How To Save Money Travel Tips - Travel Hacks For Everyone
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Travel hacks you might not know, how to save money with travel car rentals and essential travel insurance. Save money on rental cars with our top tips. Rent from small regional rental car agencies and negociate for long term rental, cheaper prices are available.
Use your credit card for extra coverage from car rental insurance to travel medical insurance, save by buying a yearly travel policy.
Don't buy trip insurance per trip you will be paying too much.
Thanks for watching our top travel tips on how to save money with car rentals, car rental insurance and travel medical insurance all essential for traveling today.
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I'm a single American and I'm learning so many hacks for retirement and travel from this channel. Although I'm not retirement age, the information is on point. At least someone is out there doing their homework, instead of being scared of their own shadows and stuck inside all day as arm chair travelers. 👏🏾
Thanks so much for watching, glad you are getting something from our video.
I agree! Tina and Norm are delightful to watch and their content is so informative!👍
@@MagentaOtterTravels Thank you 🇨🇦🇺🇸
The pandemic hit me hard. I got covid twice, once severely, and the second Omicron strain less severely but I was still recovering from the first case. Then my long time employer eliminated my job. Up to this time I'd lived a charmed life with robust health and a successful career. Well today was my 66th birthday and I finally feel great as my heath has recovered and my years of saving and investing have paid off. I'm debt free and have an income equal to what I made on my prior job. And I've moved beyond my identity being tied to what I did for a living. I've also completed my estate planning and investment strategy, dotting my eye's and crossing my tees, so to speak. I'm part way through "Swedish death cleaning" and now planning my first trip to Portugal.
I want to thank you, Tina and Norm. Your advise and example have really helped me is so many ways. I began watching your videos while I was still sick with covid. Your advise gave me something to focus on while I was recovering. I hope I bump into you sometime in the Algarve. Best wishes for safe travels, good health, and continuing prosperity.
Thanks so much for a very kind comment, it really encourages us to continue. We are so sorry you caught covid and your employer making you redundant. Happy Birthday and we wish you good health, if you see us in the Algarve say hi!
I'm 50 and feel really financially unprepared for this next phase in life. Your videos are encouraging and help me feel less overwhelmed by it all. Thank you.
We are glad you think so, explore what your government pensions are on track for by logging onto service Canada website. It may help.
Thanks, but I'm in the US. I don't know how our Social Security system compares but I've seen many bloggers here claim that the average monthly SS amount is about $1500 month US. Currently full retirement age here is 67. Of course, by the time I reach that they may have increased the age and reduced the pay even further. Even so, I find your videos reassuring. Each one gives me some insight and new possibilities to consider.
It looks like you can take SS at 62 in the USA 🇺🇸, thanks for watching have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
The thoughts of having no out of Country medical coverage , scares me !
Us too!
When we are in Europe for extended periods and are going to be driving a lot we do a short term lease through Peugeot or Citroën. You save money and avoid insurance hassles. You get full comprehensive insurance, with no deductible and no extra charges for CDW or LDW. It' the best if you are going to be there more than 21 days.
Interesting. Can you give more details on this process? Is that done through a dealership?
Heh Annie hope you are well thanks so much for you comments
I traveled on a plane for the first time since the pandemic recently from Edmonton to Toronto and was surprised that both outbound and return flights were almost full. I had to travel for work and even though I am double vaccinated, I was hesitant.
When I returned just over a week ago, I started to feel ill about 24 hours later so I self isolated. I live alone and hadn't visited anyone when I got back. Symptoms got worse so I booked a test and found out I am positive for covid. My symtoms started a week ago last Saturday and it basically felt like a normal cold. I am almost symptom free now but it just goes to show with these new variants, you can still get Covid despite being vaccinated.
My advice is to stay away from planes and public transport until these variant cases have dropped off considerably again.
Everyone stay safe and have a good weekend
We hope you are feeling better, this is why we are not traveling even with 2 shots, stay safe and well.
