Podcasts by The Expat Chat
The Expat Chat is a weekday podcast where we interview inspiring expats who have thrown off the constraints of western congestion to enjoy their dream lifestyle in other parts of the world. If you want to combine the travels of Rick Steves and Samantha Brown with the lifestyle freedom of Tim Ferriss then this is for you.Subscribe today.
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Episode 138: Trading Silicon Valley for a Mooring in Montenegro from 2023-06-10T14:13
In this episode of the podcast, I explore the exciting experience of living and travelling on a boat. I talk to Tim Bull, who is exploring the Medite...
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Episode 137: Live in Turkey or Live in Malaysia? Ryand Runge of Snail Travels from 2023-05-28T07:44
In this episode, we explore full-time travel and settling down with Ryan Runge of Snail Travelers. Ryan and his wife Emily decided to leave the traditional American 9-5 lifesty...
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Episode 136: How to Cruise For Six Months Every Year; Richard and Angelyn Burk from 2023-05-21T14:16
In this episode, we chat with Richard and Angelyn Burk who have been traveling the world for over two years. Inspired by their forever home, they decided to pursue traveling upon their retiremen...
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Episode 135 (From the Archives): How We Started With Fulltime Travel; Michael and Yvonne Bauche from 2023-05-18T15:07
Can you really sustain a lifestyle caring for other people’s houses and never have to go home agai...
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Episode 134: The Growth of Housesitting... and Living in France from 2023-05-14T17:40
In this episode, we explore the concept of long-term travel after Brexit with Ian Usher and Vanessa Anderson from Housesitting Magazine who provided us with the perspective of ...
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Episode 133: How to Pivot Your Travel Plans on a Dime from 2023-05-07T12:24:12
Ever woken up not knowing where you will sleep tonight?
For some travelers this level of unplanning isn't scary - in fact it gives them the freedom to turn on a dime as new opportunities ...
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Episode 132: Traveling in a Post Covid World; Jane Dempster-Smith from 2023-04-30T07:55
In this episode, I explore sustainable travel post-COVID with Jane Dempster Smith of Two Travel. We discuss the impact of COVID on travel, the theme of the TBX conference, and ...
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Episode 131: Traveling the Camino Alone; Leita Joy from 2023-04-24T04:10
In this episode I explored what it takes to prepare for a spiritual journey along the Camino pilgrimage in Spain. My guest Lisa Joy shared her own experience of traveling the C...
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Episode 130: How to Save $30000pa and Travel the World; Michael and Yvonne Bauche from 2023-04-16T20:03
In this episode, we discussed the ins and outs of house-sitting and how to find the right sit for yourself. We spoke with Michael andYvonne Bauche, who have done over 85 house-...
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Episode 129: Traveling the World on Two Wheels; Brent Ruru from 2023-04-10T04:33
In this podcast episode, I explored the concept of adventurous travel on two wheels with Brent Ruru from Christchurch, New Zealand. He and his family have cycled the length of New Zealand, Cambo...
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Episode 128: The Benefits of Medical Tourism from 2023-04-02T20:00
In this episode, Chris Englert and Steve Goodfriend discuss their nomadic lifestyle, and explore the financial and medical benefits of travelling the world. They share their ow...
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Episode 127: Extended Vacations: Brian and Penny Davidson from 2023-03-27T03:51
Brian and Penny Davidson have perfected the art of extended vacations, thanks to a combination of slow travel and housesitting. They have no desire to hit the road permanently but want to avoid ...
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Episode 126: Finding the Fountain of Youth: Alan and Ros Cuthbertson from 2023-03-19T19:06
Perpetual travelers Alan and Ros Cuthbertson of Frequent Traveller join us to discuss their life of constant travel. Since hitting the road in 2015 from their base of Bundaberg, Australia they'v...
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Financially Independent and Retired Early from 2020-05-08T23:11:29
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Travelling Without Flight from 2020-05-02T01:10:07
Travelling the world has its challenges at the best of times - but attempting to do it without flight is a whole new experience! Today we interview Dave and Di Taunton who, in 2016, decided to s...
