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Renegade Retirement
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Приєднався 4 лют 2023
We're Adam and Elise, a couple on the path to early retirement so that we can travel the world and adventure full time. Since discovering the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement, we've drastically slashed our spending and maximized our investments to the point that we will be able to fully retire within 10 years of starting our journey.
The road to financial freedom has brought so much joy and positivity to our lives that we can't help but share what we've learned so far with anyone who will listen. On Renegade Retirement, we'll discuss our early retirement investment strategies, tips for embracing financial minimalism, and budget travel ideas to hopefully help you reach your early retirements dreams sooner with us!
Note: We are not financial advisors and do not intend these videos as personal financial advice. Always consult a professional.
The road to financial freedom has brought so much joy and positivity to our lives that we can't help but share what we've learned so far with anyone who will listen. On Renegade Retirement, we'll discuss our early retirement investment strategies, tips for embracing financial minimalism, and budget travel ideas to hopefully help you reach your early retirements dreams sooner with us!
Note: We are not financial advisors and do not intend these videos as personal financial advice. Always consult a professional.
How To Travel Europe Cheaply This Summer
Is Europe budget travel a myth for summer 2023? News outlets certainly seem to think so. But don't let them fool you! With these budget travel trips, we know it is 100% possible to travel Europe this summer without going completely broke. Today we're using our ten years of Europe travel experience to share our top hacks for saving money while traveling through Europe.
Got any budget European travel hacks that we left out? Share them in the comments below!
00:00 Intro
01:00 Transportation Tips
06:15 Lodging Tips
08:43 Food Tips
11:43 Save Money on Activities
#budgettravel #traveltips #europetravel
Got any budget European travel hacks that we left out? Share them in the comments below!
00:00 Intro
01:00 Transportation Tips
06:15 Lodging Tips
08:43 Food Tips
11:43 Save Money on Activities
#budgettravel #traveltips #europetravel
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The Spending Test: Can You Pass?
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The Spending Test: Five questions for reaching financial freedom. Six years ago we FAILED all five of these questions and early retirement was just a pipe dream. Today, we pass all five of these questions, Adam is only one year away from early retirement, and Elise is on her way towards becoming a millennial millionaire. These five questions have made all the difference in helping ourselves to ...
How We're Preparing for U.S. Debt Default
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What will happen if the U.S. defaults on its debt? Will a debt default cause a stock market crash? Is there a way to profit from the potential debt default crisis? We're answering all this and more! #personalfinance #debtceiling #investing
Is the Bear Market Killing Our Early Retirement Dreams?
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Is the bear market killing our early retirement dreams, or is it in fact helping us? The only way to know for sure is to crunch the numbers. Today we're sharing how our investment strategy has been performing during the bear market. You may notice that we are following all of the strategies outlined in our previous video about investing during inflationary times. That's because we always share ...
Why People Are Suckers for Luxury Cars: The Science
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What is up with our societal obsession with luxury cars? Fresh out of grad school, I definitely fell victim to the luxury car trap, and ended up going $100,000 into debt to do so nonetheless! But why are humans time and time again killing ourselves financially for materialistic items like this that have no lasting impact on our happiness? This is the first in a multi-part series that I like to ...
How to Explore the Sierra on a Budget
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How do we balance our love of travel with our dreams of early retirement? By mastering our ability to budget travel! Here at Renegade Retirement, we LOVE a good weekend getaway. But if you're not careful, costs can add up FAST. Typical family trips to Mammoth for winter travel adventures can cost upwards of a thousand dollars or more. No, sir! We refuse. So today, we're taking you along with us...
The Top 5 Places for Outdoor Lovers to Retire
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Early retirement is just around the corner! But seeing as how we are OBSESSED with hiking and outdoor adventure, we can't just retire anywhere. We've been spending a lot of time researching and planning out where we'll live and travel once we've reached financial independence, and today we are sharing with you our top 5 places in the world for outdoor lovers to retire. Trust us, these places ha...
How to Profit from Inflation
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Inflation is scary. Not only does it erode the value of pensions, social security, and money in the bank, but it also encourages the Fed to raise interest rates, which is likely to tank the stock market. How the heck are we supposed to invest in this kind of environment?! We share our specific strategies not only for investing during an inflationary time, but also for ways to actually get ahead...