Being vaccinated protects you from severe attacks of Covid-19. As you experienced yourself, the symptoms are flu like and unpleasant but no longer deadly. We ( Netherlands) now have as of yesterday let the distance rule go. Still masks in public transport. We are asked to 'be safe' be careful, be sensible' while we find our way living with Covid. There is a light burning somewhere at the end of that tunnel. 🙏 🇳🇱🙋🇳🇿
Glad it was mild for you. Now you have acquired immunity when the vaccine immunity wears off.
How interesting. Your videos are always so good. I get to learn something every time I stop by. Thanks for sharing. 😎
We are happy to hear that!
Another great bit of advice! Thank you. Safe travels!
Thanks, you too!
This will come in jolly handy for my trip of dreams around Portugal!
Glad you found it helpful we too are missing Portugal 🇵🇹, have an awesome weekend Cheers 🍷🏴🍺🇨🇦
Great points! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
must add that we who have 3 children and come from cold Sweden, this is a wonderful place to live in during the cold seasons. We thrive very well here.
It is good to escape Northern winters of cold and darkness, The Algarve with those days of vivid blue skies and sun are so uplifting. Thanks for watching our video.
Great advice you two! We have done a lot of travelling and all of your tips are things we have also learned, especially about local rental cars. We’ve always found the service better too.
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it have a great week Cheers 🍷🍁🍺🌽
Great tip about the rental car contracts!! We didn’t know that!
The local agencies will negotiate and “bend the rules” lol
Great advice as usual Norm and Tina!! 👌❤️
Our pleasure! enjoy your weekend Cheers 🍺🌺🍷
I've been getting my travel itch scratched by watching a young You Tube family, vanandapram, travel around the UK. Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, Scotland... all gorgeous. I think they have been on the road for about a year. Still only have less than 4 thousand subscribers but I have found them delightful.
That’s great glad it makes you happy thanks for watching have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Great topic!! great tips. Yes the weekends come fast and the 5 year mark come FAST too! ~ Brad and Diana
Yes time fly’s in retirement
Happy to hear your travel tips!! With travel becoming more costly,it's nice to be able to save a few dollars here and there!!
Thanks😊🍁🍂
It is thanks for watching, have a nice weekend.
Thank you so much for the tips on the car rentals and health insurance! It’s easy to pay full price, you provided lots of options. 👍
Thanks for watching glad you found it helpful have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🍺🌺
Love your videos, thanks. Hello from Suffolk in the UK
Glad you like them! enjoy your weekend Cheers 🍷🇬🇧🍺🇨🇦
Great tips sledgehammered that like button stay safe awesome and blessed enjoyed and shared
Much appreciated
Good to see you again guys. Yea that did seem to fly by. Take care guys. Cheers!!!
Thanks for watching every week seems to fly by LOL 😂😂enjoy your weekend Cheers 🌺🍺🍷
Topic suggestion…. Pros and cons of living in an age diverse community vs a 55+ community. Thanks!
Our Chase Sapphire Visa gives us travel insurance at no additional cost when travel is purchased with the card.
Thanks for the suggestion, on your travel insurance with Chase are there any age restrictions 🧐have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🍺🌺
Great topic and video :) I'm also in Ontario Canada and used to go on regular shopping trips with my friends to the US. I bought myself a yearly travel insurance policy from CAA and it was great! it wasn't expensive at all and gave me that peace of mind when we went on these weekend excursions. I think I also used CAA insurance for going to Ireland and Hawaii 10 years ago. It pays to shop around and read that fine print too.
Sounds great yes we are missing our trips nipping over to the USA 🇺🇸 Cheers 🍁
We’ll Drat! I was sitting down today to solidify our Portuguese winter travel and you drop this insurance/travel advisory on me! Looks like I’d better start with that question to my normal insurance provider.
It would make sense to get professional advice, good luck!
