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The Two Major Steps to Achieve Location Independence to Travel the World

By Betsy Wuebker Leave a Comment

Many people aspire to embracing their wanderlust, exploring the world, and living free of the stresses of office life. After a certain point, though, it can be tough to pivot from a “normal” life in society, with responsibilities and bills limiting your scope. So, it’s good to have goals and to know how to start on the journey to achieving those goals. To become location independent, just as we did, you need to take two major steps: work your way into a flexible online job and enable Continue Reading

Working and Living Life: Most Incredible Benefits of Being a Digital Nomad

By Betsy Wuebker Leave a Comment

It’s pretty safe to say that the digital nomad lifestyle is one of the fastest-growing lifestyles with no foreseeable future of slowing down anytime soon. Research and studies have been conducted that reveal an estimated one billion digital nomad will be roaming the world by the year 2035… that’s a lot of people ditching their 9 to 5s and becoming their own bosses! So the real question is why are so many people jumping on the digital nomad train? Well, for one, the process to become one Continue Reading

House Sitting in a Hurricane: Five Things We Learned from Cyclone Winston in Fiji

By Betsy Wuebker 18 Comments

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What do you learn house sitting in a hurricane which was the strongest cyclone to hit the Southern Hemisphere since record-keeping began? This post contains affiliate links and/or references to our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on or make a purchase using these links. This was to be (and is, at the time of this writing) our third house sit at a hilltop compound on Fiji’s Coral Coast. When we set things up at the close of our second sit for these homeowners, there was Continue Reading

Become Location Independent: Ultimate Guide

By Betsy Wuebker 59 Comments

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When we became location independent, we didn't have a blueprint. The Ultimate Guide to Become Location Independent is exactly the resource we wish we'd had. When fellow travel blogger Norbert Figueroa asked for opinions on his new e-book, The Ultimate Guide to Become Location Independent, we quickly responded. We were curious to see what he included. And having gone down the path to become location independent ourselves, we wanted to compare. Did Norbert's conclusions and recommendations Continue Reading

Can You Afford to Live in Hawaii?

By Betsy Wuebker 22 Comments

How do people afford to live in Hawaii? Before you throw your favorite flip flops and aloha shirt in your sayonara suitcase, heed our best advice for moving to Hawaii. It's deep midwinter on the Mainland, and with it a virtual polar vortex of emails and blog visitors who are wondering: how do people afford to live in Hawaii, how do you afford to live in Hawaii, what about shipping furniture to Hawaii, how do people afford homes in Hawaii, can I afford to live in Hawaii, how can you Continue Reading

How to Travel for Free: Frequent Flyer and Loyalty Program Hacks

By Betsy Wuebker 3 Comments

We've spent the weekend at the sold-out 2012 FlyerTalk Chicago Seminars learning about how to travel for free using frequent flyer program hacks for air travel and hotel elite status programs. We were feeling pretty good about our 2012 free travel record before we arrived, estimating that we'd traveled for free about 40% of the time in 2012, and almost free another 15 to 20%. After an intense weekend of back-to-back workshops led by frequent flyer program veterans from FlyerTalk and/or the Continue Reading

Road Trip! Let’s Go!

By Betsy Wuebker 9 Comments

We're heading out on a road trip this morning - a lengthy road trip that will take almost a month and cover about a dozen states. Taking a road trip is a rite of passage for all kinds of travelers. There are those who camp, and those who don't. There are those who take the interstate and those who travel the Blue Highways (which we reviewed in one of last year's newsletters). This is an experience that can be repeated again and again, and will always be blissfully different, even by the Continue Reading


Aloha! We’re Betsy and Pete Wuebker. We traveled the world full time for close to four years and have visited almost 50 countries. If you’re a curious and thoughtful traveler, you’re in the right place. No matter if you’re new to travel or an old hand, we can help you refine your bucket list!

Here’s to a happier, travel-centered life!

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