Travel

Housesitting: Do Not Sign Up Until You Have Read This!

August 22, 2018 by Vicki

Answer These 3 Questions

Before You Sign Up For Housesitting

Question #1 Why do you want start housesitting?

WHY You House Sit v WHERE You House Sit

My reason for housesitting was simple. I was moving half way around the world, with limited $$ and nowhere to live. This guided my research to my first, very successful, housesitting sign up.

1. If you want to save money on accommodation while you study then proximity to your college/university has to be a priority. As does internet connection and what the homeowner expects you to do on a daily basis.

2. Your desire to travel the world on a budget does not mean you have limitless choices. Public transport and everyday living costs are every bit as important. [Read more…] about Housesitting: Do Not Sign Up Until You Have Read This!

Traveling With Grandchildren

September 21, 2017 by Vicki

Traveling With Grandchildren

Yes, You Can!

Start With The Positive

Most grandparents who are thinking about taking their grandchildren on holiday turn to google to check out what they should and shouldn’t do. Can I suggest that before you google ‘vacationing with your grandchildren’ you think about why you want to go on holiday with your grandchildren. Loving them is a given but there is a whole lot more to traveling with your grandchildren that will balance out some of your fears. [Read more…] about Traveling With Grandchildren

Retirement Traveling: Conversations You Must Have

September 10, 2017 by Vicki

Retirement Traveling for Couples

8 Conversation Starters

You Must Have Before You Leave Home

Retirement traveling is not the same as your pre-retirement summer vacations or long week end getaways. The good news is you have a lot more options.The bad news is the more options you have the harder it is to make a decision.

You are a couple, which means you have made it through some pretty stressful times in your partnership. Raising children, work life balance and everything else that life throws at you. Which means that going on holiday together should be easy, right? I wish!

Planning Your Travels: 8 Steps For A Successful Plan

August 30, 2017 by Vicki

Travel Planning

“Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail”

Alan Lakein

Travel planning starts with a conversation. My post on planning for retirement also started with a conversation for a very good reason. Conversations are THE best way to start planning for the important things in your life. Unless you can afford to have vacations that you can’t wait to get home from then you need to have a travel plan. In retirement the travel plan is even more important and because time is usually the one commodity you have plenty of it too is open to debate. For some vacations have a time limit. For others it may become a full time life time choice.