From Broke to Retired in Under 10 Years
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We used to think that working until traditional retirement age was inevitable.... until we discovered the F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence Retire Early) community and everything changed. This is the exact strategy we've taken to go from $100,000 in debt to be able to fully retire in less than ten years. Join us on our journey to financial freedom! #earlyretirement #finance #financialfreedom
Amazing video, A friend of mine referred me to a financial adviser sometime ago and we got talking about investment and money. I started investing with $120k and in the first 2 months , my portfolio was reading $274,800. Crazy right!, I decided to reinvest my profit and gets more interesting. For over a year we have been working together making consistent profit just bought my second home 2 weeks ago and care for my family...
I’ve been forced to find additional sources of income as I got retrenched. I barely have time to continue trading and watch my investments since I had my second daughter. Do you think I should take a break for a while from the market and focus on other things or return whenever I have free time or is it a continuous process? Thanks...
@@ThamaraSchlossarek Quitting may not be the best approach if you ask me. This is where an AI comes into the picture. I barely have time to trade myself as my job swallows up most of my time. *MARGARET MOLLI ALVEY*
@@NicholasesFranklins Oh please I’d love that. Thanks!
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I‘m so happy for you and your dad
You two not just fit good looking Couple also SMART One tip don"t put moneys into anything lost moneys Like buy a new car or lease try not to rent Buy a house in a GOOD location don't have to be big you two have each that all you need LOVE much strong then moneys good luck
Congratulations on a job well done!🎉 🎊 👏🏾 💐 🥳
Buying stocks might seem easy, but picking the right one without a solid plan is tough. I've been trying to grow my $100K portfolio, but the tricky part is not having clear plans for when to buy and sell. Any tips on this would really help...
The strategies are tough for average people. They're usually done well by experts with lots of skills and knowledge..
@@Elliot-Ivan I agree. From my own experience with an investment advisor, I've got $1 million in a diverse portfolio that's growing fast. It's not just about having money for stocks; you need to know your stuff, stay determined, and be resilient.
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@@HudsonEthan-00 VICTORIA CARMEN SANTAELLA is the licensed advisor I use. Just search the name. You’d find necessary details to work with to set up an appointment.
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That Europe trip was amazing especially up in the mountains
Delighted for you both, but Bitcoin is a no brained, Glenn, Ireland 🇮🇪
There are many banks that have 4 and over 5% int, on savings acct.
ETF's save on cost and you can trade them during the day if you want. Not at the end of the trading day. Save a ton on capital gains too.
Looking forward to the budget travel ideas you have. Already retired for past 4 years.
I think all your ideas will fail too when debt defaults. Your idea didn't work for the countries who defaulted. Hyperinflation is most likely scenario which you didn't account for.
Im on a fire journey too. And you guys a lovely couple. Subbed! :)
Curious to see more updates to yall’s financials lol. Are you guys planning on making more videos updating your progress? I love seeing the numbers and my wife and I have talked about retiring early so we could travel. Keep the videos coming!
As you know I love you two. This is very nice to see as I have done this too. This makes me so happy about this interview. Have you seen ESI money blog? They interview millionaires and how they made their money and what they do. Mostly rentals and index stocks. The market always goes up over time. I know dividends are a big part of your portfolio. Very informative and interesting. Also, you must have read about Mr Money Mustache and how he basically retired at 30 years old. (Start from beginning). So fun to research and read about this subject, as you know. See you later.
Hi…..I found this as one of your links. Really appreciate your openness. I did not know you were into stocks. VTI is always safe although there are others that do better like AAPL.
"We really trust the stock market." This stock bull market is 15 years old. Good luck with that over time.
very good point. Where I am now (not a millionaire) even though i dream of luxury car , i would sell it if i would somehow win it now. Because it cost a lot to keep it. it is not just having it but being able to maintain it. I know some business owners who are millionaires and they did not buy luxury, and not pay car in full either. They lease it, pay a small monthly fee and use the rest of the money to invest in their business. Money game is a psichological game, an energy game. I appreciate you guys for making these educational videos and most of all the hiking videos. big hugs!
