LIFE UPDATE 2026
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This is our fifth year starting the year with a life update video.
We flew on 22 different airlines. We took 46 different flights, not counting layovers.
In 2025, we visited 16 countries.
Our most viewed video of the year was the overwater villa in Saudi Arabia with 6.5 million views.
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Enjoy our 5th annual Life Update tradition! We share our 2025 travel & video stats, give superlatives, & update you on our lives & 2026 plans! Thanks for a great year :) For a limited time only, get a FREE AG1 duffel bag and FREE AG1 Welcome Kit when you subscribe to AG1!! Click here to get the deal: https://drinkag1.com/karaandnate Episode 980 | Filmed January 2026 | Colorado —————————————————— 😍 Want to save money on flights and hotels?! Check out our all new @DailyDrop Pro! ➡️ https://s.dailydrop.com/yt_kn ✈️ @DailyDrop is our *FREE travel newsletter!* Get all the best travel news, tips, and tricks every weekday in your inbox by subscribing here ➡️ https://s.dailydrop.com/kn_sign-up 🌎 Our FREE Miles & Points 101 Course - https://s.dailydrop.com/kn_101 📸 Get behind the scenes content on our Instagram! @karaandnate https://www.instagram.com/karaandnate/ 📧 Read our Sunday Summary email to know what goes on between videos - https://karaandnate.com/sunday-summary/ —————————————————— Who are Kara and Nate?! 2016-2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuFv4iF8wgg&t=1s 2020-2024: https://youtu.be/ikAN9e0gBaU?si=G644UGWIqPrOzTYW Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment. We discovered the world of “travel hacking” while planning our honeymoon & became addicted ;) So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world. Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went back home to “normal life.” We started this channel to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with living on the road and found a new passion for capturing our travels through video. So we did everything we could to keep going. 4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time! After ~2 years of van life, we are back to full time international traveling! And now we are in our 11TH YEAR of finding the best adventures the world has to offer :) We are incredibly grateful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. 😊🎥🌎 Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey! 0:00 our 2025 wrapped 1:27 our Travel Stats 3:20 our Video Stats 11:39 Superlatives 11:50 most fun video 13:41 least fun video 15:38 most underrated video 17:10 scariest video 19:10 most pinch me moment 21:16 hardest we laughed 22:04 video we’re most proud of 24:17 best culinary experience 25:54 hardest video to film 26:16 suitcase funeral 27:39 house, kids, epilepsy 31:53 behind the scenes 34:46 2026 plans