Top 10 Tips for Full Time Retirement Travel. What we learnt as Retired Nomads in our first year.

After completing our first Nomadversary we wanted to share our top 10 tips for full time retirement travel. We have listed the points below so you can go to the specific point you find relevant to you. This is what we have learnt after 12 months of full time travel and it is what works for us. You should watch as many of these videos and get as many different opinions as you can so you can form your own plan for what works for you. Check out our Nomadversary video: https://youtu.be/kVJnDu3DnVI Helen Packing Video: https://youtu.be/cddbD0VwaGI James Packing Video: https://youtu.be/5ecnALEPh1s #travel #globalnomadtravel #worldtraveller #worldtravel #slowtravel #digitalnomad #digitalnomadlife #retireearly #retireearlyandtravel #financialindependenceretireearly Video Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:55 Point 1 Get your finances in order. Credit Cards, Debit Cards and your drawdown plan 05:41 Point 2 Credit Card points and Loyalty programs 16:48 Point 3 Have a Storage Unit if you want to 18:30 Point 4 Healthcare while on the road 24:06 Point 5 You have too much stuff 28:14 Point 6 Choose your luggage carefully and do a trial run 34:16 Point 7 Plan and book the big things. Hotels, Experiences, Trains, Cruises 38:06 Point 8 Communication. Airalo, Holafly and Google Voice 41:45 Point 9 Nord VPN and Amazon Firestick 44:49 Point 10 Learn to Pivot. If you don't want to do it, just don't do it 47:04 Point 10A YOLO. You're here for a good time, not a long time 48:26 Thanks for Watching Airalo : https://ref.airalo.com/Qsw8 Use Code JAMES2543 Holafly: http://rwrd.io/00fizb3 Google Voice: https://voice.google.com/u/0/about Nord VPN: https://refer-nordvpn.com/SYNYUNhtBvN Amazon Fire stick: https://amzn.to/4aJaNYi The Credit Cards we use: Chase IHG - https://www.referyourchasecard.com/210f/TKV3WX6T1X Chase Sapphire Reserve https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19q/VBEDZ1CISQ Chase Sapphire Preferred https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19q/NC0JNHUYDH Chase Ink Cash https://www.referyourchasecard.com/21s/N6TMLHSOZO Chase Ink Preferred https://www.referyourchasecard.com/21s/ZQ3MXA7I5Y or https://www.referyourchasecard.com/21s/TV8PBGDBGA Chase Ink Unlimited https://www.referyourchasecard.com/21s/FRWQQ7W3IE or https://www.referyourchasecard.com/21s/LKK2JZIE2A Chase Freedom https://www.referyourchasecard.com/18J/5WH3HLPBBJ American Express Business Platinum https://americanexpress.com/en-us/referral/business-platinum-charge-card?ref=JAMESRNyYK&XL=MIANS American Express Marriott Bonvoy https://americanexpress.com/en-us/referral/marriott-bonvoy-business-american-express-card?ref=JAMESRvkWi&XL=MIANS 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 https://www.facebook.com/GlobalNomads93/ https://www.instagram.com/globalnomads93?igsh=emg1ZzkybnJyOXZv Email: globalnomads93@gmail.com