I spent 3 weeks in Europe Rented a car, plane ticket and all expenses totally just under 4000
Also Geez, $5000 GYM Membership? Where!? Even if its 2500 per person I've NEVER seen a membership that high per year. The bouldering gym I go to is $1200yr membership and that is the most expensive gym membership I've ever seen, but its you know a climbing gym.
Ya it was ridiculous. It was a tennis club with very nice pools, steam rooms, and stuff like that, which made sense back when Adam was playing tennis but made no sense when we were hiking every weekend and just using the club to work out and swim. ❤️
Oh dang this channel is a cool idea too.
Glad you're into it! We're only posting occasionally on it for now, but once we start full adventure this coming summer it will be a weekly post!!
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Paying any kind of interest is such a waste of money!
Totally agree! The only interest that might be worth it is a low-interest loan on a house in a good area, or something else that appreciates at a reliably higher rate than the interest. ❤️
There is something wrong waiting until traditional retireement age. I have been pursuing early retirement since my early 20s. It gets detrimental to your health when others sabotage you and harm you intentionally....
Oh my gosh yes, getting sabotaged is the worst! Sorry to hear that happened to you!
Hi guys. Seems like it’s been quite a while since there’s been a new Renegade Retirement video. Did you decide to stop posting on your FIRE journey?
Hey! No we're still going to do the FIRE posts, but are just waiting for the winter storms to come because the last few months we've had hiking adventures to post every week! Of course, once Adam actually retires in June and we start traveling we'll be doing a retirement video along with a hiking video pretty much every week, but until he retires we usually only have time for one vid a week. ❤️
Noticed on LHX2 that you were making allusions to this, and as it's one of my passions as well, I checked it out. Welcome, fellow FIRE Members!! I'm already retired at 67, and now, at 71, am looking at every possible way to augment income to improve my quality of life. Will see you along the way, Adam and Elise!!
Thanks Ed, and huge congratulations on retirement! Adam is retiring from regular work in about 9 months, and we're hitting the road with a satellite connection for some remote work and non-stop adventure ahead of us! ❤️
Hello guys! Great video. My hubby and i are also on track to retire early and having exactly the same discussions, even down to wanting to live at altitude! We have a handy proxy that we use as a COL calculator which we call the espresso index: the cost of a single espresso compared across places. In Switzerland (which we love of course, whats not to love!) weve paid up to 5CHF for an espresso, whereas in parts of italy (❤) it can be as cheap as a euro. Now that's the sort of place we need! Not definitive at all of course, but a handy little tool to guage affordability. After all, retirement definitely needs to include good coffee (after fab outdoor adventures 😅).
Jennifer this is great stuff -- love the espresso index! That's so cool you guys are trying to FIRE and even going for altitude too. Let's definitely be in touch about this -- we would love to hear your tips and have been learning a great deal this past year ourselves. As soon as hiking season slows down we'll do a detailed breakdown of our 6-week "practice" retirement in Europe this summer. It was very eye opening! ❤️
I look forward to seeing that! We're definitely still searching for "the spot" so any tips, opinions welcome. It's getting the mix of affordability with year-round living and activity which is the challenge. We've seen some amazing Italian mountain villages that are super affordable buuut we'd literally be the only people in the village who are getting outdoors. We're looking for a real outdoorsy lifestyle with like-minded people - easy to find in Chsmonix etc but just too expensive to be sustainable. So I'll be looking out for your 6 week summary 😊
What I like about Adam is he realizes that you can work for yourself. When friends went to distribution centers I went to yardwork. Made 3 times as much. Carpentry. The problem is you need medical eventually. I basically did not need a doctor until 46. I did the military specifically for medical. They caused most of it. Medical problems. Kids. See any kids on their hikes? Nope. Dogs? Nope. I lived in a gym for 20 years. Weights. Not fitness. I ran 8 miles a day 13 years straight. Included all the fitness stuff in between sets. Waste of time. Looking back on it. Except when cop. You might want to be able to win a fight as a cop. America is the stock market. The problem is you have to have the Money to put in it. Houses if you keep them 7 years are good. Example. Mine back in Tennessee 178k 2017 Now 380k 2023. 2019 425k now 625k. 2021 365k sold 6 months later 465k. But now you can't sell one. 7.81% vs 2.25%
Yes Dan, medical is the biggest concern we have for sure! If we knew we could have low cost affordable health care for the next 20 years we could retire and travel full time right now! ❤️
I'm retired in the CO mountains, about an hour west of Denver. Something to consider is living in the foothills of the Rockies, instead of one of the Front Range cities. You can be within an hour of Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, yet still live in a small mountain town. More affordable too if you stay out of ski-resort towns. Altitudes of 6-8k are the norm in the foothills, so good for acclimatization, yet not so high visiting friends get sick. Living a bit west of Colorado Springs keeps you close to the biggest concentration of 14ers as well, while staying in the "banana belt' where winters aren't so harsh. Just let your Google Earth mouse drift a bit more west.