Thank you Tina Norm for excellent practical advise you share. few weeks ago i thought you were going to suggest to viewers to jump on planes and fly. So happy to hear you say today you still exercising prudent caution at this time. Feel same way. Thank you for balanced thinking.
You are so welcome enjoy your weekend Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Sure enjoy your videos Norm and Tina!
Thanks so much Jim enjoy your weekend Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Hi Tina and Norm . So good to see you at last. We were flooded on Mon so what a pillaver! Not great at this time specifically either. Hope you've both had a good week so far , nearly Saturday! See you then. Have a great day. 💖🏴
Hi Carol That sucks being flooded, such crazy weather going around. We hope you will recover quickly from it. Yes Saturday’s come around quickly. This Saturday there might be a scenic connection to Scotland 🏴🇨🇦💕
Thanks for the great tips
No problem! have a great week Cheers 🍷🌺🙂
You guys are awesome!!! I remember when you guys only had a few 100 subscribers!!!
One way we safe when traveling is getting Credit cards to get the points. For example we used over $5000 worth of travel points to get to New Zealand on this trip!!
That’s awesome, thanks for the kind words and support
Love you guys, can you do a video on extra perks that are available for retirees and senior citizens? Cheers lots of blessings to your YT channel
Thanks for the suggestion
Great travel tips. Never thought to check my bank's credit card policies to see if they offer travel insurance. As I'm planning another trip to Ireland, I'll look into it.
Great videos, Norm and Tina. All the best!
We buy an additional full travel and medical insurance policy with our BMO credit card as Norm is 65 we pay $326 a year , it covers trips up to 31 days as many as you want in a year which is a great deal . Have a great weekend Chris Cheers 🍷🇺🇸🇨🇦🙂
Good advice , thanks.👏👏
Glad it was helpful! Cheers 🍺🙂
Great tips guys!
Thanks for watching!
I think you're smart for taking a time out on the international travel. We are planning our first visit to Portugal next march but who knows how things will look when we get to the winter.
It is crazy all we can do is wait and make the best judgement call from the known facts. In the mean time we are enjoying some Portuguese red wine. Have a nice day Michael.
Hello my friend! Thank you for your wonderful travel advice! I think it's very meaningful information! I enjoyed watching it very much! thank you for sharing! Have a nice weekend!
Thank you very much! have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Really love your channel, I kind of found by accident and now I watch a couple every day. You are both cute & entertaining, and your videos are always informative even though I'm in US & you're in Canada. Thank you!
Thanks Candy we are glad you are enjoying our videos, the USA 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦 Canada have a lot of similarities Cheers 🍷🇺🇸🇨🇦🍺
Hey Tina and Norm! You both look so cute today and look ready for fall in the red color. Nice to hear these tips on travel and hacks. Cool to know how to get cheaper rental cars when traveling abroad. Never thought of a credit card having travel insurance for 30 days, that's great! We agree time is speeding up all the time, it seems everyone is feeling it. It's wild to hear how many things you have to insure when traveling out of the country. We haven't gone on any trips since 2019. Yikes! LOL.. Great video and love you guys to the moon and have a great week! 💖🌛
Hi Bears and Butters we are definitely moving into fall , we are at our trailer although the days are beautiful and warm the nights are colder, glad we have a furnace LOL😂 All the trees 🍁🍂are changing to beautiful orange and brown this will be our last week here. You say you haven’t travelled since 2019, our last trip was Feb 2020 wow 18 months have flown by and now getting no desire to get on a plane ✈️ as we are hearing lots of cases catching Covid even with two vaccinations 💉😱 We hope you are both staying safe and keeping well have a great week Cheers 🍷🇺🇸🍺🍁🇨🇦🤗
@@ThisIsOurRetirement Have a great last week at the trailer and enjoy every moment you can before it gets cold up there. We bet the colors on the leaves are so beautiful at this time of year! 😊💖
@@bearsandbutters 🍁❤️🤗
thank you for sharing
We appreciate you watching our video thank you.
