by Sharyn Nilsen | Sep 21, 2023 | Destinations, Travel Tips and Advice
Table of Contents 2 3 FirstHeadingVietnamese Dong - Rates and DenominationsVND to USDOther Currency PairingsVND BanknotesVND CoinsCommon Mistakes by Newcomers when using Vietnamese DongHow to Access Vietnamese Dong in VietnamTaking Money to Vietnam/Exchanging Money in...
by Sharyn Nilsen | Sep 16, 2023 | Travel Insurance, Travel Resources, Travel Tips and Advice
Table of Contents 2 3 FirstHeadingTravel Insurance - A Must Have or Unnecessary Cost?Travel InsurersSafetyWingCover-MoreWorld NomadsVisitors CoverageReasons We Have Travel InsuranceOur Personal Experience With Needing Travel InsuranceExtreme Abdominal Pain.Angry...
by Sharyn Nilsen | Aug 24, 2023 | Travel Tips and Advice
Trip Planning Challenges in 2023 I don’t know if anyone has noticed, BUT airfares are currently exorbitant. Staying within our budget requires us to do some creative trip planning to mitigate those prices. Our next trip is to visit Australia before heading to...
by Sharyn Nilsen | Jun 4, 2019 | House and Pet-Sitting, Travel Tips and Advice
Hopefully, you’ve already read Part 1 of our series on housesitting – International Housesitting – How to stretch your travel budget and upgrade your trip. In it, we explained: What housesitting is all about The many benefits of house and pet sitting for both...
by Sharyn Nilsen | May 11, 2019 | Travel Tips and Advice
The Good Life… As of2026, Tim and I will have been traveling the world for around 20 of the last 30 years. Even before we started international house sitting, people wondered how we could afford to ‘retire’ as early as we did. In the early days, that could be...
by Sharyn Nilsen | Apr 9, 2019 | Destinations, Travel Tips and Advice
The brand-spanking new airport in Muscat was a fine sight indeed for the two weary travellers. We’d been on the go for the last day, having departed Maafushi in the Maldives in a speedboat and then onto 3 different planes from Mali, Colombo and then Dubai. We...