This is a great idea, and we will absolutely look into it. We're planning to spend 4 or 5 weeks in CO climbing 14ers and scouting possible living spots next summer, and we will follow your advice during our recon! ❤️
Yolo spending seems to be something too many people do!
Totally agree, and the thing is it doesn't increase their happiness. It's like a brief sugar high but then it's gone. ❤️
I literally worked at Yosemite/Rocky/Teton/Yellowstone/BLM AZ Strip/Canaveral National Seashore. How? I got off my ass and did it. Got the Class A CDL, and they paid for it. I presented myself for sht work in the middle of nowhere. E and Adam are civilized. I was not. Am not. Yes, my friends are and are not. Engineers/Doctors/Lawyers. The richest businessmen I know have worked 30 years 60 hours a week or more. Farmers sold their farms to rich lawyers and doctors. MY DAD 20 YEARS TRAVELLING TO THREE CITIES A WEEK. Then started his own business. Do you want to know how? He went to Chicago to Marshall Fields President, Jack Dern yes Bruse Dern's brother. Jack came in, sat down, and called in a purchaser and told him we are buying all our carpet from Bob. Then he went to Belgium where the big guy made him an agent for them in the USA. Bob Shaw Shaw Carpets was like a million-dollar-a-year company in 1979. Tiny. Carpet is made in Dalto GA and Belgium. How did he meet these people?? Life. In school. In business. He had done Jack Dern a big favor years earlier. Who knew, he did not know he would ever see him again even. The point network/customer/service/value for your service/go the distance. If Army jump on the grenade or take the bullet for your buddies, sucks but that is the same attitude. There is not an easy way to do it. Generally, it takes 3 years. How many years have I watched These two? Gee 3. 3-year, law school. hygienist. nurse. 5 for union trade. quicker to go to medical school, Opportunity is what America is about.
There is a flip side to this. Actually making a lot of money. The heyday was 1970s on vehicles. Lincoln suicide door, caddys, Nova/Superbee/Charger/Cuda/Camaro, alot of older 50s cars available. We had five in our yard the Lincoln/Big Caddy/Nova/Charger/Station wagon/Truck/VW 1970 Super. When you make 40 an hour or 28 there are people making 800 or more. $6800 a surgery that is 3 hours or less. It is $6000 for a criminal defense. Custom carpentry, building. I have done strip mall tearouts for $3800 a day. In the words of the late Will "I have made a lot of money with a shovel". The thing is in America you have opportunity from what these guys are saying to opportunity, my ex gf delivering pizza, age 30 broke, says I cannot do this anymore here friend also delivering pizza says engineers make money, last time I ate lunch at NASA Kennedy she was the only brown person 5 foot 10 electrical Puerto Rican female there. 2009. The question is what are you prepared to do to get there?? Nobody is stopping most of us. I know guys with 8 kids that went from car mechanic to doctor, The same guys owns at least six houses now, rents them, nice ones. Me. Cop/building inspector/code enforcement/military/state/federal/municipal/construction/two trades/good at more/plants/distribution centers/farming/handyman/restaurants........... Got 8 kids, two wives, 20 grandkids, degree, certs, CALL ME FORREST GUMP. Two combat ours/3 major deployments 11 foreign countries. YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT IN AMERICA. Eventually time will run out but there are also a lot of old people who started businesses after retiring. Bam. WHAT LIFESTYLE DO YOU WANT? CAREER? AND YOU CAN HAVE THREE. 20+20+20+20 if you live to 80, throw out 20 for education and training. Pow.