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The Future of Travel in a Post Covid World - Part 2 from 2020-04-25T00:08:53
The Future of Travel in a Post Covid World -Part 1 from 2020-04-17T04:02:44
Todays podcast is a recording of our recent live panel discussion on the Future of Travel in a Post Covid World. Joinng me are world renown travel blogger Barbara Weibel of Hole in the Donut .co...
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6 Years Travel and Counting from 2020-04-10T02:34:45
Todays guests are Canadian travellers Peter and Karen Pecksen. We first met Peter and Karen while housesitting in Singapore. We noticed from their comments on a Facebook group that they were in ...
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Update on The Expat Chat from 2020-03-26T09:53:16
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Polar Bears and Icebergs; Living Beyond the Arctic Circle from 2018-05-06T19:00
It seems in this day and age most of the world has been explored. Trying to find a destination which isn’t crowded with tourists and cameras is an increasingly difficult job. Today’s interviewee...
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How to Downsize for the Big Trip Ahead from 2018-05-06T06:00
One of the biggest and most emotional stages of preparing for an expat life is downsizing and leaving your current home. It’s a process fraught with emotion and the job of determining what passe...
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300 Days of Travel...and Counting... from 2018-04-22T19:00
Many of our interviewees have an ah-ha moment when the decision to travel becomes a reality. For Carmen Tseng it came while chopping mushrooms!
Her partner and her were discussing options...
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Eradicating Leprosy, Raising Kids and Selling Coffee from 2018-04-15T19:00
For most people just moving to a foreign country would be a big enough challenge. Starting a new business from scratch while raising 7 children (5 adopted locally with special needs) and support...
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Raising Our Kids without School - Our Mexican Life from 2016-11-27T18:00
In today’s interview we speak with Martin and Lorena Cagnotti – two expat Argentinians who made the decision 13 years ago to move from their home town of Buenos Aires to the hubbub of Mexico Cit...
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Living the Good Life in Bangkok from 2016-11-20T18:00
Not all expats move to cut costs and living the expat life doesn’t have to mean living on the smell of an oily rag. Today’s interviewees have transformed their lives from management consultants ...
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Why Tragedy was our Travel Catalyst from 2016-11-13T18:00
Many people we interview have life changing moments that serve as the catalyst to their new life abroad. For Dalene and Pete Heck it was a series of tragedies including the death of Pete’s mothe...
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7 Tips for Living Healthy on the Road from 2016-11-06T18:00
Trying to stay healthy on the road can sometimes be a bit of a nightmare – you’re pushed for time, you’re in a strange environment with no common reference points or places to eat and you’re at ...
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Traveling the World Without Flight from 2016-10-30T18:00
Heading: Traveling the World Without Flying; Di and Dave Taunton
Today’s guests haven’t gone anywhere yet…but they are about to! Di and Dave Taunton are only a few days a...
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An Uncluttered Life from 2016-10-23T18:00
Show Notes – An Uncluttered Life; Warren and Betsy Talbot
One of the first steps in any journey to become an expat is getting rid of the clutter – be it physical or menta...
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The Power of Mentors: How Positive Thinking Made Me a Digital Nomad from 2016-10-16T18:00
Shawna Sharee was first inspired to live a wandering lifestyle when she read the book Eat, Pray, Love. Like many she dreamed of travel but thought she needed a lot of money to do it.
It w...
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The Homeless Digital Nomad from 2016-10-09T18:00
Katya Sarmiento’s time in college certainly gave her a well-rounded education. She embarked on a number of options including air traffic control before realizing a life of travel and entrepreneu...
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RV'ing our Way Across the U.S and Europe from 2016-04-10T19:00
You might like the idea of an RV holiday for a couple of weeks – but how about living permanently in a van? For Drew and Brittany Neumann the decision to quit their L.A. apartment for a new lif...
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Living at the Crossroads of East and West; My Life in Turkey from 2016-04-03T19:00
For many people living in a place that is 99% Muslim, in a city of over 15 million people with Syria on your border and 2 million refugees pouring into your country – this would be well outside ...
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How Our Online Store Funds Our RV Adventure from 2016-03-27T18:00
Living an Expat lifestyle and leaving the 9 to 5 routine doesn’t necessarily meaning not exploring your own country as part of the journey. For Alabama native Kyle Brady and his partner Olivia G...
