I'm impressed. My husband and I filled two passports before we got our dog baby, when all all travel came to a howling halt for 16 years. Sadly, we had to put him down, but we've got the travel bug once again. Happy to see your dogs enjoying your travels!
Hey all. Great video. When I told my wife a while back that we could "slow" travel the world and spend less than $3,000 a month, she laughed. 💰🤔 Luckily your channel and a few others show just how easily that's done. Even how $1500-$2,000 would cover everything while still enjoying the sights like a tourist but living like a local. 😊 Thanks 👍 David From Florida 🍊🦩🌊🏖
We actually discussed this on several videos with our attorney, Dimitar when we speak about Residency or A Car purchasing. I will include the video we first did regarding buying a car in Europe and setting up the corporation. If you need to contact our attorney, you can email us at warrenjulietravel@gmail.com How Americans Can Buy and Register a Car in Europe (Expats, Nomads, and Retired in Europe) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zpDRM9pSGLE.html
I love comments like these! Thank you! We are real people with real lives and this is a true account of our costs. We will be doing one for March in very early April.
Thank you very much. Am making a first step with the German Embassy here in Florida to see if I qualify for citizenship as I was born in Bavaria and became a naturalized US citizen as a child. As I understand it, this would allow me to live without time constraints anywhere in the EU, but there may be unforeseen downsides as well (extra taxes on my SS and small portfolio income??) which I may need to sort out before taking that step, assuming it is an option. Anyhow, I really appreciate your insights into sensible travel around Europe. I like the idea of settling for a few months at a time in a modest apt or house and living life slowly in a different cultures.
Similar here. Still on the fence about getting German citizenship. Definitely not liking the potential tax implications. 🤔 That's why slow travel and doing the S. Shuffle looks like the better option. 👍
You will definitely want to check the tax implications if you spend more than 183 days a year there. Thanks for subscribing and we wish you much happiness in your travels 😊
Very good stuff! I'll be following in your footsteps, starting (EU/UK) in a few months; and despite many months of intensive research YT only now popped y'all up on my radar but I'm very glad it finally did so I can play catch-up in binge-watching...so thanks a bunch in advance for all of the useful tips/education! 🙌
How exciting for you! I’m sure it feels like time is crawling right now. We hope you enjoy your new slow traveling lifestyle. Let us know if we cross paths 😀
I really do appreciate this breakdown I would love to see a spreadsheet honestly but I think that I'll be probably more along the lines of solo travel like warn the 81-year-old that you guys recently met in Albania. I'll have my retirement a nest egg from selling my house and that's it. So I'll be 62 and doing this probably by the end of the summer at the latest. Thank you for sharing this it definitely is informative and helpful.
We would love to speak with you about a possible interview about your lifestyle if you are interested. It sounds like you are both living the slow travel lifestyle 😃
Hi Warren & Julie Yes correct, we are “slow traveler’s” & are currently in Peru 🇵🇪 at the moment. I think what is interesting is that we are from South Africa 🇿🇦 which you might know, represents a whole lot of different challenges ie. negative currency arbitrage ect. Regards Gary & Kim
I am planning to travel for 1 year 4 to 5 years latet and would be grateful if you can share your travel details including accommodation and expenses in every county.
I would love to do this! Just found you and I am intrigued by how you managed this with dogs, as we have dogs. Looking forward to viewing more videos. I keep telling my husband it's more affordable than he thinks.
Hi from Boston! We are also planning to do this in a few years. Our base home will be in Puerto Rico. So we will jump from Europe, Asia, South America, and Caribbean. 🙏🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
Thanks again for an excellent video Warren & Julie. It looks like we will travel to Spain later this year, perhaps to stay. I'm happy to learn that Romania and Bulgaria have been accepted to Schengen: sad for us, good for them. Best, Dean & Cindy
Hola, I just discovered your channel! Your car concept is super interesting. We're going to retire & slow travel in 2 yrs. I never considered a car option. Question: How do you handle long-term parking (1-3 months) if you're in a non-Euro nation? Or do you concentrate on Europe? When you're in Ecuador, is your car still parked in Europe? Do you rent your European home, or is it cheap enough to sit empty? Your video has opened up a discussion my hubby & I hadn't considered. Thanks so much!!!
Unfortunately, you will need to go somewhere else for one day. It could be a cheap flight anywhere that is non-Schengen or a simple cross into Georgia, Serbia or Macedonia. One day overstay in Turkiye is a cheap fine, but I am not sure that’s a great option for long-term.