Lastly, they are a couple. Older. Even E is in that mode. If you are a couple with kids and in a 3.7% inflation economy, it was 14% Carter. With $4.75 gas. Or more. Loans. It is tough. I flushed 14k down toilet on RV. Cash. Last month to get rid of it. Hate Camry hybrid, but it will pay for itself in WA. Eventually. Dogs. Money pit. Yep. Add them and like kids somebody has to watch them. Ouch. It's been 4 years, and I am not living a fitness outdoor lifestyle. Just saying it is not quick. So start with daily plan. Achievable wins.
We wish it was $4.75 gas in Cali, Dan! It's been almost $6 in LA lately!!
What's interesting is that this advice has never changed. Basic formula. Work is your income. Choose wisely.
For sure!!
Get rid of cars. No Dutch Bros. No eating out. BUT WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? House absolutely kills you. It is murder. In CA OR WA. I had $6800 disposable income. Apartment. House IN HELLENSBURG maybe $800 now. So stupid and now you cannot sell. Lifestyle trap. Restaurant food is awful. Terrible. Really is. Food is a social thing. Cultural. Eating is overrated. Time and health are your most precious things. These two will not be able to hike eventually. When? Who knows. But have a realistic lifestyle plan. Content. I do hours a day. But I am retired and cannot do previous cash work. Doing writing now. UA-cam channel is the future. Ruby Ridge 5th Element.
Split your time between Thailand and Nepal. Perfect combination. Great health care in Thailand when you need it, (better and cheaper than anywhere in the US- my doctor went to Johns Hopkins med school) massive cultural stuff, great for the winters, and summer in Nepal. The Himalayas blow away anything in the west.
That sounds like an awesome lifestyle! So excited to get to the Himalayas!! ❤️
How is he so upbeat, attentive and agreeable all the time? ;)
Haha I don't know but you're right -- I think I really lucked out on that! ❤️ --E
Excellent advice! As someone that has never lived in the city and never rented, I am realizing JUST how LUCKY I am to be well ahead of majority of everyone else. I make a measly $40k a year and raise 2 kids, own 2 acres off a scenic hwy in WA state and own my vehicles, no student debt, no debt really in general (except originally a $10k debt for tools for my job that has built credit) and at 32 years old I am really seeing just how well off I am, even if I am not making a whole lot of money. To be fair, I am paycheck to paycheck, with grocery inflation taking up half of my paycheck every week, I don't have much money to save but I managed to quit smoking cigarettes and instead of spending $70 a week on cigs, I put $50 a week into a savings account and $20 a week into a seperate savings account. I am not too sure what I should do with that, but I have managed to save over $800 in the last 4ish months! I love your content, especially the livehard channel! Keep up the great and positive, extremely inspiring and happy content!!
Thanks Jay! That is so freaking inspiring that you not only quit smoking but put that money into savings -- now, the trick is going to be putting those savings into investments (preferably an index fund in a Roth IRA) and watching it grow exponentially as the years go by! Once Adam takes early retirement and can devote more time to this channel, we want to start doing case studies of people that are improving their finances. Let's stay in touch about that in the future, because you could be a really interesting one. ❤️
@RenegadeRetirement thank you for your response! It does feel really good to finally start saving, though tbh it is going to pay our property taxes this time around lol But, by next year when property taxes needs paid, I should have at least $1,500 which is MUCH less than what I should have saved. So learning about all that would be pretty sweet!