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Traveling on the Kindness of Strangers-the Amazing Adventures of a Nobody from 2016-03-20T18:00
Leon Logothetis was a London stockbroker working in the city. On the outside he had it all but on the inside he felt miserable and depressed. His future looked set in stone until one day he wat...
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From Greek Islands to the Emerald Isles; Our Family Sabbatical in Greece and Ireland from 2016-03-13T18:00
From Greeks Islands to the Emerald Isles; Our Family Sabbatical in Greece and Ireland
Tina Lavelle had traveled Europe when she was younger, and the urge to return had ne...
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Travel Helped Me Become Myself from 2016-03-06T18:00
Tommy Walker grew up in the north of England with stories of travel and adventure as a part of his life. With many relatives living overseas and an Uncle who had shared his stories of traveling ...
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Off the Beaten Track - My Life in Botswana and Pakistan from 2016-02-28T18:00
To many parents the idea of raising children in an underdeveloped African nation would seem scary. For Sara Sullivan it’s just another adventure in a life that has seen her explore new boundarie...
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Travel Perks Are Worth the Effort from 2016-02-24T18:00
Kay Dougherty was a successful well paid but stressed high heeled member of the Boston financial establishment when the financial crisis hit in 2008 and her company chose to downsize. In her mid...
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How I Moved Countries and Started Two Online Businesses from 2016-02-21T18:00
Well they say love can make you do things you don’t expect. For Andrea Gomez the prospect of moving from her home in Colombia to the Netherlands was not something she...
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Village Life in Cambodia - How Volunteering has Changed My Life from 2016-02-17T18:00
Cambodia offers its visitors a land of contrasts. Larger cities like Phnom Penh are fast developing a western style with many of the fast food chains setting up shop....
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Living and Traveling in Costa Rica from 2016-02-10T18:00
Not everyone plans a move overseas. For Samantha Wei it was meeting her partner Yeison, a Costa Rican native,that was the catalyst for her move there from the United ...
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The Foodies Guide to Traveling the World from 2016-02-07T18:00
Part of the enjoyment of another countries culture is exploring the food options. You can discover so much about a country and really discover the rich flavors that a...
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Escape The Cubicle - How To Leave the 9 to 5 For a Life of Travel from 2016-02-03T18:00
If you’re a stressed out business owner working 60-80 hour weeks and dreaming of a life of travel take heart – so was Nicole Connolly. The former Brisbanite ran a successful business but like ma...
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How To Buy a French Winery When You Don’t Know What You’re Doing from 2016-01-31T18:00
Would you buy a winery if you knew nothing about wine? What about if there was no one there who could show you and the winery had been in liquidation? Add to it the f...
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How To Live an Uncluttered Life from 2016-01-27T18:00
One of the first steps in any journey to become an expat is getting rid of the clutter – be it physical or mental – that is part and parcel of any home and any life.
The first step on thi...
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Siestas in Seville and My Random Travel Experiments from 2016-01-24T18:00
For Karen McCann and her husband the prospect of early retirement left them feeling a little bored. They had always been avid travelers and a visit to Seville in Spai...
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Why Eastern Europe Will Be the Next Travel Hotspot from 2016-01-20T18:00
In the search for the next travel destination many names and places are thrown around. From Asia to South America various publications try and pick the next place tha...
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Managing Your Money on the Road from 2016-01-18T18:00
Many of our interviewees have become accidental permanent nomads, starting off on a gap year with no plans then deciding to become a fulltime traveler. The next issue...
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Living and teaching in China from 2016-01-17T18:00
Back in 2007 Ian Clavis was working in IT in London. The Liverpool native was becoming tired and bored with city life in England and when a friend suggested he could ...
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From successful stockbroker to financial disaster - how the GFC became my blessing from 2016-01-14T18:00
In 2008 Tomislav Perko had it all. A successful stockbroking career in his home town of Zagreb, Croatia saw him eating in fine restaurants, wearing fine suits and liv...