Tried clicking on you website link, but got a virus warning and I'm not able to connect to it. When you mentioned traveling Europe with your dogs, it's something that perked my attention, wanted to Travel Europe when I retire, but have a Jack Russell and figured I would end up stationary with the dog until I could travel freely, but now that doesn't seem to be the case. I'm from the US and would like to retire in a couple of years and would much prefer traveling Europe over Asia with my dog..thanks for your video very informative.
We have heard this on rare occasion, it’s apparently due to our site tracking what countries we are receiving views from. Typically you have a choice yo trust the site and go to go to the site.
An IMPORTANT question and we simply cannot figure out a valid and workable answer or solution. Have seen most of your recent videos on low cost of living during slow travel (fantastic work by the way) but how does one do that without selling our home in the US? Things are getting so expensive so fast over here that even if the house is paid off, taxes + HOA + homeowners insurance add up to a big chunk every single year and therefore add to your total annual cost of living. On the other hand, I worry that if we sell the house now and then want to return to the US to be closer to our families after 3-5 years of slow travel, we would never be able to afford another house at current rates. Don’t want to work until we’re too old to travel but also want to do the financially responsible thing. What do you recommend?
We do not have a house back in the US. We purchased our home in Montenegro in 2016 and we travel full time when we are not here. Our son visits us here in Europe. Sadly, the US market has become exponentially more expensive. We considered keeping our house, but didn’t want the maintenance. I would suggest you keep it and rent it out if it makes financial sense to do so. Thank you for watching us!
@@WarrenJulieTravel Renting seems like the safer option to start off with and we can always change our minds 2-3 years down the road once we figure out precisely where we’d like to spend the next chapter of our lives. Thank You for sharing your experience and validating-substantiating our thought process with that sensible suggestion.
Thanks for the kind words. The best way to see your health insurance options is to go to our website and click on international health coverage. If you would like, you can run a quote through the links. www.warrenjulietravel.com/nomad-insurance You are also welcome to email Warren at warrenjulietravel@gmail.com
This is amazing. Do you still have to pay tax in the US though if not living there? Unfortunately Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania becoming Schengen changes a lot for travel around Europe but still possible with 4-5 Balkan countries plus Turkey.
Yes, we pay taxes to the US every year. We are definitely sad to lose Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria, but are very grateful for the remaining countries.
This was very helpful! Gives me hope my wife and I could take on something like this! If you don't mind me asking, how did you approach health insurance? Did you purchase an international plan via a US insurance company or something completely different?
You can check out our websites for the links for medical insurance, I am a licensed agent in the US. I speak of medical coverage often in our videos., I'm pasting my typical response here for you: "Thanks for reaching out regarding International Medical Insurance: We carry international medical coverage from IMG as we travel. This said many younger nomads have been opting into a program with Safety Wing, which has a lower coverage but for some may be preferable. The maximum coverage over age 39 in $100k, if under age 39 the maximum is $250k. So in this message I'm going to share two links. One for the coverage we use with IMG which meets the requirements for expats seeking residency in most countries and works as nomad coverage, as well as the Safety Wing program. I will receive a commission if you sign up with either of these links, so I sincerely hope you will consider using my links when signing up for International Medical Coverage. You can run quotes through my two links below and see what you think. The IMG coverage Julie and I have can be used in almost all countries. You can get coverage for any length of time needed, pay all at once or monthly, there are various deductibles as well as various maximum caps. Julie and I use the Global Medical Bronze plan excluding US, Singapore, and a few other high priced countries. We have $1,000,000 cap and $2,500 deductible and it runs us $240 a month combined, I’m 55 and she’s 49 years old. Look over that program and look at the Patriot program as well which may be better during a shorter period to see what’s best for you. If you opt for a higher amount than $1,000,000 it will go through underwriting, which seems to get disapproved about half the time. The plan in most cases will be indemnity reimbursing you for covered services, in major incidents they try to set up direct billing with the facility. If over 65 look at the Globe Hopper program. Full disclosure I am an appointed agent, I will get a commission if you enroll for coverage with my link below, using my link does not change your offered rates. We actually chose IMG coverage for ourselves before I was appointed with them, we selected IMG as our best option after researching our needs. I decided to get appointed with them after referring many of our viewers. Here is the link: producer.imglobal.com/international-insurance-plans.aspx?imgac=540642 The Safety Wing program may be preferable for some people, especially younger people, it also has built in features for travel protection. Take a look at the programs here. safetywing.com/?referenceID=wknox&Ambassador Julie and I will continue to use IMG for our coverage, but I wanted to provide another program that is popular with the younger Digital Nomad population in case this is the coverage you are looking for.” I hope these programs cover your needs.
