Sustainable Independence
This is part two of a short series on budget travel tips. Ivy and I recently traveled across Europe for two months, hitting expensive vacation destinations such as France, Germany, Austria and Belgium before ferrying around the Greek Cyclades islands, and we did it all on about 100 Euros a day. This series didn’t cover [...]
Inspired by my recent update on our travels throughout Europe, I thought I would coalesce some of my most useful budget travel tips into a post or two focusing on the subject. Ivy and I traveled through Amsterdam, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France and Greece for nearly two months on a budget of 100 Euros a [...]
It’s been just over a week since Ivy and I left the States on our 7-week trip through Europe. In that time, we’ve visited Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Wurzburg and Munich. We’ve learned a lot, largely through several mistakes. We haven’t worked that much since we’ve just started our trip, but we have helped some existing clients [...]
In four days, my wife and I are headed to Europe on a two-month belated honeymoon. Belated by a year, but does it matter when you’re in love? When Ivy and I discussed the trip, we decided we didn’t want to spend two weeks and then head home — that’s the typical corporate two weeks [...]
The Chinese, or at least my wife’s kin, have an interesting bargaining strategy. It’s so simple it goes right over my head every time. When a price is quoted, Ivy immediately responds: “Wow, so expensive! Can you make it cheaper?” And the price drops by X%. It boggles my mind that this ever works, but it [...]
If you’re anything like me, you’re always looking for ways you can add value to the services you offer your clients. Higher value can lead to higher rates, and higher rates can lead to less work or a quicker reward. Sometimes it’s difficult to differentiate your services from those of other freelancers. Sure, you may [...]
Buy eggs. Book ski trip. Hire web guy. Write blog post. Call Grandma. I’m a fan of lists. I can’t function without them. If I go grocery shopping without a list, I’ll waste hours and come home with twice as much as what I intended, and half of what I actually needed. I use [...]
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