The Art Of Pivoting In Travel & Life w/ Lia & Jeremy

Extra Pack of Peanuts podcast The Art Of Pivoting In Travel  & Life w/ Lia & Jeremy

Joining me today are two people with Californian accents (even though one of them is from Kentucky), a couple who has driven a BMW into a medieval castle in France and are fellow stroopwafel addicts, Jeremy and Lia from PracticalWanderlust.com. After a disastrous year-long honeymoon they now share down-to-earth travel tips from their many (mis)adventures on their podcast and blog and we dive into those stories & tips in today’s episode.

Today’s podcast is sponsored by Oregon State University ECampus.

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In This Episode

  • 6:00 Coming Home From The One Year Honeymoon
  • 14:20 Better Work/Life Balance with Travel
  • 17:45 Why The Jump Into Travel & The Spreadsheet
  • 29:00 The Disasterous Honeymoon
  • 37:00 Reality Checks & How-To Pivot
  • 44:35 Amazing European Highlights & Castle Crashing
  • 50:20 The End Of The Trip & Processing It
  • 57:00 The Machu Picchu Misadventure
  • 01:07:00 What Is Coming up Next

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Packing Cubes and an Entrepreneurial Oventure, Part 2

Ep-169

In Part two of our interview with Dave of Oventure Travel we discuss how to start making physical products, why he chose to donate $2 from every sale to Pencils of Promise (one of my favorite charities!), and his companies goals going forward.

We also talk about a great honeymoon travel hack and get a recommendation for the best beignets in New Orleans.

Dave also gives you awesome listeners a 15% discount code to use on any order with Oventure travel!! Thanks Dave!

This is Part 2 of a 2 part interview. Check out part 1 here to see how Dave got into travel, and why he chose to make travel gear for his business.

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Today’s episode has been sponsored by our friends at Tortuga Backpacks!

In This Episode:

  • 5:11 Getting physical products made
  • 13:15 The advantage of physical products
  • 13:45 Donating a portion of each sale to charity.
  • 19:45 Oventure’s goals for the future.
  • 23:16 A honeymoon travel hack
  • 28:00 The best beignets in New Orleans
  • 35:00 An awesome discount code

and much more!

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Little Big Honeymoon: Around the World in a Year

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Deciding where to go on your honeymoon is never an easy decision.

So why make it?

Chris and Tiffany decided that they didn’t want to settle on just one place, or just two weeks for their honeymoon so they chose to do something a little out of the ordinary.

They’re taking a year-long honeymoon.

All around the world!

Today we chat about how they’ve been able to save money along the way, getting housesits that fit in with their travel plans, how to save money on ATM fees, and some sage advice for traveling in Fiji.

This is part two of a two-part interview. If you’d like to listen to part one, where Chris and Tiffany describe their journey to becoming location independent, click here.

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In This Episode:

  • Finding their travel style.
  • Renting a campervan in New Zealand.
  • Interesting aspects of travel culture.
  • Getting House Sits all around the world.
  • Saving money on ATM fees.
  • Earning frequent flier miles.
  • Continuing to earn miles while you’re abroad.
  • Getting stuck in the Fijian countryside in the middle of the night.
  • A nightmare ferry experience.
  • and much more!

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EPoP Success: The Decision to Become Location Independent

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You asked for it, and you got it.

Today we start a new series of podcasts; EPoP success stories!

Tiffany and Chris have spent the last two years preparing the move to location independence so they could do something amazing.

They’re going on a year-long (working) honeymoon!

Today we chat about the steps in the decision to become location independent, from transitioning to freelancing full time (Chris) and just finding anything that would work with their plans (Tiffany).

They share a story of listeners, just like you, who made it work for them. Will you be next?

This is part one of a two-part interview. Join us again tomorrow where we chat a little bit more about the actual trip itself and some travel mishaps that made Tiffany shudder while recounting them!

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In This Episode:

  • Why they decided on a year-long honeymoon.
  • How Chris transitioned to a full-time freelancer.
  • Searching for anything, and everything that was location independent.
  • The reaction of friends and family.
  • What they did about their home and pets while they travel.
  • The challenges they’ve experienced working from anywhere.
  • Their final verdict on Location Independence.
  • and much more!

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@TiffanyNoro & @OMG_Chris are our first @PackofPeanuts #travel success story to join the podcast as #DigitalNomads! http://bit.ly/1uSblne

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