FAQs

Our FAQs page refers to questions we’ve been asked a lot over the past months as we’ve talked about the creation of our blog site.

There are loads of travel blogs. What’s special or different about yours?

You’re right! There are likely thousands of travel blogs out there. We launched our blog to share our travels as ‘average travellers’. People like us who love exploring new places but travel has to fit it in with other life priorities ie. work, family, partners, walking the dog!

We’re hoping that telling our travel stories in a fun, friendly way together with practical tips will inspire new travelers. Sharing learnings to build confidence to get out of our comfort zones, do more planning on our own, and seek out locals to make experiences more authentic.  

Finally, we are targeting travelers like us, 50+ who want information and honest content to help plan and keep travelling as long as possible.  So if that’s you, join us and if you’re a wee bit younger, join us because well isn’t it good to learn from those who have gone before:)

How Do you decide on Blog Topics? 

We only blog about places we’ve visited because we want to be authentic in our stories and suggestions.

Having been lucky to travel to so many places, we hope you will agree we have a lot of stories, materials, and ideas from these experiences.

Do you make money from your blog?

Not yet! We are grassroots, building our blog through authentic, personal narratives. Our focus is on growing our voice and community – learning more about what real travelers want and need.

We have some affiliate marketing and we describe this in each post and also in our privacy and policy page.

Apart from each other who do you travel with? 

We travel with our respective partners, kids, grandkids, other family members and friends. Writing our blog has been a virtual journey since we live on different continents. 

Travelling solo is also something we have done, both for work but also for leisure.  Jude has ventured solo outside of work over the years to Australia, the Indian Continent, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Canada, and a host of European countries.  

Do You Lead Tours

No, but we could be persuaded since we organize so much of our own independent travels around the world.

Which Budget Destinations Do You Recommend?

It depends on your starting point, currency exchange rates, if it’s just you, or you and your family of seven, to be honest!

There’s the budget for getting to your chosen destination and then there’s what you need to do all the things you want to when you are there.  

From the UK and USA, we’ve found great value in North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Greece, Peru, Mexico, and South Africa recently.

If you live in South America or on the African continent some of our options will not represent value. But many regional trips will offer better value.

For example, when we visited Mauritius and Seychelles, these were long haul from the UK, but from South Africa, it’s a lot closer ie. cheaper flights and a lot less time in transit.