How To Do And Afford Travel: My Strategy For Booking And Budgeting The Rest Of Our Trip To Spain And France

In case you missed it, the other day I outlined how much me and my partner are paying for flights and lodging for our February-long trip to Spain and France. The post details how we did it alongside useful tips for making it happen.

After that we did installments on the outrageous cost of home ownership in 2023 America and what I mean by good rounding errors in personal finance. We’ll expand that thinking with potential solutions and concrete money strategies as we continue to blend:

• Travel content focused on travel.

• Travel content focused on money strategies around travel.

• Concrete personal finance ideas and strategies you can adapt to your retirement situation.

• Updates on our plans to move to Spain.

Today, and in a travel-focused installment to follow in the next couple weeks or so, we consider how we’re handling the next two major elements of the trip—train travel and expenses on the ground.

Let’s start with the trains. I’ll get somewhat detailed here and also show you the luggage (if you can call it that!) we use when we travel.

Scroll down a thumb flick or two as we do a little personal financial step-by-step with illustrations.

Thanks for the great response to the recent installments. I appreciate it.