I tried to search but didn't come up with anything. Maybe my search skills just suck.
Anyway, if there's already a thread out there that someone could point me to, please do, if not, then my question is for those who are traveling perpetually and living on an online income.
My question is, how do you move around every couple of months and get everything you need for a comfortable lifestyle?
Living in hotels and eating in restaurants all the time would cost too much, so that leaves renting furnished apartments. But how do you live out of a suitcase forever? And what do you do for the first few days until you can find the apartment? Even just a few days in a hotel would put a big dent in your savings, no?
How do you manage to have a real wardrobe that consists of more than three t-shirts and two pairs of jeans? That's fine for a one week vacation somewhere, but if you're going place to place around the world, you want to have enough clothes that you're not always wearing the same thing. Three or four pairs of shoes. A couple of suits. Enough socks, underwear, some ties, a couple of belts, a dozen shirts, a couple of jackets, a winter coat if it's cold where you plan to go, etc. etc.
I just keep thinking that I would need three or four large suitcases with me at all times if I don't want to LOOK like I'm always traveling. Am I way off base and overestimating? Can you be comfortable and avoid looking like a bum with only one or two suitcases full?
And say you go somewhere really hot. You need to buy a fan. What do you do? Buy one and throw it away a month later when you move on? Sounds like it could get expensive if you keep throwing out stuff you need to buy and can't bring it with you. Don't buy one at all and suffer with the sweat? What about things like dish soap, detergent, toilet paper, kleenex, cling wrap and all that other stuff that we all use on a day-to-day basis but don't want to drag around everywhere? You go out and spend $100 or $200 to stock your place with all this and then just leave whatever's left behind when you leave two weeks (or two months) later?
Do you pack up a couple big boxes and ship them ahead of time to the next destination?
I'm having trouble picturing how you do all this so that it doesn't cost an arm and a leg and at the same time so that you're not living a terrible existence.
How are you guys all doing it? Any advice from experience?
Anyway, if there's already a thread out there that someone could point me to, please do, if not, then my question is for those who are traveling perpetually and living on an online income.
My question is, how do you move around every couple of months and get everything you need for a comfortable lifestyle?
Living in hotels and eating in restaurants all the time would cost too much, so that leaves renting furnished apartments. But how do you live out of a suitcase forever? And what do you do for the first few days until you can find the apartment? Even just a few days in a hotel would put a big dent in your savings, no?
How do you manage to have a real wardrobe that consists of more than three t-shirts and two pairs of jeans? That's fine for a one week vacation somewhere, but if you're going place to place around the world, you want to have enough clothes that you're not always wearing the same thing. Three or four pairs of shoes. A couple of suits. Enough socks, underwear, some ties, a couple of belts, a dozen shirts, a couple of jackets, a winter coat if it's cold where you plan to go, etc. etc.
I just keep thinking that I would need three or four large suitcases with me at all times if I don't want to LOOK like I'm always traveling. Am I way off base and overestimating? Can you be comfortable and avoid looking like a bum with only one or two suitcases full?
And say you go somewhere really hot. You need to buy a fan. What do you do? Buy one and throw it away a month later when you move on? Sounds like it could get expensive if you keep throwing out stuff you need to buy and can't bring it with you. Don't buy one at all and suffer with the sweat? What about things like dish soap, detergent, toilet paper, kleenex, cling wrap and all that other stuff that we all use on a day-to-day basis but don't want to drag around everywhere? You go out and spend $100 or $200 to stock your place with all this and then just leave whatever's left behind when you leave two weeks (or two months) later?
Do you pack up a couple big boxes and ship them ahead of time to the next destination?
I'm having trouble picturing how you do all this so that it doesn't cost an arm and a leg and at the same time so that you're not living a terrible existence.
How are you guys all doing it? Any advice from experience?