Retirement Travel and Money

Hi:

One of the biggest ways you can save money when you travel is by judicious use of your time and airline costs.

The flight costs are often a major factor in a trip, especially if you are going to a country with lower costs than major western nations.

One of the great points of retirement is that now you can take much longer trips, and so make better use of your airline costs.

If you fly to a region and then take full advantage of your time to fully explore that part of the world, it becomes a wonderful adventure. You become a traveller, not a tourist.

Say you are considering Thailand. What about going to the other countries in the area at the same time? Places such as Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Korea, Bali, some safe parts of Indonesia would be fascinating to visit.

The intellectual process around this changes radically. Planning, reading, scheduling, packing - every activity take on different dimensions when you become a traveller, not a tourist.

This will be quite a trip - life changing, I would dare say, and life-expanding. The additional cost might be considerably less than you would expect. The issue of time is not such a pressing one at retirement.

But, perhaps most important of all, you are finally making your dreams a reality.

Perhaps the fear of how great a time you could have is holding you back. I often see reluctance when boldness is in order.

M.

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