Pull up a seat with us around the fire pit and let’s talk candidly.

We’re going to be asking you some tough questions. And the answers are necessary for you to figure out for yourself.

You can keep your thoughts and answers private. No one else needs to know how you feel at every step along the way. You don’t have to announce to your best friends or your family what you’re thinking as you move through all of the decisions necessary to move forward unless you value their feedback and input.

We’re going to be asking questions like….

How long do you want to travel

For some, it’s a quick easy answer based on how much time they have off of work or how much of their savings they want to spend. For others, it’s agonizing because they just don’t know and can’t possibly predict what the future will hold.

Do you want to travel by car, boat, RV, or plane?

This one sounds easy, but you’d be surprised how many people just don’t know. Most people are familiar with traveling by car and paying more for accommodations. The same goes for planes. By RV or boat, if either is new to you, brings a steeper learning curve and some early-stage pitfalls we want you to avoid.

Now some even tougher questions…

Will your family thrive living in close quarters?

Do you want to sell your current home or rent it out while you’re gone?

Do you have a plan for deciding what to take with you, what to put in storage, what to donate, and what to sell?

And we’re just scratching the surface of the kinds of questions you need to be asking and answering.

Why figure this out before you start traveling? Isn’t that just going to slow down your move from stationary to extended traveler?

In short, no. These are all questions extended travelers have to face at some point in time. The more you can answer up front, at least with a workable interim answer, the more you’ll relax and settle into traveling immediately! Sometimes the questions are answered automatically by being let go from a job or the rising cost of rent. For others, with a strong home base filled with extended family and friends, it can be agonizing.

We HIGHLY encourage you to keep a journal of sorts throughout this process. Handwritten, online, a spreadsheet, in a notepad document…whatever works best for you. What you want to do is not have to keep revisiting topics because you didn’t keep track of the conclusions you’ve already reached.

Many of your answers will build on earlier answers. If you keep track of why you made a decision, you’ll be able to quickly pivot if the factors or circumstances change.

If we cover a topic that you don’t think applies to you, just skip over it. Each one is self-contained.

Feel free to reach out and ask questions in the comment section!

Ready? Let’s go!