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Tbex – the travel blogger conference; with Conference Director Mary Jo Manzanares from 2016-01-13T18:00
One of the most fascinating things with interviewing travel bloggers as part of our show is that you discover a world that you never knew existed before – the further...
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50 Jobs in 50 States in 200 Days – How I Spent My Extended Honeymoon from 2016-01-12T18:00
Living an expat lifestyle doesn’t always mean having to leave the country (we’ve coined the phrase inpats especially for people who become nomads at home). For Heath ...
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Finding Money on the Road – Starting Our Income As We Traveled from 2016-01-11T18:00
You’ll love today’s interview with Stephenie and Tony Harrison. In 2013 these guys hit the road for an undetermined length of time relying on savings they had made du...
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The World is Our Classroom; Teaching My Son Without School from 2016-01-10T18:00
The economic crisis of 2008 was a catalyst for so many of our interviewees to up sticks and hit to road. Lainie Liberti’s marketing business worked with green entitie...
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Raising My Kids in Rural Romania from 2016-01-07T18:00
Heading: Raising My Kids in Rural Romania
If you want a simple life there can be few places better to move to than a village in Romania. For Alyson Long and her family of two young boys f...
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My Expat Life in Granada, Spain from 2016-01-06T18:00
There are two types of expats – those who move to another country but retain their current lifestyle and live very much within an expat community as they had back hom...
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How The Crowd Can Help Fund Your Travels from 2016-01-05T18:00
So often we see examples of people who don’t travel simply because they wont permit themselves to. In this day and age many people have jobs that will let them hit th...
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Everything You Need To Know About Panama from 2016-01-04T18:00
For Al and Shelly McCullough boredom with their current situation was the catalyst for a move to Panama. Shelly’s job wasn’t proving challenging enough and Al was loo...
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My Family's Year in Italy from 2016-01-03T18:00
Most people would love to take a year off and experience another culture. The reality is however few give themselves permission to do it – especially where there are ...
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The Key Technology You Need to Travel from 2015-12-30T18:00
If you’ve ever traveled for any period of time you know that you will need some form of technology with you. Whether it’s a means of communicating with home, a device...
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Raising Third Culture Kids - An Expat Teachers Perspective from 2015-12-29T18:00
In this global world more and more children are being raised in cultures that are different to their passport – figures show that there are over 4 million children be...
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How Self-Publishing Can Fund Your Travels from 2015-12-28T18:00
There’s a book inside almost everyone and in Virginie Carmichael there was several! The Quebec native and her boyfriend Chris Lippi are building their own publishing ...
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Getting vehicles for free (and other handy travel budget tips) from 2015-12-27T18:00
If you think you don’t have enough money to set off traveling then you’re going to enjoy todays show. Ted and Jen Avery sold up all their home possessions and vehicle...
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How To Minimize Your Daily Accommodation Cost from 2015-12-23T18:00
In today’s interview we catch up with Sean and Jen Boyle who left the sunny San Diego area in early 2014 to hit the road. They’ve have since covered much of Central A...
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Leaving the Legal World - Life as a Legal Nomad from 2015-12-22T18:00
How Travel Has Helped Me Deal With Depression from 2015-12-21T18:00
What do you do when you’ve left University with a degree in Theatre? Travel the world of course! For Chris Walker-Bush staying at home in rural Australia wasn’t an option – and when a friend sug...
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Making it Up as I Go - 5 Years of Earning on the Road from 2015-12-20T18:00
A travel agent, an English teacher, a horseriding instructor and now a copywriter. When it comes to making a living on the road Stacey Kuyf has done it all.
The kiwi traveler left New Ze...
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How I Got My Phd for 800 Euros (less than $US1000) from 2015-12-17T18:00
There’s more than one benefit to having a second passport. Canadian expat Yvonne Ivanescu has used her Polish heritage to enjoy an extended stay in Belgium where she has been completing a Phd – ...
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Two Cats and an RV; How We Travel Through Europe (and Where to Stay For Free) from 2015-12-16T18:00
There are lots of reasons why people don’t travel; jobs, money, children, health. We’ve managed to make myths of most of them with the interviews we’ve done so far… but the one we hadn’t found a...
