. Congratulations!!
Hey Warren!
You are an inspiration too! Our strapline is "Living our Best Life", we think you might well be doing the same. Thanks for everything while we have been in San Miguel de Allende, you and all your friends elevated this experience to a whole new level.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
First off massive congratulations. You two are an inspiration. We started watching some of your later vlogs and thought, no, these guys are like us and have a similar outlook to us. This is what we want to do (in a fashion!) - so we’ve come back to Vlog one and are going to work our way through your entire library! We are longing to make the shift to working online only and being able to be free to travel where we want. We can’t wait to follow your adventures. Cheers 🍻 love Wills and Rach x
Well, after discovering your videos not too long ago and watching some of your MX videos --I always enjoy going back to the first one to find out how it all started--it takes a willingness to admit that life is short and courage to give up everything and say -what the heck are we going to do to get the most out of it?! I love what you're both doing and it's always exciting to me when someone gets out of their comfort zone and interacts with the world around them. I am excited to hear about all your travels. I'm learning so many new things about travel, finance, and fun! Retiring early has always been on my radar and so I am looking forward to enjoying your journey. One of the things I'll be interested to learn is if you will just keep traveling or will take a break to go home to visit family/friends throughout the ten years of travel you are planning and the pros/cons of constant travel.
Hi Cindie, great to have you on board!
Thank you for your comment, we are over the moon that you have found us and are enjoying our videos, comments like this mean the world to us :-)
Yes, we will be travelling back home to visit family and friends so plan to spend 1 month a year back in the UK (unless we need to be there longer of course!). Cons to long term travel - we obviously miss family and friends very much and 'admin' - things are so much more difficult when you're abroad than in our home country. Pros - well, there is never a dull moment, always something new and exciting to learn about ourselves and of course, meeting new people from around the world, we are amazed just how many friends you can make, chance meetings with people leading to potential long term relationships.
We so happy that you have joined our journey, we hope you enjoy!
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
I’m here for it! I’ll be following…Our plan is to leave the US to slow travel with home base in Mexico and explore the beauty of the country and neighboring countries and beyond for a few years.
Hi Karen, great to have you on board! :-) Welcome!
What we have seen of Mexico so far is so beautiful and the people here are very welcoming. We are loving it. We hope we can provide you with some inspiration for when you start to plan your exciting travels.
Thank you so much for getting in touch, we appreciate it.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
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We’re planning to do the same. Putting our house on the market in September! Looking forward to following along.
Hi Cindy,
That is fabulous to hear! Really it is. We get most excited when we hear of other people going on the same journey as us! We are really excited for you.
Hope you enjoy living vicariously through us as you start to get your own plan together. Please keep in touch, we are excited to hear your plans sometime in the future.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Great video guys! Very moving and inspiring.
Nicely done. It takes a lots of guts to make that big decision. Good for you.
Hey Robert!
HUGE decision but it was important that we were both on the same page. We haven't looked back.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Wow travel has suit you well. I saw a few of your more recent videos and now I'm at the first one. It is interesting how much more relax you look on your later videos. clearly your new life is bringing the best out of you and you are now living indeed your best life.😎
Great to have this available. Well done for what is a big, bold decision. I will be watching with interest and envy! Stay safe!
Hi Ian, thanks so much! It's been a huge decision that we answered is small chunks along the way so in breaking it down, when we got to it, the decision seemed obvious. Hope that makes sense :-)
Hi Neil and Sarah, love watching your video's, find them so refreshing, good luck on your life's journey.
Hey Gary!
Thank you so much! We really appreciate that, it is difficult to know if our slightly off kilter presentation is actually interesting to others, so thank you!
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Brilliant first video. Felt like we were right there with you. Sounds like your planned content is going to be interesting. Looking forward to what is next.
We can't wait to get started properly. Thanks for the great feedback!
I saw two of your videos before watching your very first one. I have a lot of questions but you answered most of them. Great videos. Thanks.
Nice and honest video that we have just discovered, well done! We will follow you from now on, from Hong Kong….hoping that you can visit our great city one day! Cheers
Welcome aboard!
Felicidades ! Los esperamos ! Two good souls !
Mucho Gracias!!!!! Appreciate your kind words!
Massive well done guys, I rushed my wife out of the kitchen into the lounge at 7am while she was eating her toast and drinking coffee and said come and watch this.. being from the UK originally myself I connected with you straight away. I cannot wait for you to post future videos! Brilliant :) Regards, Dave G
Hi Dave, that is fantastic to hear... although your wife might not have been so excited to have her morning disrupted :-)
We can't wait to get our videos out too, so much to say and share. Exciting times!