Bishop, I hope to live there too. At some point in my life :)
Awesome! Ya we go there so often that we already consider it kind of a home away from home -- hope we all end up there hiking and climbing and living the outdoor dream! ❤️
Good vid and lessons here. Unfortunately in our society, there is such an emphasis on luxury and material goods. However old people often say that it was the life experiences with family and friends (example trips and vacations) that they remember the most; the fancy clothes or cars didn’t bring them happiness
Thanks much, and yes that has definitely been borne out by our experience. We've done the luxury goods and it just hasn't been nearly as exhilarating or satisfying as great life experiences. So having learned all that, we're aiming to cut nearly all luxuries and going all in on great experiences! ❤️
It's great new channel.. I do know from some people pretty high up in the banking world.. that US treasuries backup a lot of central bank in the trillions because of their stability. So they are not going to let US treasuries fail
Ya I agree with you in principle, though wouldn't have minded if we had a bit more of a debt default scare in order to pick up some nice bargains. The Fitch downgrade yesterday is providing a bit of a dip, and also some pretty good bond yields! I'm still buying bonds right now with the 10 year above 4%, just adding some ballast to the portfolio with early retirement coming up. Stoked you're liking the new channel -- lots of new content will be coming for it once we're back from the Europe trip! --A
We'll be your friends if you move to Colorado Springs 😁! We're following your guidance to retire early and will probably just stay put since COS has some of the most rad trails on the front range. See you around!? Cheers!
That is awesome to hear!!! We are going to be coming to CO Springs next summer, probably for at least a few weeks, to really check it out and of course do some of the great hiking around there. If you don't mind, we'll reach out to you before we come and pick your brains a bit! ❤️
Doing great on the house & car - summer tends to open up the eating out more often, but we do pretty well during the school year - definitely need to work on the too much time wasted on scrolling social media
Haha you described our lives almost exactly! But house and car are by far the two biggest for most people, so by getting those handled you're already way ahead! ❤️
Sorry, living in the past, looking forward to seeing your trip to Europe hopefully not big city France. Be safe out there.
Thanks very much, and yes we are definitely avoiding the big cities and just hiking our butts off in Chamonix where things seem totally normal! ❤️
@@RenegadeRetirement Great Job, I love your content! Well done...
Went to NZ in 1991 for the big trip before kids with the wife, for the month of February, $5,000 airfare/food/hostels and we stayed in hostels the entire trip. Blackwater rafting, Glowworms, Roturua, from the tip of the North Island to the trip of the South Island 1st 2 weeks rode the bus as the steering wheel was on the opposite side and you drove on the opposite side of the road. Rented a van for the south Island and then rode a train from Invercargill on the tip of the South Island to Auckland in 1 2/2 days! Beautiful Country.
That sounds totally amazing!!! What great memories. We are definitely planning to go the NZ the winter after this, once Adam early retires -- maybe we'll have to put glowworms on the menu! ❤️
@@RenegadeRetirement It's almost 20hrs out of LA, allow a month to do it fairly well, there is so much there, tropical paradise in the north, chilly in the south. I watched a tropical moonrise over the Pacific through a mosquito net, no glass in the windows. Saw kids throwing a ball using a "cricket" style pitch in the street. Bottle shops, sigh, fresh beer paradise. Coramandel Peninsula, stayed in an 1870's hostel hotel. We lost all our western wooden towns in the droughts in the 1890's, it's so wet there there's a western style wooden town called Thames, also lots of gold mining there if you want to put a pan in the river, we soaked in a hot river in the Rotarua area, saw steam coming out from under the sidewalks. Go in our winter, Jan-Feb, South Island big Mts, Edmund Hillary grew up and climbed there pre Everest. Literally sea level to 12,000 ft peaks in 10 miles. Some day I'll head back and do it again...Glow worms were a really special treat... Sorry for the long comment it was such a special trip...
These videos are so great! I love how you make it seem possible by relating your own journey. And your positivity is and always has been super infectious, thanks! I recently bought an electric bike to commute in order to squeeze a few more years of life out of my 14 year old car. The bike was a bit pricey, but I think it will pay for itself in gas, maintenance, and car payments really quickly. And, even though it's electric, it's pedal assist, so I'm getting some exercise during my commute and am outside enjoying the early morning. Dining out is the big spending sink for me; I'd really like to concentrate on being more deliberate about making my own food. And I'd never thought about the opportunity cost of doom scrolling before. Even aside from all the mental and social problems with it, it's another great reason to put the phone down and go do something.
