Great video! Your statement about people who travel full-time often deciding to establish a home base after a few years describes us perfectly. We left the US and traveled for almost 4 years and decided we needed a home base. We now alternate between traveling for 3 months and living in Turkey for 3 months. We've been doing this for 3 years and think it's the right balance for us. Your video is very accurate, thank you.
I've been watching your videos and I'm grateful as they are so helpful. I'm 29 and a complete novice to travel but excited to embark on some adventures.
Really enjoyed this video. Tanya and I are travelers with a home base and we've been both fast and slow travelers over the years. I think now we've adopted a more hybrid travel style that seems to fit our lifestyle best. Thanks for your thoughts on this.
This is an insightful video. We travel full time and see this as an evolving process so your video was of great interest to us. We just put out a video along the lines of -- full time travel: sometimes it's hard. We think it's very useful to consider the ups and downs of the life, just as you have outlined in this. Thanks for sharing.
Having a home base is super nice. But it does come with its own costs and drawbacks for sure. We sold everything we own 3 times to travel full time back in the day, but like you suggested, we always ended up coming back to something more permanent.
FT traveler here but I have never heard that it must always be to new locations or that it will be forever. The good news is that whatever travel style works for people is ok. Thank you for your thoughts on this.
Many expats settle in Thailand and Bali, but what they don't mention is south East Asia is monsoon seasons, and problems with floods, another problem is the "burn off-season where local farmers will burn off their fields after harvest, leaving highly polluted air. Luckily Bali and Thailand have different monsoon seasons, and possible to get the best of areas.
Great points. We’re in SE Asia now trying to figure out where we want to be during burn season. If you can move around to different areas that definitely helps!
For me, the most important aspect of any lifestyle is building and maintaining strong relationships over time. It can be difficult to manage without revising some of the same locations. Facebook has major limitations. 😀
Did you downsize your "home base" to make it more affordable to keep when you are traveling? We are going through the exercise of getting ready to do that and not sure if we should keep the house, get a townhouse instead, or an apartment for the home base knowing that we would not be there for months at a time. What works best for you?
We were already in a condo, which we've found works well for our lifestyle. If you're not sure, it might be better to try slow traveling a bit before making a bigger life decision about your home. We put together a video on why we have a home base here: th-cam.com/video/ntwYYXRB80I/w-d-xo.html Good luck!
Great video! Your statement about people who travel full-time often deciding to establish a home base after a few years describes us perfectly. We left the US and traveled for almost 4 years and decided we needed a home base. We now alternate between traveling for 3 months and living in Turkey for 3 months. We've been doing this for 3 years and think it's the right balance for us. Your video is very accurate, thank you.
That sounds fantastic! Glad to hear you found a travel lifestyle that works for you.
Well articulated and balanced views. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you!
I've been watching your videos and I'm grateful as they are so helpful. I'm 29 and a complete novice to travel but excited to embark on some adventures.
We hope you have lots of amazing travels!
Really enjoyed this video. Tanya and I are travelers with a home base and we've been both fast and slow travelers over the years. I think now we've adopted a more hybrid travel style that seems to fit our lifestyle best. Thanks for your thoughts on this.
Thanks for sharing what works for you!
This is an insightful video. We travel full time and see this as an evolving process so your video was of great interest to us. We just put out a video along the lines of -- full time travel: sometimes it's hard. We think it's very useful to consider the ups and downs of the life, just as you have outlined in this. Thanks for sharing.
Great to hear from you! It's definitely an evolving process where there is no one-size-fits-all.
Having a home base is super nice. But it does come with its own costs and drawbacks for sure. We sold everything we own 3 times to travel full time back in the day, but like you suggested, we always ended up coming back to something more permanent.
FT traveler here but I have never heard that it must always be to new locations or that it will be forever. The good news is that whatever travel style works for people is ok. Thank you for your thoughts on this.
Thanks for sharing! It's great to see all the different travel styles people have adopted based on what works for them.
Very sensible. We are six months into nomad slow travel retired early. Already wanting to come back to places we like.
Sounds fantastic! The more we travel, the longer our list of "places to return to" gets.
Really helpful content mixing the best of both styles!
Great video. Yes It's all about finding out what works for you.
How many months out of the year are you away from your home/base?
Many expats settle in Thailand and Bali, but what they don't mention is south East Asia is monsoon seasons, and problems with floods, another problem is the "burn off-season where local farmers will burn off their fields after harvest, leaving highly polluted air. Luckily Bali and Thailand have different monsoon seasons, and possible to get the best of areas.
Great points. We’re in SE Asia now trying to figure out where we want to be during burn season. If you can move around to different areas that definitely helps!
@@ChrisAndEmilie Plenty of low-cost airlines too.
For me, the most important aspect of any lifestyle is building and maintaining strong relationships over time. It can be difficult to manage without revising some of the same locations. Facebook has major limitations. 😀
Totally. Virtually keeping up with friends is great, but in-person time is so important.
Good points thank you
Did you downsize your "home base" to make it more affordable to keep when you are traveling? We are going through the exercise of getting ready to do that and not sure if we should keep the house, get a townhouse instead, or an apartment for the home base knowing that we would not be there for months at a time. What works best for you?
We were already in a condo, which we've found works well for our lifestyle. If you're not sure, it might be better to try slow traveling a bit before making a bigger life decision about your home. We put together a video on why we have a home base here: th-cam.com/video/ntwYYXRB80I/w-d-xo.html Good luck!
Thank you
You’re welcome!