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Lessons in Couchsurfing from 2015-12-15T18:00
If hitchhiking through Iran, joining the Arab spring or camping (accidentally) in a minefield in Bosnia sounds like your idea of fun then you’re going to love today’s episode.
Growing up ...
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95 and Counting - My Journey to Visit Every Country in the World from 2015-12-14T18:00
Here’s a question for you… if you could travel the world or spend the equivalent on a one bedroom apartment in Harlem which would you do? For architect Norbert Figueroa it was no brainer decisio...
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How We Earn More Than We Spend on the Road from 2015-12-13T18:00
To many, being a BBC producer sounds like the dream job. It certainly gave Dave and Carmen Allan-Petale a good bragging story at cocktail parties. But deep down, neither of them were happy with ...
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You're Never Too Late to Start an Online Business from 2015-12-10T18:00
If the harsh Minnesota winters get a little too much for you after a while there is always an alternative. Betsy and Pete Wuebker were ordinary 50 somethings living a suburban lifestyle and wor...
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My Lifestyle Experiment - Every 6 Months in a New Place from 2015-12-09T18:00
How many habits do you live by? Most of us are inundated with things we do without really thinking. Chris Backe sees life very much as an experiment where you question every option you have – in...
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In Search of the Perfect Climate - Chasing 82 Degrees in Costa Rica from 2015-12-08T18:00
Dan and Cindy Gaskell left the comfort of Wichita Kansas for the climate of Costa Rica only a few months ago. Their website 82 Degree Quest refers to their search for the perfect climate but in ...
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A Mountain Workplace - How the Internet Can Let You Ski Twice a Week from 2015-12-07T18:00
You can’t get further contrast than moving from the beaches of Sydney to the mountains of Canada – for Kate Wan the shift was a continuation of an expat lifestyle based around her husband’s care...
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Life as a Luxury Travel Writer from 2015-12-06T18:00
Fancy life as a luxury travel writer? Would you like to be whisked around the world, all expenses paid being wined and dined in some of the world’s most celebrated restaurants, resorts and hotel...
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Travel With Teens - Our Round the World Adventure from 2015-12-03T18:00
If you are a digital expert who talks to their clients about being location independent it certainly helps if you can show them by example! That’s precisely what Michelle Frost and her husband S...
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Wwoof Your Way Around the World - How To Be a Travel Volunteer from 2015-12-02T18:00
Ever heard of Wwoofing? No it doesn’t involve howling at the moon! Wwoof is a means of swapping work for travel where you trade a couple of hours per day in return for accommodation and meals on...
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How To Make $20,000 Per Month From a Location Independent Business from 2015-12-01T18:00
One of the benefits of living an expat lifestyle is that you can save a fortune living in some wonderful countries that offer a high quality of life for cents on the dollar compared to the weste...
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Leaving Hollywood: Why I Learnt to Sail Charters at 50 from 2015-11-30T18:00
Fancy a lifestyle hanging out with Hollywood A-listers? Life in the movie industry had its pluses but for Brit Gillie Hutchinson the birth of her child in her mid-30’s meant a slower less glamor...
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Blogging for Profit: Funding My Family Travels From A Base in Penang from 2015-11-29T18:00
If others can make money online why can’t I? That’s the question that Sharon Gourlay asked herself in 2013. With her kids still of pre-school age she knew she had a window of opportunity to give...
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Teaching English in Malaysia (and How to Walk the Length New Zealand in 5 Months) from 2015-11-26T18:00
If you’re looking to travel than teaching English can be a great way to fund your lifestyle as Jack Askew showed in an earlier interview. Jo Bruce headed to Korea from New Zealand 10 years ago ...
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An Aussie Girl in Paris - How I Relocated My Business from 2015-11-25T18:00
Most people would think about visiting a country before making the leap to shift there. Most people would also think twice about relocating their business to a foreign country that they can’t re...
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Goodbye Dallas; Hello Atenas - Why We Raise Our Kids in Costa Rica from 2015-11-24T18:00
To all intents and purposes Danna Bowman had the perfect life, living in Dallas they owned their own business, went to all the right places, spoke with all the right people and by her own confes...
