Break the Mold (Family, World and Riches)
Thanks for visiting me at traveling wallet. This Blog is about money and its relationship(role) to Parenthood, Travel and Early Retirement. (See tag line 😉 ) I’m here to talk about my journey in...
View Article7 years of travel: The power of looking back
How well do you remember your past? I would not consider myself a traveler. It is more a goal and aspiration. In comparison to some family members with less means than myself, I have been to fewer...
View ArticleSaving on a Vacation: Traveling alternatives
Its labor day weekend and so the summer officially ends. Many are out and about trying to get in their last stint of travel. We had the chance this year to explore some new territory but looking back...
View ArticleFun on the Fly: How not to Vacation
The fancy pants trip to Wisconsin. We recently returned form a very short adult only vacation. We traveled to Wisconsin from California to attend one of my friend’s wedding. It was great to see people...
View Article2014 travel wrap up
Guess what? For calling myself the Roamer and this site Traveling Wallet, In 2014 I had made no written goals that we were going to travel. It wasn’t that we weren’t planning to. We have a standing...
View ArticleWeekend Wanderings #3: Breaking Down Barriers
New Readers Note: My Weekend Wandering series is a time I take to wander off the main focus of this blog and discuss any other topic. Usually including videos that I found inspirational, informative or...
View ArticleFamily Travel: Colorado 2015
The months are flying by and I am keenly aware of the fact that summer will be upon us. Summer is usually filled with lots of travel and high sticker prices to match. We enjoy travel ourselves but this...
View ArticleQuarter 1 review of goals
Actually I guess its not a quarterly review as much as a trimester review. Jan- April. So part of making goals public is that they help you with accountability right? Well things have not been going...
View ArticleWeekly Pain & Gain: No Siesta for you! And other adventures.
So much good this week, but don’t worry I still have a pain to complain about. Pain Minnie Roamer is not resting during her standard nap time. She does once in a while but is now predominantly taking...
View ArticleMy single biggest tip for traveling with small kids
Becoming a new parent is filled with changes in how you live your life. There are things that will become more challenging, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do them anymore. Traveling is one of those...
View ArticleVacations, Where to stay?
We like to go on vacation. In that sense we are just like the average american. But googling “average american vacation budget” tells me that the average american spends way more then we do on...
View ArticleOur California road trip: The plan
As a young adult in college hearing about a family’s need to take yearly vacations was odd. Hearing about yearly cruises or trips to Disney world didn’t make me think of the middle class. The people...
View ArticleThe BIG NEWS, A big international trip.
I want to travel. Not jump on a plane, gone for a week living in a hotel travel. I want sell-all-your-stuff don’t know when I’ll be back, kind of travel. Reading about nomadic families seeing the world...
View ArticleOur California Road Trip and 4 must see views
Mr. Roamer made a beautiful desktop background of our recent California road trip. I look at it and remember. Oh yeah, I still haven’t told you how it went. So today lets talk travel & family. If...
View Article5 Scholarships To Fund Your Study Abroad Term
I’ve wanted to travel the world for a long time. Now, I am finally taking steps to make that a reality. I am very excited about next year’s 3 month adventure. But I remember when I was in high school...
View Article2016 Goals: Year End Review
It’s January, and you know what that means. Goals for 2016 This past year I decided to try something new. I had read that I could be more focused if I just chose one goal and really bore down on it for...
View ArticleMy one goal this year
Yearly goals are a thing for me. They have been since I got pregnant with my son in college. I really do attribute my success in finishing school, after having a kid, to the focus that goal setting...
View ArticleMini Retirement Monthly Update: Passports? Yes, please!
Hey there, if you’re new I am going to be publishing a monthly series where I document our journey to this years One Goal. The goal: to take a Mini Retirement where we take 4 months off of work to...
View ArticleWhere have you been? Our travels so far
Do you know everywhere you’ve been? I’d like to know. When I was around 5 years old, I flew out of the US to Ecuador where my father was born. I lived there for about 2 years in a house and went to...
View ArticleOur San Francisco Vacation and other July Expenditures
July is long gone by now. School for my son has started and I am here playing catch up. My monthly expenses were previously reserved for email subscribers but with our up and coming 4 month mini...
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