I love your channel. I can already tell you I’ll be binge watching!
Hey Tom!
And we love you for enjoying them. Unlike Star Wars... we actually get better the longer the series goes on, hope you enjoy :-)
Sorry for the delay in replying, we have been traveling the past few days.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Just found your channel, amazing content. Can’t wait to watch all your videos
You're doing great!
Hi Anna,
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it... we are heading over to check out your channel, sounds interesting and certainly something that we can learn from!
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Great video! I’m interested in food and pastries in different parts of the world so I’m looking forward to your videos!
Felicia, Food and Pastries are my specialist subject! Sarah's specialist subject is in trying to keep me away from Pastries lol. We think that our videos will be slightly different to the norm, really hope you enjoy the journey with us :-)
Thanks for the message and getting in touch!
Neil & Sarah
This is a brilliant first video. You obviously know how to make a short film.
You are my people. We are planning to do the same so I’m looking forward to your advice and information. Nicely done video!
Great! Thanks Erin. We have used so many TH-cam videos over the years to learn what we want to do so we're now feeling it is time to pay it forward with our own. So please do learn through us as we're sure we'll make plenty of mistakes :-)
It's good that you are both totally committed to this.
Hey Chris!
We are both 'ALL IN' indeed and are loving it so far. Thanks so much for taking the time to drop a message. Hope you are coming on this journey with us!
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
When you talk about experiences it reminds me of our trip to Italy 5 years ago. We are from Canada, and this was a bucket list trip. On our last full day in Rome, we were inside the Vatican waiting while my husband went to get holy water to bring home to his mom. My son - who was 12 at the time- threw his arms around my neck and said “thank you so much for this amazing trip”. I still well up thinking about it. We have always been about experiences, but at that moment I knew for certain we did the right thing.
Beat of luck on your travels! I am looking forward to following along!
Hey Joanne!
You sum it up perfectly... collect the memories not the things. We are doing that and loving it, there is nothing that we want or need that we don't have with us on the road.
Excited that you are on this journey with us. We really hope you enjoy it!
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Thank you for making this video and for spreading the word of slow
travel. It's appreciated. Let's hope it won't be too long before we can
slow travel again.
Hello and thanks for getting in touch! We think that before you really investigate slow travel it sounds so scary (and expensive), it's only when you properly investigate that you find it is neither of those things. Have you been slow travelling for long?
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
You guys are inspiring. I hope I can do what you guys do. :)
So glad my wife and I found your channel, we are wanting to do the same thing, sell all our stuff and “slow travel” the world and we are about 5 years away from realizing that goal. Travel and experiencing new cultures is exactly what we want to do in retirement. Looking forward to your travel experiences once you are able to.
Hi Mark, that is great to hear. Very excited that you are a few years behind us, as that means you can watch what we do and not make the same mistakes that we do. There will be many I am sure!
We recommend having a bit notepad handy when watching this kind of video on TH-cam as there will be so many ideas and places to note down in the moment. You will be amazed how much you forget!
Thanks for coming on the journey with us, hope you enjoy it. Keep in touch!
@@2GoRoam my wife is the note taker/planner and we watch your videos together. By the way I fully expect there to be mistakes, if you are not making mistakes you not living a life worth living! Cheers to you both.
Mark, you think the same way as us! The more you try the more mistakes you make and importantly, the more you grow!
Hope you enjoy the journey. Keep in touch!
Neil & Sarah
I absolutely love this honesty.
Well done, I’m very excited for you both 🥂👍
Cheers Brian! Hope you stick around for the ride, goodness knows where we will take it. But I know you and I think very much alike on many things so I am sure you will be feeling our successes and pains along the way :-)
Just found your channel and am looking forward to following your journeys. My wife and I are looking to start this adventure ourselves soon!! Cheers from Canada.
Hey Overworkin!
Hoping to make that Underworkin sometime soon! Sounds great! Fantastic that you found us! If you are looking to do the same hopefully we can help by showing that two people that are fairly clueless about travel can do pretty good. If we can do it.... :-)
Do keep in touch!
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Look forward to running into you both some day and having a bevy🥳😎
Well done both of you, looking forward to following your adventures 😉😎👍🏻
Hi Phil,
Welcome on board. We really hope you enjoy the journey. It will be all about Entertainment, information and Cost of Living.