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8 Tips To Getting Free Accommodation from 2015-11-23T18:00
Sometimes good things can come from bad experiences and you can look back and be grateful for what went wrong. For Nat Smith and Jodie Thompson a failed business deal in Dubai left them with two...
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28 Flights for $1500 - How We Travel Hack Around the World from 2015-11-22T18:00
What’s the best way you could spend $1500 on travel? What if I told you, for that money you could get 28 flights? What if some of those flights were business and even first class? What if those ...
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1 Van, 4 Children, 12 Months - Our Epic Family World Adventure from 2015-11-19T18:00
How does 12 months traveling the world with 4 children sound? What if you had to spend 10 of those weeks together in a combi van? For some people this would be too much of a challenge – for the ...
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A Million Website Views a Year - Cornering the Uncornered Market from 2015-11-18T18:00
If you think traveling the globe has to be all about scraping by on meagre savings and sleeping on dirt floors – think again. There are many travel bloggers who have built very successful busine...
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Winters on the Algarve - Summers in Nova Scotia from 2015-11-17T18:00
If you love inspiring stories of people who don’t let limits stand in their way then you’ll love today’s interview. Gwen McCauley suffered the loss of her first husband in an accident 40 years a...
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Why I Left Academia for a Life on the Road from 2015-11-16T18:00
Sometimes travel is just such a passion you will move heaven and earth to do it. For Italian Claudia Tavani she knew from a very young age that she needed to do it as much as she could.
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Fire Yourself and Move to Spain from 2015-11-15T18:00
If you’re worried about being a victim of the next round of redundancies why not take the bull by the horns and fire yourself! That’s what todays interviewees Alan and Heidi Wagoner did.
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Traveling the World on $US63 Per Day - An Experiment in Retirement Living from 2015-11-12T18:00
Feeling jealous about your children enjoying a gap year overseas? So were Duncan and Jane Dempster-Smith until they asked the question “Why can’t we have a 12 month overseas escape too?” They fa...
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Why Iran Should be Seriously on Your Travel List from 2015-11-11T18:00
Turning a part time travel blog into a fulltime means of income may not be as easy as you think. For Italian Margherita Rag and Australian partner Nik Burns the decision to start fulltime travel...
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Single in South East Asia: Leaving the Health Service for a New Life Abroad from 2015-11-10T18:00
You never know where a chance meeting can take you. A train ride to London saw Alice Nettleingham sitting beside a girl who had just come back from teaching English in India. Alice’s life in the...
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Living in Penang, Malaysia - an On Location Interview from 2015-11-09T18:00
Today in our first ever on-location interview we caught up with Daniel Chen, an expat American and Steve Struyck a retired Dutchman who have both made the move to Penang, Malaysia. In th...
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The World's First Digital Nomad (Maybe!) from 2015-11-08T18:00
Was he the world’s first digital nomad? Maybe, maybe not... but there is little doubt that James Clark was one of the first people to make an online living while traveling.
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Work Anywhere You Want: A Future World of Location Free Earning from 2015-11-05T18:00
Thanks to the growth of the internet more and more people are enjoying the opportunity to work from wherever they wish, anytime they wish. It is the biggest change in our working environment sin...
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Tales from Tel Aviv; Why I Left LA to Rebuild My Business from 2015-11-04T18:00
Sometimes circumstances outside of your control can be the catalyst to finally make the step to becoming an expat.
For Ron Perry the 2008 economic crisis forced him to downsize his web de...
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Why 50 is the New 30 For Travelers from 2015-11-03T18:00
Some business headaches were the catalyst for Tom Bartel and Kristin Henning decision to leave their Minnesota home and start traveling the world in 2010. Their publishing business had met some ...
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No More Bean Counting: Why I Walked Away From Acountancy To Travel the World from 2015-11-02T18:00
It took Brendan Lee around 72 hours as a chartered accountant to realize that it wasn’t the career for him. But leaving wasn’t easy – he was on a committed tenure that meant he had 4 years to w...
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From the Middle East to a Place in Greece from 2015-11-01T19:00
The Middle East can seem a scary place – and not the ideal location for a single British woman to be heading to. For Amanda Settle spending more time in the British education system as a teache...