Thank you for another thoughtful video. Watching it on a lanai in Maui on a seven day trip from California. Did the work before hand to show the vaccination and it was easy getting off the plane in Maui. Short trips from now, hoping international in the future with the proper insurance.
Sounds great thanks for watching enjoy your weekend Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Smart that you've chosen not to travel during the pandemic. Keep healthy and thanks for the tips
It seems like the right thing to do, thanks for watching.
Hey guys! Good tips on the rental cars and I will go check my credit card policy now. I just booked a week back to Scotland in early November - bought the trip insurance 😜. Hope you pool opens soon - I just closed mine for the season 😩
We hope you have a great time in Scotland 🏴, just letting you know we are with Bank of Montreal travel insurance and they won’t cover us while the Canadian government has No non essential travel advisory on , hope yours does. Yes can’t wait for the pool 🏊♀️ to open Cheers 🍷🏴🍺🇨🇦
good travel tips there guys always good to save money too
*left a like for you 👍Au 👍always a full view*
Thanks for the visit
Great info and advice per usual from you two ... so sorry you're still grounded ... we do miss your traveling vlogs. Here's to continued good health and the end of this crazy variant virus 💩 ... Our love to you both!
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Thanks so much although we are grounded internationally 😱 we are loving exploring the area all around our new trailer and Lakeside campground …lovely to see you both have a great week Cheers 🍷🇺🇸🍺🇨🇦
Sure! Sounds interesting.
Thank you
Great tips!
Def the car rentals can be tricky, especially if it's the first time you rent one in a foreign country.
That insurance sounds awesome. We use a private company and it works great for us, plus is very affordable.
Stay safe guys and hope you guys can travel when you feel comfortable!
Good morning guys thank for dropping by glad you enjoyed our tips, hope you are both well have you found an RV yet for your future travels 🧐stay safe and well Cheers 🍷🇨🇦🍺🌺
@@ThisIsOurRetirement Not yet! But we won't lose faith!!
You can get travel insurance with your credit card but be super careful you understand what it does and doesn’t cover especially if you have pre-existing conditions. There is a travel agency in Canada that offers a policy through Manulife that covers pretty much everything including a cancel for any reason clause. Definitely shop around so you won’t ever be faced with a big bill in another country.
Good point we agree never travel without insurance but check what it covers Cheers 🍷🌸🍺
Initially I planned to accompany my son to Liverpool UK for his studies. But because of the quarantine procedures plus a lot of uncertainties, I dropped the idea of accompanying him for him to get settled there. We had to do a lot of adminstrative procedures online which normally I would not. (Eventually UK did revise the procedures to trevellers from Malaysia beginning 4th October this year). Luckily there were other students like him, and they travelled in a group. I agree that the pandemic has changed a lot of things which we used to take for granted while travelling.
It really has changed everything, a shame that so many experiences have been impacted, we hope you get to visit your son and share his experiences in Liverpool.
Another great video. Very useful information. Did you confirm with BMO that it's okay that your rental contracts are back to back? Silly of them to limit the rental period to 30 days in that case. I thought of using this hack before but thought I would have to use a different credit card for each 30 day period. Your system is easier. Please make a future video on selecting accommodations in Portugal and what to look out for. Thank you and keep up your excellent work.
The insurance car rental contract is for 48 days with a 24 hour break between contacts which we don’t drive the rental car.
I love watching you two! I can't explain but your calm nature and sensible outlook make me feel so much better about this crazy world of today! Dxxx
That’s so kind Deborah thank you.
Oh, I absolutely agree!