Appreciate you reach out.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Loved this introductory video and why, how, and when. Good luck and glad to have found your channel. We are planning something similar just trying to "get our ducks in a row"
Hey Finneys!
Fantastic! We were in your position of getting the ducks in a row and at that time, the future plans don't seem real. But one day, this will be you and we gotta tell you. It is amazing, we regret NOTHING.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Great video guys! I'm looking forward to following along with you on your journey. My husband and I debated doing the same, but have decided it was best for us to put down roots and travel from a home base instead. He's from the UK and I'm from Canada so by moving to Canada we were able to retire early too (almost 2 years ago) and we're really enjoying it. We're just anxious to get out travelling again!
P.S. My husband overheard me watching this video and he said he'd like to hear when you get Belgian buns. He says they are delicious! :-)
Hi Stacey, Your husband sounds like he knows his buns, so be sure to tell him once we get into the bun recording process!
Interesting that you have considered the same, I know it is something to toss up really, whether to retain a home base. We are sure that in the not too distant future we will wish we had 'home' to go to, but at the same time we are excited to see how we manage that feeling.
Congratulations on the retirement and I hope you both get out travelling again very soon!
best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Way to go you two......., I am looking forward to seeing your adventures. My husband and I love travelling and looking at places people have been to, it gives us inspiration. Wishing you every success to your future. X
Hi Janet, you sound very similar to us. We actually stopped our Sky TV subscription a few years ago as we loved watched the travels that people undertook on TH-cam, real people having real challenges. Then working out if they were in places that we would like to visit.
Little tip from us, keep a notepad by when watching TH-cam videos on travel, you'll be amazed at how much you forget as you move onto the next one. Taking notes of where people stayed or restaurants they visited. Really helps when putting an itinerary together.
Thanks so much for getting in touch, we really appreciate it.
Neil & Sarah
Congrats. Look forward to seeing the details. Enjoy.
Hi Simon, thank you! The details are on their way. In our second video we speak more about the extreme downsizing. We will now be pivoting our videos towards the financial elements of what we did to reach FIRE or Financial Independence.
If there is anything specific you want to see, let us know :-)
I'm so happy to find this video! My husband and I would like to do the same thing. I look forward to following your adventures - best wishes! : )
Hi Mel, thanks for getting in touch! We are excited for you, we remember that stage as we started to investigate this process, it was a nightmare trying to find people as they went through the transition and then starting their life of travel. We hope you enjoy the ride! Keep in touch!
Thank you for doing this. Real experience, given generously and honestly. Not just ideas or theory. Subscribed!
Thanks so much! This kind of feedback is great when we are so new to this and so pleased to hear that you are hearing it the way it is meant. Our plan going into this was, 'What kind of channel would we liked to have followed 12 years ago when we started our journey?' and that is what we are trying to create, a space where people can see their future if they put in the right work.
If you have any views on what you would like to hear about, either our plans for the future or our journey to FI, that would really help us get the content on point.
Thanks again.
@@2GoRoam Honestly, the longer, and more deeply, you can be you, the better as far as I am concerned. Of course the temptations of chasing the algorithm and views will be there, and who am I to say what you should and shouldn't do! :)
Good to go back and watch early vlogs! What video editing software do you use and what was your learning curve like?? We are on week 1 and trying to decide if we should dive deeper into a professional type or play with some basic editors like Power Direct or similar for awhile... 🤔 Currently trying to figure out Divinci Resolve and it is a LOT to learn but trying not to get too frustrated. Hope ya'll are safe and having fun 🌎 John & Teri
Thank you! Can’t wait to hear and learn more.
Hi Noelle, thanks so much. We have a huge list of content ideas and we are exciting for how it turns out. Hope you have had a chance to look at the others that we have uploaded so far. Really appreciate the comment, you don't know how much that means to a tiny channel like ours.
Hi there. We have just found your channel and have watched a few of your most recent videos. We have one question which you may have already answered in other videos. What will you do and where will you live once you have finished your big adventure? You did mention that you sold your house. We are curious to know. Cheers and all the best for your travels and your vlog.
Found you two from a search of travelling for a year, but not 10.
4 years ago I would my house to live in Soho London for a year, now 4 years on I’m planning a year away.
Great that your a Town fan, been going since my dad took me to Wembley in 1969.
Even got a season ticket this season, first time in over 15 years.
Trevor
Hey Trevor!
Welcome! Very pleased that you found our channel and we hope you can learn some useful insights from us whilst planning your trip away. Sounds very exciting - where are you planning to visit?