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Why I Left My "Dream" Career to Care For Elephants from 2015-10-29T18:00
Traveling can be a fantastic experience at the best of times but it’s even better when you can combine it with something you are passionate about. Diana Edelman took to the road in 2010 after re...
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Caribbean Views for $5 A Day - Managing 50 Ukrainians from a Mexican Hideaway from 2015-10-28T18:00
Although Barnaby Andersun had lived the typical suburban lifestyle of house, mortgage and car for 18 years in Brisbane,Australia he always knew that with a portable business there was a less str...
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How Teaching in Korea Gives Me 3 Months in Chiang Mai from 2015-10-27T18:00
Do you consider yourself too old to move countries? Maybe you’re a middle aged single woman who’s fearful of the world… or perhaps you have no skills to earn money with if you do shift. All perf...
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How We Pay For Travel with a Camera and an Etsy Store from 2015-10-26T18:00
One of the tricks to being able to travel is making sure you have enough money to do it. It’s less expensive than you think but some form of income is still going to be handy! Sometimes this mig...
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Retirement Renegades: How To Downsize and Hit the Road from 2015-10-25T18:00
To many a comfortable lifestyle in Corpus Christi Texas would sound like retirement bliss and for Anita and Richard Oliver it had its benefits. Anita was still working as a pharmacist while Rich...
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One Dad, and One Kid - The Travel Adventures of a Single Dad and His Teenage Son from 2015-10-22T18:00
Today’ interview is longer than our normal but I think you’ll agree it’s worth every minute.
Just over 4 years ago Talon Windwalker was dealing with depression and his 9 year old son was ...
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Life as a French Au Pair from 2015-10-21T18:00
One of the issues facing perpetual travelers and those wishing to become global nomads or expatriates is “where do I make some money?” Well there are lots of options available online but if you’...
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On the Road for 30 Years - Why Age is no Barrier from 2015-10-20T18:00
Being a perpetual traveler is one of the new ways to see the globe but 30 years ago it was more a rarity – and even more of a rarity for a single woman to be doing it on her own.
For Leyl...
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Living Well in Europe For Less $1000 Per Month from 2015-10-19T18:00
If your image of the typical house-sitter is a cat loving baby boomer than think again. Laura and Tanbay are two twenty somethings travelling the world and enjoying it without the cost of accomm...
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Building an Online Business So You Can Travel - How To Find Expert Help From $3 Per Hour from 2015-10-18T18:00
So you’re looking at heading overseas and want to set up an online business, maybe a travel blog, to bring in a little money. Trouble is you don’t know the first thing about website building, af...
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Earn Dollars - Spend Pesos; Leaving the Career Path to Build a US Business While Traveling from 2015-10-15T18:00
Travel can be tough if you go against the norms of society. You left the career path you had lined up to do what? You’re travelling the world with two kids under 5…are you nuts??
You coul...
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My German Adventure; A Lesson in Lifestyle Choice from 2015-10-14T18:00
Do you live to work or work to live? This is a question Margo Eggeling finds herself asking more frequently after her experience of living in Heidelberg Germany. Her time away has provided her a...
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Life Begins at 55: How I Overcame Illness to Travel the World from 2015-10-13T18:00
Facing death is the ultimate motivation to revisit your life’s purpose and ask yourself whether what you are doing is truly making you happy. For Barbara Weibel that challenge came to a head in ...
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From Legal Eagle to Basking in Biarritz - Embracing a Slower Pace of Life from 2015-10-12T18:00
It’s a long way from California to the west coast of France, especially if you’ve never visited before. Daniele and her husband Mike made the big move after Mike got a job opportunity in the Fre...
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Living a Loire Lifestyle - An English Comedian in Rural France from 2015-10-11T18:00
What do you do if you’re a stand-up comedian who has just lost his day job and your artist girlfriend has also lost hers? You move to France of course! Today we interview Tommy Barnes who with h...
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How to Be an Expat Without Leaving the Country from 2015-10-08T19:00
If you’re keen to live the expat life but overseas travel and cultures are not for you then why not consider being an expat traveler within your own country? Lots of people are doing it and toda...
