How to Improve Your Retirement Travel

Retirement Answer Man

Roger Whitney, CFP®, CIMA®, RMA, CPWA®

Lifeplanning, Retirementplanning, Financialplanning, Saving, Careerplanning, Self-improvement, Education, Retirementpodcast, Investing, Business, Investmentmanagement, Retirement

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In this episode, we explore the joys and motivations behind traveling in retirement. Join us as we discuss why travel is a common goal for retirees, featuring insights from Andrew Motiwala, founder of A Good Life Abroad. Discover how to enhance your retirement travel experiences and learn about the various obstacles retirees face when planning their adventures. Tune in for inspiring stories and practical tips to help you feel 'awake' and engaged in your retirement journey!

SUMMARY OF THIS EPISODE OF THE RETIREMENT ANSWER MAN

(00:35) Today on the show, we're going to talk about how to improve retirement travel.

ROCKIN’ RETIREMENT IN THE WILD

(02:26) Two quick rocking life in retirement stories.

TRAVEL IN RETIREMENT

(04:22) Why do we want to travel in retirement?
(10:25) When we're thinking about traveling, what are obstacles?
(13:11) Roger talks about types of travel to perhaps overcome some obstacles.
(14:00) There are lots of travel opportunities in the United States or even regionally if International travel is too much.

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WITH ANDREW MOTIWALA

(17:22) Roger chats with Andrew Motiwala- the founder of Good Life Abroad.
(20:35) The Good Life Abroad helps people live abroad in a vetted curated apartment for a month or two at a time with on the ground support.
(24:00) What are the advantages to using The Good Life Abroad versus booking it all yourself?
(25:33) Roger asks Andrew his opinion about why people want to travel in retirement.
(30:05) Roger asks what people do that take travel to a whole new level?
(31:13) What percentage of people who use Good Life Abroad are solo travelers?

SMART SPRINT

(32:30) In the next 7 days, go somewhere new in your own zip code. Try a new park, museum, trail, or even a local brewery. Step outside your usual routine and give your brain a spark.

BONUS

(33:01) Roger reads from his grandfather’s WWII journal.

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0:00.0	Mary, I know what I'm going to do tomorrow, and the next day and next year and a year after that.
0:04.9	I'm shaking the dust of this crummy little town off my feet, and I'm going to see the world.
0:09.8	Italy, Greece, the Parthenon, the Coliseum.
0:13.1	Then I'm coming back here and go.
0:14.0	George Bailey in its wonderful life.
0:28.1	Welcome to the show dedicated to helping you not just survive retirement, but to have the confidence to go out and see the world.
0:34.7	Oh, I love the enthusiasm that he has as a younger guy in that scene.
0:38.4	Today on the show, we're going to talk about how to improve your retirement travel. Really, I want to explore why is travel such a normal goal in retirement? I've been
0:47.5	curious about that for a while. We're going to explore that today and throughout the month.
0:52.1	In addition to that, we're going to have Andrew Mortoella,
0:55.2	I think I'm pronouncing that correctly, the founder of A Good Life Abroad, a wonderful company that we
1:02.0	stumbled across. He has a great spirit. We're going to talk about how to improve retirement
1:06.1	travel and some things that they do. That's what we're going to do today. Now, for the rest of the month,
1:11.6	we'll share some rocking retirement in the wild travel stories, but we're also going to deal with
1:18.0	practical things next week is how to rebalance your retirement portfolio. The week after that is
1:23.6	a pretty important episode, how to quality check your retirement plan so you can have more
1:28.9	confidence in it. Before we get started, I would be remiss and not reminding you that tomorrow,
1:36.0	June 5th is our live event where we're going to hang out and talk about how to have a process
1:41.6	to help us navigate life so we can compartmentalize retirement planning so it doesn't become a second job.
1:49.4	You can register for that at live with roger.com.
1:53.6	And we'll share a replay if you can't make it live.
1:56.5	In addition, tomorrow is the open enrollment period for the summer cohort of the Rock Retirement
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