A fellow Swindon fan, that's fantastic! My (Neil) first game was against Carlisle in 1979 which ended in a 0-0 draw, I was hooked :-) It's amazing the magic that being a football fan can bring eh.
Thanks for following along on our journey!
best wishes
Neil & Sarah
My wife came across your channel yesterday. And we watched your first video. You are so naive (😂). COVID seems so long ago.
We plan on watching every single one of your videos.
We are looking forward to seeing your collective progression.
Best from Canada! 🇨🇦
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Hi guys. I will be following you as I have similar goals and it is sooo scary at the same time. Why Porto in the video thumbnail?
Hi Eduarda! That's exactly why we set the channel up, that if we are in a position to help others that are a year or two behind us in not making the mistakes we do, then that is all good with us :-)
Porto, well that was because at that time we had flights booked and 2 months in an Airbnb in Porto but sadly it all fell through. We love Porto, such a wonderful City.
Thanks for getting in touch, we appreciate it.
Sarah & Neil
Hello from the Outback of Australia. Well done on having the guts to start your own social media journey whilst travelling fulltime. We look forward to seeing your content each week. We've subscribed and hit the alarm bell! All the best to you both 😀
WOW! We have reached the Australian Outback?! It was fun to start the TH-cam channel right at the start. I've lost count over the years of the number of times I wished I had started something earlier. Some examples:
1. I wish I had kept every ticket stub from all the gigs I'd ever been to.
2. I wish I had photographed every car I ever owned (past tense... hoping to never own another car :-) )
So we didn't want to start this journey and then say to ourselves "Wouldn't it have been great to record what we were thinking before we got started." So we just went for it.
Thanks so much for getting in touch and for following our journey, really hope you enjoy it!
Best wishes
(Neil) & Sarah
@@2GoRoam Hello Neil and Sarah. Thankyou for the reply, we are so happy to be conversing with you both. Yes, we have the same thought process, let's start off by documenting our intentions, how we are preparing for our future adventures, and why we are doing this. Yes, document everything, it will be the best resource to use when your older and in a full stay at home chapter.
We see that you too are looking to document your travels. Really go for it, commit to it. It is a lot more work but unless you start you'll end up never picking up a camera. We wish we had started documenting our process even earlier! Looking forward to seeing you on TH-cam soonish! :-)
@@2GoRoam thankyou Neil and Sarah. We will get something out, by Christmas 😅😅😅
Love this so much!
Hey Sarah!
Great, so pleased to hear that. We hope that you enjoy following us on our journey!
Welcome on board!
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Hubby and I are about to early retire (6mths) and planning to travel also.
Subscribed and excited to hear and see more 👍👊
Wishing you both every success ❤️
Bravo! I've watched so many of your videos before seeing this one. Spoiler alert: you're doing it!
Great informative vlog. We're 2 years away from doing this but not selling the house. (Renting it out)
Great video. Looking forward to watching your videos about cost of living in different places. Our youngest child turns 18 later this year and I would love to start travelling more once she's an adult and when restrictions ease move to travel from Australia (where we live).
Hey Merridy!
Looks like Australia is starting to open up which is wonderful. Are you thinking of traveling fulltime or take more relaxed longer holidays?
Thanks for taking the time to get in touch.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
@@2GoRoam i dont think full time travel as i dont think my husband would like to be without a home base but a have one of those scratchy maps of the world and it would be nice to mark off some more countries
Great video guys. Inspiring points. I subscribed. Looking forward to following your experience in future episodes. Well done! :-)
Hi Steve, Thanks so much for the comment! We are still small and growing so this kind of feedback is fantastic!
Congratulations this is awesome! Thank you for being open & honest about how to retire early & accomplish your goals. I just retired early & plan to travel often as well. I’m looking forward to following you both around the world & I wish you great success every step of the way.
Hey NaturalFitNurse, thanks so much for reaching out! Excited to see that you have done the same, we'll be checking out your channel as we see you are also doing Cost of Living stuff!
Exciting times for us all!
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Fantastic content
Thanks for sharing 🙂. I'll be following you guys. Planning to do the same in 7-9 years. Fingers crossed 🤞 for a positive Boris announcement. Keep posting
Hi Maria, that is exciting to hear that you are on the same journey! Hopefully we can make all the mistakes so that you don't have to :-)
Yes, I have never been so interested in what Boris has to say. Let us know if there is anything that you would like to know about in our episodes before we head off onto our adventure 👍
Wow you guys are awesome. Well done. I’ve been binging on your videos today. When you do your budgets could put in a little comment about what the cost would be if you were solo/single as many people are. It’s def not a simple divide by 2, so it’s probably somewhere in the middle.