Matt the e-bike commute is genius! Since covid I've been able to go fully remote, but I used to always bike to my clients -- was such an incredible way to get through LA rush hour. I would literally get to places in 30 minutes on a bike that would have taken an hour by car. And I really relate to the dining out thing -- it's still my biggest money downfall, but I never do it alone anymore so at least save it for social occasions. Anyway, so glad you're enjoying this series! It's gonna be such a fun complement to the adventure channel. --A
Thank you for another great video. As a European, I definitely agree with you on the small-town vibe, and the same idea can be applied to eating at restaurants. There are often smaller restaurants and cafés in more residential areas (often only a few streets from the town/city centre) that are used by locals and which give a social/cultural experience (even if you don't speak enough of the language to chat), as well as a foodie one. Another tip re. restaurants, especially for those who are really into finding high-quality dining options (I'm more of a bread-cheese-tomatoes-chocolate-on-a-park-bench kind of girl myself), can be to look for good lunch offers - usually cheaper than evening at the same place, but just as delicious food (if sometimes slightly less choice compared to evening). Even if you're not huge foodies but still want to have a decent meal of local food once in a while, then eating lunch out instead of dinner is a cheaper option but you still support local businesses. Accommodation-wise, at least if you're staying a few nights in the same place, it can be good to look for options where you can make your own food (hostels if you don't mind all the sharing of facilities, otherwise AirBnB or apartment swaps). It obviously doesn't mean you can't eat out, but you can save a LOT of money by buying at the supermarket and selecting just one or two special restaurant experiences. It also saves an enormous amount on breakfasts, which are really pricy in regular hotels - even if they are "included" in the room price, they usually push the room price up significantly. Personally, I also find it cosier to have your own, private breakfast scenario while you are still waking up. And if you are travelling for long periods of time, that more homely feeling of making your own food can be really rewarding. Very long comment - sorry!
This is great advice, Catherine -- hope everyone sees it! Really like the idea about having lunch out, and then the homemade dinner -- great way for foodies to try nice restaurants at a much better price! ❤️
@@RenegadeRetirement Thanks, Elise. It maybe won't save you huge amounts all at one go (like finding a super-cheap flight or car hire can), but over time, savings on food can really make a difference. Also, eating out every day (even buying ready-made sandwiches) is usually not as healthy in the long run unless you're good at consistently finding salad bars, which might be lower on calories/fat/sugar but are not necessarily so on price (and can get kinda boring).
Please tell me that there is a picture of you guys on that little scooter with all your luggage. 🙂
Haha OMG I wish, but we had no one to take the picture! You just have to imagine the shot of Adam with all the luggage and then me on the standing on the very back holding his shoulders -- for miles! 😂
I do have to say I'm not a big fan of using credit cards for points (or any other reason), but that's more for ethical reasons that logistical ones. I'm glad you are using them wisely and getting benefits from it.
That's interesting -- do you mean ethical in regard to the super high interest rates and sort of predatory lending practices, or something else? We use them wisely at least in the sense that we get a lot of points and never carry a balance (so no interest payments). Do you guys pay for things mostly in cash then? Or debit card? In certain places, we've def found that cash is the best way to go. ❤️
@@RenegadeRetirement Ethical in that the card companies are making lots of money if if not from me, then SOMEONE is paying for those points. The truth is that predatory lending practices end up with those in our nation who can least afford it pay for my points. I refuse to profit from the suffering of those people. I pay with cash/debit card only. It can be a pain some times, but a debit card offers the same protections from fraud that a credit card does.
Thank you for mentioning those with mobility issues. My wife (@wheelsinthewilderness) has mobility issues and we use her mobility scooter to get around as much as possible. Though we could not travel over seas with it, we travel our state and nearby states and have plans to some long rail trails all over the country, once WE get to the place where we can afford to travel full time.
The rail trails sound awesome!!! Sorry to hear you guys can't get overseas with the scooter, but stoked that you are going to do US full time travel. We're planning to spend at least a year or two doing the same -- trying to do the best hikes in all 50 states! ❤️