One Year of Full Time Travel in Retirement. Love it Regret In. Our Nomadversary and plans for 2025
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So, this week is going to be a little bit different because we are celebrating our first nomads. Yay.
So, the $56 million question, would we do it again? Yes. Yes. In a heartbeat, yes, absolutely.
Having less stuff is definitely an advantage. And that's really a it's quite freeing.
If it doesn't feel right, walk away.
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Today is our Nomadversary, our first year of full time retirement travel as Global Nomads. We take a look back at our year and everything we have done. We talk about what we learnt along the way, what went well and what didn't go well. We ask the big question, would we do it again and finally we lay out our plans for 2025 and 2026. #travel #globalnomadtravel #worldtraveller #worldtravel #slowtravel #digitalnomad #digitalnomadlife #retireearly #retireearlyandtravel #financialindependenceretireearly Video Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:34 Leaving the UK in 2004 and our life before going nomadic 02:08 Where have we been from April 2024 to April 2025 07:44 What went well 14:20 What didn't go well 19:54 What we learnt along the way 28:33 Would we do it again 29:40 What we have planned for 2025/2026 35:10 Thanks for Watching Hi we are James and Helen and we are Global Nomads. We are a pair of British Expats that decided to retire in our early 50’s to travel the world full time. In 2004 we left Leicester in England to live in Davenport Florida and set up a Flower Shop. We brought our 2 Rottweilers along for the ride and they had a great life in the sun. Through all of the trials and tribulations that involves (Recession, COVID, Hurricanes, Inflation and everything else) in 2023 we sold that flower shop, our house and our car to become nomadic. We sold everything we own aside from some items in our storage unit mainly photos and a few keepsakes. We made the decision to be carry on only so while we do swap out our clothes dependent on the season and where we are going we travel light. In April 2024 we set off with 10 million credit card points and the money we had saved to become Global Nomads. We plan to use the credit card points to travel until they run out and will then start to spend our money on accommodation. So in the first 2 years or longer we will primarily be in Hiltons, Hyatt’s, IHG and Marriotts as we have Hotel status with all 4. We are not budget travelers and will fly first class if it is affordable or we can get it for points. We will take cruises to help us go from a to b or geoarbitrage as it is now called and because we want great deals with special experiences plan 18-24 months out. We then fill in the gaps as we get nearer to the time. Helen has an autoimmune disease which makes walking hard and accessing doctors and bloodwork were a major concern on our travels. We will document the process of appointments, prescriptions, bloodwork and keeping on top of all of that when you are thousands of miles from your primary care Doctor We love Formula 1 so will be at races if they match our dates and plans. Helen travels with a Nikon camera so wildlife photography is definitely a passion, as with all photography it comes with a lot of heavy gear that takes up valuable space and weight! Life is short, we intend to see everything we can while we are young….ish / globalnomads93 https://www.instagram.com/globalnomad... Email: globalnomads93@gmail.com