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Quit Your JobAnd Travel Around The World

Agenda:

Inspiration Overcoming Roadblocks Logistics / Tools Coming Home

Inspiration

Who are we?

Who are you & why are you here?

High and Lows

Goals

INSPIRATION

Money

Career Track

‘Pausing’ Your Life

OVERCOMING ROADBLOCKS

Plotting Your Route

Transportation

Accommodations

Project Work

Gear

Finances

Medical

Communications

PLANNING THE TRIP

Pace of travel

Seasonality

Special Events

Visas

Travel Warnings

Unesco World Travel Sites

Balancing Planning and Spontaneity�

Solo Travel Versus Group travel

Cultural Immersion Activities

LOGISTICS: PLOTTING YOUR ROUTE

Planes

Around the World Ticket vs. One-offsDiscount Airfare SitesPrint Out TicketsTrains, Automobiles, Motorcycles, Boats, etc.

LOGISTICS: TRANSPORTATION

Hostel World

WWOOF-ing

CouchSurfing

Airbnb

Starwood

Sleeper Trains

LOGISTICS: ACCOMMODATIONS

Don’t Overpack! (sending stuff home sucks)

Pack Only What You Can’t Get Abroad (medicine, etc)

Computer?

A Few Non-intuitive Items:

Water filtrationHeadlamp

LocksPaperwork

Earplugs!

LOGISTICS: GEAR

Budgeting

Forget About Travelers Checks

ATMs - HSBC, Citi Are Common (but may still charge fees)

International CC Fees - Capital One Card Doesn’t Charge

You’ll probably deal in cash a lot of the time

Make sure enough money is readily accessible online

LOGISTICS: FINANCES

Pharma... one area where it’s OK to overpack

Vaccines - go to a travel clinic, CDC website

Antibiotics - travel clinic will prescribe. Remember you have.

First aid kit - bring one

Prescription drugs - bring plenty

Toiletries - you can get most anything on the road

LOGISTICS: MEDICAL

Turn your phone carrier off

Skype - on laptops, iphone app

Local cell phones - sim cards

Satellite phones

Postcard apps

LOGISTICS: CHIT CHAT

Rolf Potts, Legal Nomads, Nomadic Matt, The Frugal Traveler

Travel Guides

Wanderfly, BootsNAll, JetSetter

TOOLS

Open Up

Realize it won’t all be easy

Share your journey

Create Consistency

ON THE ROAD

Readjusting Mentally

Restarting Your Career

What we learned

Scale/perspective

Self-confidence

Much more...

COMING HOME