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Instagram Marketing: 7 important Instagram Analytics That Will Boost Your Marketing Game

By Betsy Wuebker

Image source: Pexels Keeping track of your marketing strategy is a huge part of running your business. To succeed, you need to have good knowledge of your business performance at every point. With this, you can restrategize where necessary to improve your results. Also, if you want to understand your target audience, and know the extent of your engagement and growth, then you must get analytical.  The problem is, analytics can be hard to track or even understand. There's so much to Continue Reading

Making A Magazine Online For Free

By Betsy Wuebker Leave a Comment

You may be surprised by just how easy it is to make a magazine for free! 1.    Determine the purpose of your magazine – There is only one place to begin, and this is by determining the purpose of your magazine. After all, different kinds of magazines have different purposes. Some are there to entertain while others are there to inform. Why do you want to create a magazine free? What is your magazine going to do? Some of the main purposes of most magazines are as follows: Continue Reading

Moving to Kauai: What About My Vehicle?

By Betsy Wuebker Leave a Comment

A big dilemma for those moving to Kauai: do I ship my mainland car or buy a vehicle there? Garden Island Auto Sales validated our choice. Disclosure: We have a business relationship with Garden Island Auto Sales, having bought and sold with them when we lived on, and returned to, Kauai. When we were planning on moving to Kauai, there were so many details associated with wrapping up our mainland life that we left decisions about our cars until just a few months before our departure date. Continue Reading

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

By Betsy Wuebker 18 Comments

house sitting in a hurricane, korotogo sigatoka

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

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

Working in Singapore: What Can You Look Forward To?

By Betsy Wuebker 1 Comment

This is a guest post from Peter Lee. Over the past few years, the global focus for business is shifting from the west to the east with many Asian countries cropping up as lucrative options for work and entrepreneurial endeavors. Singapore is one of the current hotspots for professionals from all across the globe. However, to be able to judiciously follow a career path, there are few things that need to be avoided as well as a few things that are best kept in mind while applying for employment in Continue Reading

Living in Hawaii: Can You Afford It?

By Betsy Wuebker 16 Comments

A  recent discussion on Google+ (hey, take another look at it if you haven't lately, PassingThru's page is here, and Pete and I are both using it more) on the cost of living in Hawaii was interesting. More than one commenter thought moving to Hawaii would only be possible with a big lottery win. Others referenced people they knew who dealt with the cost of living in Hawaii by making major changes in lifestyle. No one who actually was living in Hawaii, or even seriously thinking of moving to Continue Reading

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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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