427: Matt Kepnes, Nomadic Matt Travel Blogger

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Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Wouldn’t it be a nice to make a living off of traveling the world? Our guest today is doing just that and he shares how…Matt Kepnes is the creator of the award-winning budget travel site, Nomadic Matt. Matt is also the author of the New York Times best-seller, "How to Travel the World on $50 a Day." In 2005 after a trip to Thailand, Matt decided to quit his job, finish his MBA and travel. His trip was supposed to last a year but fast forward more than 10 years later and he's still trotting the globe. His travel tips and advice has been featured in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, CNN, TIME, Yahoo! and countless others. Matt shares his top tips for traveling on a budget. How to spend LESS than $50 a day. He also shares why his MBA was probably his biggest financial failure and why he insists on paying his own way when he travels…because let’s face it, with the popularity of his blog, he could travel for free if he really wanted to. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Money episode 427, Matt Kepness, also known as Nomadic Matt.
0:05.6	You're listening to So Money with award-winning Money Guru Farno Shkorabi.
0:11.6	Each day get a 30 minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top business minds, authors, influencers, and from Farnuish yourselves.
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1:19.8	Ford slash So Money. You're listening to So Money, everyone. How are you? How's it going? June 8th, 2016. Summer is
1:29.8	upon us almost. Can't wait. My son's turning two years old this month I cannot believe it
1:35.2	how time flies parents out there I don't know what you do to make time slow down
1:40.7	but someone please teach me because this is just going way too quickly.
1:45.2	I wanted to bring on today's guest because it's almost summer I mean it's pretty
1:49.3	summer right now in New York sun is shining flowers in bloom, and it's time to think about vacation.
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