@@msbowling5 Thank you 🌺
Hi, Tina ans Norm. Like you, I'm hiding at home dreaming of my first cruise but I am 70 and you have touched a very important issue: Travel Ins. for different problems while traveling. Dear God, I better win the lottery cause I think that T.I. will be more costly than the cruise, lol. Thank you very much guys, always a pleasure to be with you a while. 😷 👍💐
Thanks for watching that’s a sad state of affairs when the insurance costs more than the 🚢 cruise LOL 😂we appreciate your support and have a great week Cheers 🍷🌺
We are all staying close to home. Hopefully we can start traveling again next year🤞🏼
Absolutely agree we are doing just that enjoy your weekend Cheers 🍷🌺
Interesting stuff. back from a Donder.
We just arrived at our trailer, this week going to be sunny and mid 20’s, hope your donder successful
Great advice ..... everyone needs to check their credit card insurance,, mine drops to*** 4 days instead of 21 after 65,, yikes,,,, keep on keeping on,, cheers
Maybe shop around credit cards, it sucks when you age 😂
Yes always great information just trying to find out have you ever had to use the health insurance I would wait too long before I needed to use insurance we can't travel now but later I will travel to visit out neice
We have been fortunate that we have never claimed travel insurance.
I believe that I have seen and enjoyed all your videos. Here are subjects I'd love to see you cover - please pardon me if you already have: Canadian winters, Canadian grocery stores compared to others, Canadian farmers markets compared to others, Unique Canadian produce or cooked dishes, How Canadians celebrate holidays, including those unique to Canada, Courtesy or lack thereof in drivers in various countries (you've mentioned this a bit). Many thanks for your continued efforts at keeping all of us entertained.
Thanks for your comment, could we just ask you where in the world 🌍 are you ? it will help us reply to your comment 🌺
@@ThisIsOurRetirement We are in Los Angeles. I'm 73, and have been retired 12 years from UCLA, where I was a library assistant.
You should continue to travel - we live in Uk and have been to Alicante and Tenerife recently. We are vaccinated and found everything very well planned and safe.
Yes we hear a lot of people from the UK 🇬🇧 are travelling, unfortunately in Canada 🇨🇦 while we have a government advisory in place for nonessential travel it invalidates our travel insurance so we aren’t able to . For us to travel with no coverage for Covid or any disruption of plans not covered we feel it’s a very big risk we aren’t prepared to take . Have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🇬🇧🍺🇵🇹🇨🇦😎
Many personal auto insurance policies already include rental car coverage. You can call your insurance company and ask if it is included. It was only $35/year to add to my current policy.
Yes ours does but limit some countries and the travel insurance from the credit card gives 48 days rental car coverage, as well as medical, luggage, delay etc. Thanks for watching.
From personal experience Visa Avion has been very good in refunding two car claims and our return flight from Portugal due to covid 19.
Also, I suggest that if you drop a rental car off, when their is no attendant make photo's or a video of your car so they will not claim scrapes etc afterwards.
Yes we do that, we photograph the car on pick up and when we drop it off.
:( feel bad that you 2 are not able to travel. Thanks for the insurance advice.
Your welcome , these things happen we are lucky we bought a trailer so have been able to visit and explore locally in Canada 🇨🇦 Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
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Nomad Insurance is a global travel medical insurance that covers people from all over the world, while outside their home country - COVID-19 coverage included. You can buy it even if you are already abroad.
Thanks for the suggestion Fernando , hope you have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🍷🌻🍺
Hi guys, I recently came across your videos and absolutely love them, am learning so much from them! My husband and I retired back in the summer of 2019 and very much like you did, sold our house in the GTA and planned to travel the world and rent something nice and decent in Southern Ontario. We actually spent the 2019-2020 winter away and arrived back in Canada only a couple of days before the WHO declared Covid 19 a Pandemic. So we have been renting a tiny condo in a small town north of Toronto and have been stuck in Canada and unable to travel because of Covid as we had originally planned, in the meantime we have noticed rent fees climbing up by the day, basement apartments now cost what a condo used to cost two years ago!!!! Please guys, could you please do a video on retirees who are in our position (sold house and renting), tips of how and where to find in these days, less expensive places to rent (without having to move up to remote places like Sudbury!!), what are our options, which ones are better, condos or rental buildings (we don't like the shared laundry room rentals though), any tips you may have, you seem to know so much more that we do. Thank you so much, stay safe :)
Prices have risen in the last couple of years, we don’t do condos and look for rental apartments and in Ontario they have rent control. So you have to bite the bullet on the rent at time of leasing then your rent increases around 2% per year.