@@WarrenJulieTravelUpdate: You are correct.My bad. I got a very competitive quote. Am a Canadian Snowbird. Will buy when I have finalized my travel dates for next winter. Have subscribed in the interim
Dear you two! @WarrenJulieTravel i have binge watched all of your videos. did i miss it or you haven't posted that what phone app or software you use to keep track of your money spending? Quicken is not good because it require me to pay yearly. :(
I actually do it a very old-fashioned way, I use Excel and have for over four years It seems like every time I’ve used apps in the past they start to charge and it’s just not worth it
Thank you for all you do. Do you still have a US T-mobile plan? I heard that t-mobile cuts off the service (voice & data) if the system detects an extended period of time outside the US (over 3 months overseas). Is that true?
This may seem like a crazy question. When you buy produce in Albania or Montenegro do you have to disinfect it before eating it? In Latin America you do need to do this. Just curious about this in the Balkans.
Yes, we do this in all countries we visit. I buy a bottle of white vinegar and soak the vegetables for a few minutes and then rinse them. Oftentimes in the Balkans it’s not bacteria, but old pipes that are the concern.
@@gracealleman4102 I bet making that comment makes you feel intelligent and powerful. Glad we open our lives to be viewed and insulted by people like you. You actually took time to write that? You must really hate dogs, I feel sorry for you. We don’t regret rescuing Arya in Ecuador for a moment, maybe you should watch that video, or maybe you should have simply watched this one and learned something.
Do you need to always have the next leg of your "Nomading" around planned when you enter a country? I know when we travel now we have to always have to disclose that at passport control
I assume you are flying into each country. We rarely fly so that does not impact us, but I understand many times when you try to enter the Schengen they will ask for a ticket that shows onward travel. We do create an itinerary and book things quite early because of our pets.
We have an unknown breed mixed dog named Arya. We rescued her in Ecuador and our little one, Katie, is a Chihuahua Yorkshire terrier. Thanks for asking. 😊
We’ve done a ton of videos on Montenegro, here’s the playlist. We’ve owned a home in the country since 2016. ru-vid.com/group/PLkOobSSGsmh5vimyzZ1AERbEG5NemjrdH&si=WxR9oD1ISXjdxpVE
@@WarrenJulieTravel Thanks, It looks like a beautiful country. Nomad Capitalist talks about buying property in Montenegro too. It looks a lot safer and cleaner than Long Beach, CA where I’m living now!
Please email us at warrenjulietravel@gmail.com so we can give you this information. It will be much easier to write about this in email form. We are happy to assist. 😊
We go by car, that’s why we talk about all the expenses on our car. If you’re curious how we do this check out our playlist how to be a nomad. It’s easier with dogs to drive all over Europe.
I’m interested to hear more on the process you used? We see it’s available if you have residency, and taxes on cars are outrageous often doubling a cars price. We are always looking more options and opportunities.
@@kvirzi OK you’re speaking with Residency, totally different conversation. If you have residency, you can get a car in any country you have residency in. We are talking about how to have a car if you can’t get Residency or don’t want to have residency somewhere so you can travel.
Haven’t heard of them until now, looks like they are focused on Asia and Mexico. Videos before we launched weren’t viewed too highly so we probably wouldn’t find them. Are they sharing slow travel cost of living and expat interviews now or were they then. Just curious since I don’t have time to watch their channel.
Albania is high on my list for my move next year. I have a French Bulldog myself and wondering how you’ve managed with the travel prior to owning your own car?
We lived in Ecuador for the first 9.5 months of our retirement, so managing without a car was quite simple as the dogs were allowed to ride on the tranvia/train and in taxis etc. We rented a car immediately when we arrived in Europe and have not been without one since with the exception of time in Turkey where we elected to park the car and not move it because it is difficult to drive in Istanbul and very hard to park. There, we were able to use public transportation during certain hours with our bigger dog and taxis were no issue. We also walked a lot. As far as the Balkans, that is another story. We are really not sure if it would be possible to get around the Balkans in many areas without a vehicle. Taxis will generally take a dog in all of these countries, but public transportation is tricky. It is often up to the discretion of the driver. Small dogs are really no issue, but the larger ones that cannot fit in carriers are. I hope this helps. I have written a few tips and tricks on traveling with dogs in blog posts on our website www.warrenjulietravel.com, please feel free to contact me if you have questions. We pet parents have to stick together!:)