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Why Colombia is the Best Place for a Heart Attack from 2015-10-07T19:00
If you’re in need of some heart repairs would you be comfortable with having it done in another country? For many people the thought of this would seem terrifying – but as an expat living in Col...
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The New Colombia; Life After Drugs from 2015-10-06T19:00
Colombia is a country that has been struggling to throw off its history of civil war and drug crime. A country that was well off the radar of travelers even 10 years ago has undergone something ...
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Winters in Cancun: A Thirty Something Perspective from 2015-10-05T19:00
Being an expat doesn’t have to mean leaving your old life behind. An increasing number of people are enjoying the benefits of their home life while spending a significant portion of the year in ...
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Kiwis in Korea: How To Get a Cheaper Funded Education from 2015-10-04T19:00
So what do you know about Korea? In my case not very much. I certainly wasn’t aware that I could leave my wallet on a public bench and have a better than even chance of getting it back! But this...
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Living a Hong Kong Lifestyle from 2015-10-01T20:00
It’s a long way from Edinburgh Scotland to the heart of Hong Kong; not just in distance but also in contrasts. For Joanna Claire an opportunity to shift with her employer was too good to turn do...
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A Brit in Brazil: Teaching English in Sao Paulo from 2015-09-30T20:00
Getting a gun pointed in your face is often an experience that would cause many to catch the next bus out of town but for Andrew Creelman he hasn’t allowed it to faze his enjoyment of living in ...
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Children Are a Reason To Be Expats from 2015-09-29T20:00
Children can stop you from travelling – or it can be the very reason to be doing it. Today we talk to a couple who have certainly been leading an international lifestyle and have two very intern...
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$5000 Per Month From Blogging from 2015-09-28T20:00
One of the great advantages of the internet is the ability to create a portable income, one that isn’t time dependent and one you can earn from anywhere in the world. In fact if you’re an expat ...
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Hanging Out in Honduras; From Secretary to Scuba Instructor from 2015-09-27T20:00
It’s never too late to become an expat and its certainly never too early. Sometimes a moment happens when you realize that the life you’re living isn’t what you want to do anymore. For Rika Purd...
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Burritos and Bandits - Our Housesit in Mexico from 2015-09-24T20:00
Love Mexico? Happy to live in million dollar homes for free with the housekeepers and gardeners while the owners are away? If this sounds like the lifestyle for you then you’d better listen to t...
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An Expat in Central America from 2015-09-23T20:00
Not everyone chooses the expat lifestyle but there are few who regret it once it’s happened. The global economic crisis put paid to Susanna Perkins plans to stay in the US and she was forced wit...
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Starting a New Life in Panama from 2015-09-22T20:00
You don’t have to be seeking a warmer climate to make an expat move. Michael Long and his wife had been enjoying the warmth of Tampa but decided that life had more to offer them elsewhere. Micha...
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My Life in Malaysia from 2015-09-21T21:00
Being a single woman in midlife doesn’t seem like the best time to make a leap into the unknown but for Diane Dupres it proved th...
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How to Teach English While Traveling from 2015-09-20T21:00
One of the biggest fears for any would-be-expat is throwing away the day job and moving overseas. Unless you’re well set financia...
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How To Take Your Job From Chicago to Costa Rica from 2015-09-17T23:01:49
How long would it take you to get tired of Chicago winters and two weeks holiday per year? For Illinois couple Jackie and Junior ...
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From Corporate Lives to Cafes in Laos from 2015-09-11T19:30
Not many people are willing to leave suburbia, head for the jungle and run a business that gives all its profits away, but todays...
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Cruising the World Doesn't Cost What You Think from 2015-09-11T18:30
In March 2014 John and Monika Mundell said goodbye to their 11 pet birds and set sail (literally) on an adventure that so far has...
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Live Like a Millionaire for Free from 2015-08-03T05:48:40
Can you really sustain a lifestyle caring for other people’s houses and never have to go home again? Today’s guests are living pr...
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How To Leave the Cubicle on $1000 per month from 2015-08-03T04:01:15
Not many people would be prepared to walk away from a well-paying career job in the prime of their earnings life, but somebody wh...
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