Dirt Cheap Travel w/ Trip of a Lifestyle #869
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🗓️ 21 August 2024
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Unfortunately a LOT of us view traveling as a luxury. It’s something that isn’t necessary, and so because of that we choose to delay our vacations, which means that we’re actually not all that good at traveling when the time finally comes. It’s like any activity we perform infrequently – we probably suck at it! And to make matters worse, if we see travel as a luxury good, that also means we think it’s necessary to spend a ton of money on it as well, which our guests today have completely disproven. We’re joined by the couple behind Trip of a Lifestyle, Lauren and Steven, who are going to share how they travel on the cheap. Here’s a quick and dirty summation of some of their notable milestones: they embarked on a 45 day road trip after college, then rather than honeymooning in Hawaii for a week they stuck around for six months. Shortly after that they purchased their first home, in cash, all while making less than $100,000 combined! They’ve traveled abroad, visited every national park in the US, and they both retired from their full time jobs at age 29. Listen as we discuss everything from menu hacks while on the road, to bigger discussions around giving yourself “permission” to pursue the kind of life that excites you!
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| 0:00.0 | Every week on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, I invite an artist, writer, or politician to come to the table and speak from the heart. |
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| 0:30.1 | Welcome to How to Money. I'm Joel. And I am Matt. |
| 0:34.0 | And today we're talking Dirt Cheap Travel with Lauren and Stephen from Trip of a Lifestyle. And Yes, I think most people they see traveling as a luxury Joel, right? It's something that isn't completely necessary and so because of that |
| 1:04.8 | they choose to delay which then means they're actually not all that good at traveling it's |
| 1:09.2 | like it's like working out the more you do it I think the better you get at it |
| 1:11.6 | and if that same person sees |
| 1:13.5 | travel as as a luxury good I think that also means that they expect to spend a ton of |
| 1:18.7 | money on it as well oftentimes later in life which our guests today have completely disproven. |
| 1:24.7 | We're joined by the couple behind a trip of a lifestyle, Lauren and Stephen, who are going to share |
| 1:29.6 | how they travel on the cheap. |
| 1:31.3 | And so here's a quick and dirty little bio on them. They embarked on a 45 day |
| 1:35.4 | road trip after college. Then rather than honeymooning in Hawaii for a week, they stuck around for six months. |
| 1:41.6 | Instead, shortly after that they purchased their first home in cash |
| 1:47.6 | And so this just goes to prove that they weren't spending all of their money on travel and after they they bought their first place they set out on a seven month |
| 1:55.3 | road trip to visit every national park. Oh and by the way they also both retired from their |
| 2:00.0 | full-time jobs at the age of 29. So at this point they live semi-retired lives |
| 2:05.9 | which sounds like the title of the Thorough Blind album. That's maybe more in line |
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