Category: Slow Travel
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Full Time Roaming – How To Travel Without A Home Base
Full-time travel sounds like pure freedom: no home base, no fixed schedule, and the ability to wake up in a new place whenever you want. Jim and Rita frame this as “full-time roaming,” which is less about being on a never-ending vacation and more about making travel your everyday lifestyle. That shift matters because it…
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The Realities of the Digital Nomad Lifestyle
The “digital nomad lifestyle” has become one of the most searched ideas in modern travel, but the glossy image of a laptop on the beach hides a tougher truth: working while traveling is not the same as traveling. Jim and Rita unpack what it really means to earn income on the road, why COVID accelerated…
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The Sweet Spot Between Vacation And Full-Time Travel
Part-time travel is a powerful middle path between a short vacation and full-time nomadic life. Jim and Rita call it the “part-time roamer” travel style: you keep a home base, but you take extended trips that typically run one to three months. That simple change unlocks long-term travel benefits without forcing a total life reset.…
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Extended Getaway Travel
If your trips always feel rushed, the problem is often the structure of the trip, not your energy or your attitude. Jim and Rita call the fix the “extended getaway,” a travel style that stretches a typical vacation into a three to six week long vacation without blowing up your budget. The core idea is…
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Your Next Adventure Is Just a Play Button Away: Wherever We May Roam Is Now Available in Audiobook
The beloved travel guide that helped thousands of explorers discover their ideal travel style has officially made its way into your earbuds — and we couldn’t be more excited. Whether you’re stuck in traffic on your morning commute, lacing up your sneakers for a run, or simply curled up on the couch daydreaming about your…
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Free Giveaway!
Here’s your chance to get a free Kindle version of “Wherever We May Roam: Finding Your Travel Style“. Beginning today (May 10th) and running until May 22nd, you can enter to be one of 100 lucky winners. You can sign up on Goodreads, or use the link below to enter. All I ask is that…
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Wherever We May Roam: A Practical Guide to Longer Travel
Most people treat travel like a map problem, but Jim and Rita Santos argue it is really a style problem. After 16 years on the road, living abroad, and testing everything from short breaks to full-time roaming, they land on a simple idea: there is no single “right way” to travel longer. Long-term travel planning…
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Wherever We May Roam: Finding Your Travel Style — Now Available
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After years of traveling, learning, adjusting, and sometimes getting it completely wrong, I’m excited to finally share something that has been a long time in the making: My new book, Wherever We May Roam: Finding Your Travel Style, is now available. Why I Wrote This Book Travel has never been a one-size-fits-all experience. Over time, my…
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Slow Travel Book Coming Soon
Slow travel is not a trend to us; it is a framework for living that grew from a simple choice to trade a crowded itinerary for a deeper connection. When we first weighed a 12-cities-in-14-days package against a self-planned three-week stay, the math and the mood both favored slowness. Renting an apartment near the Arno…
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Castles, Creepy Laundry Rooms, and Airbnb Disasters
Our ten-week journey through Europe recently concluded with an extensive exploration of Ireland, completing a circuit that began on the east coast and took us through Northern Ireland, the Great Atlantic Way, the southern coast, and finally back to the eastern coast of Ireland before finishing in Dublin. After our adventures in England, Wales, Scotland,…