From $70K In Debt To World Travel w/ Annette and Daniel Fortner

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Places & Travel

4.6 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Is your debt holding you back from the life you want to live? Is it better to save or just "wing-it" when embarking on a trip? Today I am chatting with Annette and Daniel Fortner who sold everything, paid off $70k in debt, and are now traveling the world (yes even in COVID times). We hit on how to make travel work financially, what it is really like traveling and working together as a couple full time, and what rules you can set up to make managing travel with a partner much easier on both of you. All of this plus you will get insight into their advice on whether you should embark on full-time travel during COVID so get comfy and enjoy this episode. What would be the first thing you would do after paying off all your debt? Let me know by sending me an audio message (please) or shoot me an email over at Jason@ZeroToTravel.com. Today's episode is being sponsored by the amazing folks over at Tortuga Backpacks which, you know, are my favorite backpacks in the world. Tune In To Learn: 09:20 Saving Dogs In Thailand 13:40 Depression & Soulless Jobs 19:25 The Expectations of Society & Family 22:00 Helping Your Partner & Figuring Out The Next Steps 26:20 The Mental Side Of Traveling & The Power Of Choices 35:45 Settling Into The Pace Of Long Term Travel 38:15 Working & Traveling: Difficulties & Wins 40:20 Working & Traveling With Your Partner 45:35 How To Make Thing Work Financially While Traveling 53:20 Favorite Surprise & Delight Locations 58:45 Planning Future Travels With The Pandemic Restrictions 01:04:20 Preparing For Digital Nomad Travel During & Post COVID And so much more Resources: Find Annette & Daniel at ChaseForAdventure.com Follow Annette & Daniel on Instagram | Facebook | YouTube ActionForDogs.com Suicide Prevention Lifeline - or Call 1-800-273-8255 BookShop.org Zero To Travel Location Indie Want More? World Towning: 5 Years Of Full-Time Travel The Reality Of Full-Time Travel Blogging With Tommo & Megsy Lessons From Traveling To 193 Countries While Working Full-Time w/ Brian Asher Please head over to the archives for more Zero To Travel podcasts!

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up, my friend? It is Jason, and I've got an incredible show for you today. I'm going to share a
0:05.4	conversation I had with a couple who sold everything they own and paid off $70,000 in debt,
0:13.2	70 grand to go travel the world. And how this started was because of depression, actually, and suicidal thoughts. So we get into that
0:24.5	and we also get into a lot of other stuff. And we talk about working together and traveling together
0:30.7	as a couple. We talk about managing travel with a partner, whether it's a friend or, you know, a spouse or whoever.
0:38.6	And examples of some rules that you can set up for yourself to make that maybe go a little more
0:43.8	smoothly and make sure you get some you time when you're traveling.
0:48.0	How to make travel work financially that debate between, you know, practical advice,
0:53.4	how much money should you have in the bank
0:55.3	versus, hey, should I just, you know, get out there and let the universe kind of take care of
1:01.4	things figure it out as I go.
1:03.4	This is always a balance.
1:04.8	And how do you balance that?
1:06.4	Always a good question.
1:08.0	So we get into that.
1:10.1	And we talk about some of their favorite,
1:12.1	what I call surprise and delight places, these places where you show up, you don't really
1:17.8	expect much. And then the destination blows you away. And of course, full-time travel during
1:23.5	COVID. Should you do it? Shouldn't you do it if you've been thinking about getting out there
1:27.0	and kickstarting maybe a long, longer trip or some kind of nomadic lifestyle, you should you do it
1:34.1	now with the pandemic going on? They share their advice on that. And so much more. Also,
1:40.1	a little shout out to a listener in this community who shares a book recommendation with you,
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