Rent from a company, not from a private person.
@@benboelens9688 Totally agree, we do and it works great have systems and maintenance in place.
Enjoying your videos with so much information. What rental car company do you use? We are traveling in the Algarve for the first time this November. Will be booking rental this week. We priced Nice Rent but we’re hoping your company may be less cost
Sorry due to Covid , lack of cars 🚗 and rates going up we can’t recommend someone we used over two years ago , have a wonderful time in Portugal 🇵🇹 Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦😎
Excellent video! For your information we travel to Arizona every winter in November and return to Canada in April. We use Medipac. They offer full coverage including COVID for Nov 2021 to April 2022.
Hi Neil that’s great so is this a 6 month or a year policy you take out and is it based on age and medical questions 🧐 is it very expensive?We will have to look at another place when we go to Portugal 🇵🇹 as BMO won’t cover us while the government no nonessential travel advisory is still on . Thanks for watching and have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🇺🇸🍺🇨🇦🌺🇵🇹
@@ThisIsOurRetirement The policy is for 6 months. $1200 for both of us so about $200 a month. We opted for $1000 dollar deductible to reduce our premium. I'm 62 and my wife is 50 years old we have no medical conditions we have no prescriptions.
@@neilrankin9945 That’s awesome thanks for sharing it will help us a lot , we are both a little older than you 🧐 and wow your wife is just a baby LOL😂🌺
Yes, Medipac will cover any Covid-related costs. I've used both BlueCross and Medipac. I get the best rate from Medipac with the knowledge that any pre-existing conditions (I have diabetes) won't be covered. I'm fine with that. No travel plans this year ... like Neil, I normally head to Arizona from November to April.
@@ScubaSteveCanada Thanks for sharing have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🇺🇸🍺🇨🇦
Especially don't plan a Rocky Mountain or West Coast excursion since it will mean passing through Alberta.
We don't have any travel plans beyond our province.
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Congratulations!
Hi. Thank you so much for your wonderful and helpful videos. I spend 3-6 months in Portugal and Spain nearly ever year. Renting a car is quite expensive. I’ve leased vehicles through Citroen, but that was expensive too. Would you be so kind to tell us what company you use in Portugal. Obrigada.
Wonderful!we would love to go for 6 months but can only go for 90 days from Canada 🇨🇦, due to Covid car rentals have shot up and are more scarce to get we are unable to recommend anyone Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🌺
So many unknowns... Hope borders open so we can travel south this winter...
We do soon Jim but we are not in a rush, stay safe.
Portugal has one of the best vaccination rates in the world. It will be a good option for anyone once they are ready for travel. Thanks for another great video!
Thanks for watching yes we have heard they have great vaccination 💉 rates which is very encouraging as there are lots of people like us wanting to visit Portugal 🇵🇹 enjoy your weekend Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🇨🇦
@@ThisIsOurRetirement WE were there when Portugal become the most infected country in the world, we even got our first vaccine in may before returning to Canada, now they are the most vaccinated country all done in 8 months. Portugal is calling and we are returning Dec 2021. Cheers from Niagara Region
@@victorlima9373 Yes we saw that report on their vaccine success. When we left in Feb 2019 they had no cases, perhaps were the last European to get cases. Have a great trip.
