All tagged Budget/Expenses
As a couple pursuing FI/RE (financial independence, retire early) while traveling full time, we’re very aware of our budget and what we spend year over year. We’ve been intentionally and slowly increasing our spending each year (just three years ago we were spending only $7,000 a year!), but this year came in at an 80% increase over last year because we had a baby! Read on to see how we continued to save money, where we increased our spending, and how we’re continuing to travel full time as digital nomads with an infant.
Another year down as digital nomad house sitters pursuing FI/RE (financial independence, retire early) and we’re happy to share our 2021 budget and expenses. We spent $10,002 for the entire year ($5,001 apiece) all-in! Now, if you follow us, you know that number blows our usual $7,000 budget out of the water, so read on to see where we spent more money and why.
Renting a car and travel in general doesn’t have to be super expensive! We tend to opt for public transportation, but there are times where renting a car simply makes the most sense. It might be for an epic road trip or that we’re in a location where public transportation options are limited or non-existent. Because of COVID-19 and supply issues, renting a car is more expensive than ever. However, there’s no reason to let a car rental break the bank. Read on for tips, tricks, and hacks to save money on your next car rental.
It was unbelievable that we lived on $7,000 ($3,500 each) for a whole year in 2019. So, it’s incredible that we did it again in 2020! See how in 2020 we managed to keep our spending low despite the upheaval COVID-19 brought the world.
Want to lower your expenses and improve your budget? Are you looking to be financially independent and retire early (FI/RE)? We’ve found creative, extreme, and simple ways to lower our expenses while traveling as digital nomads, all while pursuing FI/RE. See how we lived on $7,000, all-inclusive last year. That’s just $3,500 each!
We’re closing out the budget for the year and we’re excited to see that for our year of domestic travel we’ve actually cut our ‘year-in-Europe’ budget by over half! See some of the ways we spent under $7,000 (that’s only $3,500 each!) as digital nomads traveling the US, including several months around the New York City area.
This month we topped the scales and spent the most we have in a single month for this entire year, just over $800. Read on to see where we put our extra dollars this month and were we saved big!
We never really thought that a month of expenses while visiting New York City could be done for anywhere near $600, but we did it! We did sightseeing, lived in comfortable homes, ate well, and lived a pretty good life this month. Plus, we’re one month closer to financial independence, retire early (FI/RE) and loving our lives as full time house sitters and digital nomads.
Our monthly budget for two came in at just over $700 this month. Not bad considering we were in New York City! See how we’re outliers when it comes to our budget as we pursue financial independence, retire early (FI/RE).
We’re incredibly fortunate to be digital nomads who house sit full time in New York City (one of the most expensive cities in the world) and still pursue financial independence, retire early (FI/RE). We’re able to do so by keeping our budget tight and our expenses trim.
We’re opening our spreadsheet and sharing our monthly budget! See how we, as a digital nomad couple pursuing financial independence, retire early keep our budget and expenditures extremely low. We think you’ll agree that we’re doing a pretty good job of being outliers!
We’re in New York City! See what our budget and expenses are as digital nomads pursing financial independence, retire early (FI/RE) have been while ‘living’ in the Big Apple.
Curious how much a house sitting, digital nomad, long-term traveling, ‘onebag’, financial independence, retire early (FI/RE) couple spend in a month? Well you’re not alone, so we’ve documented our expenses and laid it all out on the table. Read on for our budget/expenses and to see what big changes are coming down the pipeline…
As digital nomads who travel long-term and house sit full time our monthly budget and expenses are a bit different than most people. If you’re curious how much we spend and how we can travel full time and still pursue FI/RE (financial independence, retire early) then read on. In April we found ourselves spending a bit more on business expenses and clothing, but finding notable savings in lodging. Also, if your curious how our medical insurance is so low… we’re divulging the details this month!
We’re sharing our budget each month to prove that you don’t need to be independently wealthy to travel full-time. As evidence, we kept our expenses low (well under $500!) this month. And March was a busy month as both digital nomads and house sitters! With three house sitting jobs, one in Philadelphia and two in New York City and several work clients, we kept ourselves busy working and exploring.
February was a month that even blew us away! We’ve never had our expenses fall below $500 in a single month, let alone under $250! This was a month of extreme savings. See how we did it, even while traveling from Alexandria, VA to Philadelphia, PA and sightseeing in both cities.
This is the first of a recurring monthly article where we share our budget/expenses as digital nomads pursuing financial independence, retire early (FI/RE) and traveling continuously and long-term!