Loved everything about this. So excited for you both. XO
Ahhh Melissa! Thank you, we are pretty excited too. We look forward to seeing you on our travels soon! x
Congratulations on your early retirement 🎊🎉 Very cleverly crafted and scripted. Looking forward to further episodes. Keep up the good work 🙌
Hey, thanks for the kind words. As I said at the end of the video, I couldn't believe how much work it would take. We have some great ideas for future videos and fun content, if you have anything you'd like us to talk about, let me know :-)
@@2GoRoam Yes. Creating your own videos is very time consuming indeed. I have learnt a lot on this journey so far! I'll be sure to let you know any questions. For now, just waiting for the next video 🙌
Love your channel 💗
Hey Gladys!
Thank you!!!! That video seems an age ago, but it was only 7 months! Hope you enjoy the videos to come.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Watched your video to the end and so it's your Mum's house.OK you can stay in the garden!!!
Andrew, thanks for watching our videos! We really appreciate it :-) Thing is, we had a tent but sold it, otherwise that would have been an idea I would have considered lol!
Best wishes,
Neil & Sarah
We are on the same path. Look forward to following your journey!
Hi Christian, where are you on your journey? Have you started travelling or are you yet to head out on the road?
Hope you enjoy what we have to come!
@@2GoRoam we are just about 4 months in. Really just started the whole budgeting and tracking and just recently got exposed to FIRE. But my wife and I are now dialed in. Watching stories like yours is very motivating so I look forward to following your journey. We are open now as fas as plans but hoping for much travel later in our journey!
That is really cool to hear! Great that you are doing this as a team also. Please do stick around as our content is going to really change up when we hit the road. We are going to be doing a lot more on Cost of Living which I think you'll find particularly interesting. Sarah and I like to challenge ourselves and there are a few areas where we plan to do that. In fact, the video that is coming out on Saturday 13th March is all about one of those challenges :-)
Thanks for getting in touch, we really appreciate it as we are a really young channel (if not young in years lol)
Neil
Love the story guys! Great first video. I’m looking forward to listening to more. I am sure I can watch others to see how you are doing - hope you are doing great! 🥳
Hey TBI!
Thanks for getting in touch. Yes we are now well on our journey and learning so much about ourselves. Thanks for taking the time to get in touch. We really appreciate it.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
@@2GoRoam looks class! I can’t wait to get to the same point in life. What you did is inspiring and a great advert for those pursuing FIRE in the UK.
How long ago did you start your journey towards FIRE and has your FI number always been the same? I always get a little nervous about targeting a lower FIRE number (say ~£500k) but then I also consider that I will probably not completely retire and will likely try to do something to make some side income (e.g. if this TH-cam channel takes off).
Hey British Investor,
Drop us a line to info@2goroam.com we can have a chat there. Also, see the video about being a Superman, you will like that. It has been a real journey but we would say that, really pursuing would be around 10 years.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
@@2GoRoam hi guys, I watched the superman video - really good. Great inspiration and I liked the underpants! 😆
I dropped you an email asking a few questions and giving a bit of discussion. See what you think.
Cheers,
TBI.
Neil and Sarah hats off 2 you both your a year in front of us, we are planning our venue now early-ish retirement ect. We have watched love your vlogs but on the TV and unable to comment. So I have on my phone subscribed and I'm sure Graham will also. All the best Amanda and Graham from teesside UK 😃 xx
Hey Amanda!
Thanks for getting in touch from sunny Teesside! :-) Thanks so much for the kind comment, do come on this journey with us. If you have any questions at any time, just ask away!
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Hi, did you put some money aside for housing after your 10 years of travel? Do you breakdown the financial figures more in future videos? Thanks x
Love it
Congratulations on your first video! Brilliant!
Hey Gretchen! Thanks for the positive comment... Our first EVER comment on TH-cam! :-)
I love your videos! ❤ Thanks so much for sharing. My husband and I are in the process of doing the same. I am having a major hurdle of getting rid of everything! I love my "stuff" and it seems like an impossible feat to downsize to nearly nothing. Do you have any guidance or examples of what you went through, or how you did it? Thank you!
Hey Tiffany!
Thanks for getting in touch and congratulations on doing something similar! Trust us when we say, you won't regret it... we were very attached to our stuff but it feels like a weight has been lifted when we don't have to worry about all that any more.