Now that was very interesting to hear about the age issue with travel insurance. I have asked my husband ( that's his part of our ship) about this. He is totally unaware of any age limits. We have selected a ongoing travel insurance as it covers us anywhere, including weekends away, overnighters in our own country as wel as having overseas specific coverage. As we are both 67 and 68 respectively, we have had no increase in fees or changes to our policies to date. Knowing the dutch culture, it would be called Age discrimination LOL! The car insurance issue has never arisen for us. We don't spend that long in any other country - except me when I go to visit the children and I then have access to my own vehicle and a NZ driver's license. Here too travel insurance policies are adapting to Covid situations, naturally at a cost. As I am not keen either yet to cross borders it hasn't applied to us as yet. Great information. Food for thought. 💖 🍷 🇳🇿 🙋 🇳🇱
Good morning ☕️ in Canada 🇨🇦 the insurance amounts with our policy seems to change every 5 years and stops at 74. With Covid we are starting to look at different polices so to give Covid cover although can’t see us travelling till end of 2022 at least .
We are off to the trailer today weather is looking good it will be our last stay for the season. Have a great weekend Cheers 🇳🇱 🍷🍺🇨🇦🤗
@@ThisIsOurRetirement Oh do enjoy. We too are having a lovely end of summer period. Here the camping season ends end of October after the Autumn break from schools. I bet you'll miss that special spot. 🍷 🥳 💖
@@IamaDutch-Kiwi Yes we will but what is wonderful is already looking forward to May of next year 🤗 for all new memories of our second season . Enjoy your weekend Cheers 🍷🇳🇱🍺🇨🇦
@@ThisIsOurRetirement thanks. Was a lovely weekend with a Family Day and dinner Saturday and a lazy Sunday. Back to the drawing board. It’s Monday! Have a great week you two. 💖🙏🙋♀️
Lovely to see you both
We Are not making any plans for travel either
What a strange world
Never mind
Take care both xx🌸🌷🌸🌷
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It certainly is a strange world at the moment 🤔we all just need to find our own way of getting through it , we bought a trailer and hopefully our indoor pool is opening soon Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Maybe not a Mediterranean visit, but have you considered coming to Nova Scotia for a fall colours tour? They are just getting started, and we are still happy to welcome fully vaccinated people to all our sites and restaurants.
Great idea thanks, we love Nova Scotia have had some wonderful visits. Thanks for watching.
What is the name of the car rental place you use?
Hello from BC. 😀 Which local company do you use for your car rental? Still working on our plans for travel in 2022 and will definitely want a car to explore all of the Algarve and the Alentejo area. Thanks, Dave & Kelly.
We don’t want to give out the name of the agency we use just in case your experience isn’t good.
Good information - but have you ever had to submit a claim or contact the credit card company because you were in an accident? I have and they were impossible to reach - so while getting it free through the credit card company may be nice - if you need to access it you may wish you had secured the primary coverage elsewhere
Hi it’s actually a travel insurance plan with the credit card that we pay for 💰thanks for watching have a great day Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Hi Tina & Norm…
Thanks for sharing your travel experiences and knowledge. My wife & I are planning to spend 3 months in Portugal in 2022. And would like to pick your brains.
Aside from regularly withdrawing currency from an ATM, have you found a more economical method of accessing Euros? In the past we have simply made purchases with our credit card which charges a 2.5% fee on each purchase plus the exchange fee.
Also we will rent a car and appreciate learning of your experiences with local/regional rental companies. Would you know of a regional Co. we could contact in Lagos or Lisbon?
Most car 🚗 rentals are located at Faro airport, if you are Canadian we withdraw cash at ATMs there is a daily limit .
We use our interact card and credit card but when they ask do you want to bill in Canadian dollars we say NO , then it’s converted back home at a better rate . Have a wonderful time Portugal 🇵🇹 is a lovely place we love visiting there Cheers 🍷🍁🇵🇹🍺
@@ThisIsOurRetirement Thank you for your help
Do you know if there are yearly insurance plans in the USA? I haven't seen any -- we have to pay by trip.
