by Liz Deacle | Budget travel, Europe, Podcasts, Travel, world travel
If you’ve ever wanted to leave everything behind for a year, throw caution to the wind and get on a plane with nothing but a suitcase and a one-way ticket to Europe, then you will love this episode.
After much (hardly any) planning and lots of cleaning, it is time for the Deacle family to leave New Zealand and head overseas for an adventure.
This husband and wife, and their two young adult kids, have rented their house for a year and are leaving New Zealand for twelve months so they can reconnect and experience family time.
With just a week to go before they depart, this is what life looks like.
Kia Kaha ❤️
Liz and Brian x
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by Liz Deacle | Budget travel, Travel, world travel
I’ll let you into a secret. Seasoned travellers don’t (really) know how to find cheap flights. But what they DO know is how to use the filters & tools to find cheap flights for when they are going on vacation.
I know. It sounds the same, but it’s not.
The tool I want to share is free for everyone. I’ll show you how to use it to get the best deals and the cheapest flights.
I’m all for tips and tricks to save money on travel.
I have wracked up lots of airport hacks in my thirty years of globetrotting, including flying from the US to New Zealand, and finally mastering how to sleep on a flight.
So sit tight and let me share my favourite tool for finding you cheap flights.
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by Liz Deacle | Budget travel, Housesitting, Long Term Travel, Travel, Travel Tips, world travel
Why write a post on the pros and cons of housesitting?
Because I wanted to make it crystal clear that although housesitting is an incredible way to see the world for free (it is most certainly how WE afford to travel the world), it isn’t always a walk in the park.
Far from it.
Housesitting is more like one of those jogs you do when you realise your jeans no longer fit.
The jog that gets you all sweaty and puffy but feels amazing afterwards.
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by Liz Deacle | Budget travel, Podcasts, Travel Tips
Brian and Liz are knackered. Whacked. They need a weekend away. Escape for a few days.
The trouble is, accommodation in New Zealand is not cheap…in fact, it’s costly. And there’s no way they can sleep on their daughter’s couch. Not with those drafty windows…
So what do Liz and Bri do when they want to travel and pay nothing?? They turn to what they love the most: Housesitting!
While to is true that there are pros and cons to housesitting, it is without a doubt how we afford to travel the world.
Sit back, relax and join us on this week’s podcast for conversations on holidaying in Wellington, food, wine, and the ongoing pursuit to make multiple streams of money online.
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by Liz Deacle | Budget travel, Housesitting, Italy Travel, Podcasts
Nothing is perfect. Without fault, peachy keen, hunky dory.
Not even housesitting.
As much as Brian and I harp on about how wonderful our housesitting experience has been here in Tuscany, Italy (we have been housesitting in Porto Santo Stefano for the summer), there have to be some downsides. Right?
Right.
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by Liz Deacle | Budget travel, Housesitting, Italy Travel, Long Term Travel, Podcasts
Housesitting. In Italy. Magnifico!
Regular followers of this blog and our podcast will know we are no strangers to housesitting.
We spent three months housesitting around Europe when we travelled the world with the kids for a year.
From there, we were hooked, and in the last five years (both as a family and as a couple), we have clocked up twenty-seven housesits worldwide.
It’s official.
We are now professional housesitters.
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