We did do a video on how we downsized but it was one of our first videos so wasn't our best... we are too embarrassed to watch it again but if you can handle it, here is a link :
th-cam.com/video/EvMQkRV4x04/w-d-xo.html
Also there are a couple of really good documentaries on Netflix, the first is called Minimalism and the same guys made a follow up. Check those out, they will help motivate.
Hope you are joining us on our channel as we travel the world and once again, congratulations on the downsizing!
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Looking forward to more videos! Congratulations!
Hey ahajacobs1967, thanks so much. We are putting the final touches to the second one at the moment. Hope you enjoy when we get it uploaded :-)
Awesome guys! Good to see some Brits getting FIRE content out there. Best of luck - hope you get the vaccine soon and can get on your way. I have 7 whole days left before I retire early - life is short, grab it while ya can!! 😁👍 i will be looking forward to living vicariously through you 😜
Hey Fiona! Thanks for the kind words. We love the word 'vicarious', that is literally what we have been doing on TH-cam for the last few years as we watched people travelling as the rain hit our window at home.... Sunday afternoons were our time to really live vicariously on TH-cam, as the creeping sunday night feeling built up, we would be watching people eating street food in Thailand or visiting historic locations in the Balkans.
7 days! Count them down Fiona and enjoy! :-)
Excellent job!
Scott! Thanks so much, coming from a professional that's amazing. Appreciate it!
❤One idea I love history so where ever you go find out the history of the area and show us areas of interest. Tip 2 If you have any helpful information or advice to share please don’t keep us waiting tell us straight away. Costing is a good idea, but the places of interest for me is the most important.
Hmmm - this promises to be one heck-of-a-ride. U seem to have it all covered, but we'll see..
Do you have a rough budget of what you expect to spend per year? And do you have investments that you rely on to support this , or did you start your pensions early
Congratulations, great effort
Thanks Tony! Appreciate it, hope you stick around to see our journey :-)
Congratulations! Looking forward to the cost of living videos.
Hi Amy, thanks for the message, we appreciate it. We think that the cost of living videos will be our most interesting content, we have a different slant we want to bring to it that will add some fun and peril along the way. Hope you like it :-)
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Do YOU have children and grandchildren.? Will you allow a set amount of money to hold back incase or when, you want to stop travelling abroad any more and want or need, to settle in one place again ?
Your idea is very interesting and we all need less than what we've got!
Thankyou, Roberta Gardner
Hi Roberta,
We do not have children no, we are cat people and our cat passed away last November which certainly accelerated our plan. Yes we are budgeting for now and for the future. We are planning to travel for 10 years but who knows that could be 5 or 50 :-) so we are planning for all eventualities. Thanks for getting in touch and your support.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Hi Sarah & Neal, have been enjoying watching your journey and it's been a great learning experience. I would be interested to know if you had considered renting out your UK home as opposed to selling it and using that rental income to supplement your other income streams? If it is something you did consider would you mind sharing your thought process as to why you ultimately decided to sell? Thanks
Hey Neil and Sarah get out of that garden you sold the house LOL!! I'm so chuffed for you both!!! By the way if your looking for great advice on slow travel ,check out Vagabond Awake!!
Hi Andrew,
We will check out Vagabond Awake, not come across that one so thanks for the tip.
Haha could you imagine if we sold the house and then just camped in the back garden... that would be a great way to get famous (but save some money at the same time :-) )
Best wishes
Neil (& Sarah)
Did you sell your vehicles as well?
Hey Julie,
Indeed we did! We own very little now! Not even enough to put in a storage unit and it feels great!!!
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
Loved it and congratulations! Welcome to the crazy world of TH-cam 😊 ps cinnamon bun prices please
Thanks Ryan, to be honest I am a Cinnamon bun man myself too, so please do not be concerned... ;-)
Thanks for the kind words, we really appreciate it.
I like you guys already. I’ve hit the subscribe button 👍🏻
Hi Philip, ahh that is really nice of you! Thanks for subscribing too, we have so many plans and are bursting with ideas. What we want more than anything is to be helpful and entertain, hopefully we'll manage both :-)
Within 6 weeks because it was what you were meant to do 💫
Hey Aquarella!
Thank you so much, very kind comment and welcome onto the journey with us.
Best wishes
Neil & Sarah
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It takes Balls. To sell all your stuff and travel at your young age age. Good on you mate. Hope you find salvation through Jesus Christ on your journey. End of the world is coming very soon. With prayers 🙏