There are several one seems to be Seven Corners wanderer frequent traveller , we aren’t endorsing it as we know nothing about them , also one associated with Blue Cross good luck Cheers 🍷🇺🇸🇨🇦🍺
Look at term life insurance! OMW!! At 65 (term 20) it's like 16x more!!
I guess that means you're 16 times more likely to die chortle chortle hyuk hyuk. And especially in a motor vehicle with your myopia and tunnel vision!
Guess that's what the underwriters think.
OK, govt has travel advisory that disqualifies us from travel insurance. Can a Canadian not buy full coverage health insurance from a Mexican company for travel in Mexico? I don't know, could that be a work-around? I would like to fly to PVR Mex.
Sorry we don’t know the answer, we aren’t Insurance advisors Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Which car holiday rental company do you guys use in Faro please?
We don't recommend any car rental agencies Sandra.
I hate it when my rental car company tries to issue a surcharge for the passenger seat smelling like travel farts when it's just me in the car (no passenger) . I'm not saying the driver's seat hasn't inadvertently had that type of workout after some Mexican food but the passenger seat just had a large print road atlas sitting there; so lighten up a bit won't ya Hertz?.
Yes we don’t like some of the big companies especially in small markets. Thanks for sharing, may a little less hot sauce in future 😂😂🌮🇲🇽🌯🚗
I plan to be an expat before I'm eligible for US Medicare and using travel insurance as my health insurance is what will make it possible.
That sounds a great idea makes sense if you can say get a year policy that will cover you we wish you all the best 🍷🌺
When you are in Portugal, which car rental company do you use?
Just Google Algarve car rental companies
I don't understand travel insurance. Is that something you need to get in Canada because of your health care system? I am from the U. S. and never hear of people getting that.
When we travel we always have travel insurance to cover everything, at home in Canada we don’t need it as we have free healthcare 🇨🇦thanks for watching Cheers 🍷🇺🇸🍺🇨🇦
Hi guys… what is the name of the hotel u stayed in in Albufera?
Hotel Luna Solaqua Albufeira Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺🌺
Thank you
Did you like staying there? Could you also tell us the name of the rental company that was local that you recommended? Did you rent the car in Albafeirra?
When you visit Albufera it is not win the BRITs come and do their intense partying. Do you know when that is so I can avoid it?
Can we know who you use for car rentals?
We are not comfortable to recommend due to Covid and huge increases and shortages of cars 🚗 hope you understand Michael Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Yes of course I understand. How about the name of the hotel you stay at? 😀
@@michaelcooke4492 Sure we stayed at the Hotel Luna Solaqua Albufeira in a one bedroom apartment it was very nice check there website for deals 🍷🌺🙂
You never get your time back! Don’t live in fear or you might have regrets….
We totally agree, although at times it is hard. Thanks for your comment.
By the time you're 74 you'll be TH-cam millionaires so you won't care. 😜🤑
Well that would be awesome , we have a long way to go LOL 😂😂
I’m from Spain, my friend in Texas referred me to this channel you make a lot of sense but I didn’t understand anything until she referred me to a financial counselor in USA that help me to craft my portfolio and over a year we have been working together making consistent profit enough to get me a new apartment and care for parents,,,,
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Sounds great have a nice weekend Cheers 🇪🇸 🍷🍺🇨🇦
I bet the airlines are giving free fare to medical professionals.
That would be nice but we don't think so ✈️
@@ThisIsOurRetirement They should. You could have an attending physician and a couple of nurses on each flight. We should put it in the suggestion box. Lord knows, they deserve it.
@@Dingle1234 Agreed
Thanks for another good video. I know it must get wearing to produce videos every week. But I enjoy watching them. Maybe someday I'll get to travel 🧳
Thanks for watching we appreciate your support, we enjoy making them and it is keeping us busy during Covid as we are home 🏡 not travelling, hopefully we will all be back travelling soon enjoy your weekend Cheers 🍷🌺🙂