How inexpensive countries are the secret to prolonging the journey [encore]

Episode 180 January 25, 2022 01:01:45
How inexpensive countries are the secret to prolonging the journey [encore]
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How inexpensive countries are the secret to prolonging the journey [encore]

Jan 25 2022 | 01:01:45

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Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“Calculate what you spend on a daily basis at home for all your living expenses, cut that in half, and you’ll have a daily budget that can take you around the world indefinitely.”  –Tim Leffel

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Tim discuss the advantages of traveling to cheaper parts of the world (3:00); how living overseas can actually be cheaper than your life at home (13:00); strategies to save money on the road (23:00); setting a budget, and counterintuitive sightseeing (34:00); and breaking the myth of expensive European travel (51:00).

Tim Leffel (@timleffel) is an award-winning travel writer and author of The World’s Cheapest Destinations and A Better Life for Half the Price. He is the editor of the narrative web publication Perceptive Travel. For more about Tim, check out https://timleffel.com.

The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.

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