1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,254 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,134 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:19,214 Speaker 1: is recorded. 4 00:00:18,814 --> 00:00:23,574 Speaker 2: On Hey, I'm Taylor Strano. This is Mumma MIA's twice 5 00:00:23,654 --> 00:00:27,174 Speaker 2: daily news podcast, The Quickie. For most of us, quitting 6 00:00:27,174 --> 00:00:30,534 Speaker 2: our jobs to travel the world remains a fantasy, something 7 00:00:30,574 --> 00:00:34,454 Speaker 2: we joke about during particularly stressful work days, but for 8 00:00:34,534 --> 00:00:37,214 Speaker 2: a growing number of Ossies the fantasy has in fact 9 00:00:37,294 --> 00:00:38,254 Speaker 2: become reality. 10 00:00:38,854 --> 00:00:40,134 Speaker 1: Today we're diving. 11 00:00:39,894 --> 00:00:43,334 Speaker 2: Into the rising trend of professionals walking away from established 12 00:00:43,374 --> 00:00:46,254 Speaker 2: careers to travel the world on a budget, some at 13 00:00:46,294 --> 00:00:49,094 Speaker 2: just one hundred bucks a day. But before we get 14 00:00:49,134 --> 00:00:51,174 Speaker 2: ready for take off, Claire Murphy is here with the 15 00:00:51,254 --> 00:00:54,574 Speaker 2: latest from the Quickie newsroom for Thursday March six. 16 00:00:54,814 --> 00:00:57,654 Speaker 1: Thanks Taylor. People in the path of Cyclone Alfred are 17 00:00:57,654 --> 00:01:00,214 Speaker 1: being urged to act now and leave the region before 18 00:01:00,254 --> 00:01:04,054 Speaker 1: the extremely rare weather worsens. Queensland Premier David chris A 19 00:01:04,094 --> 00:01:06,534 Speaker 1: fully advise that there's a chance a cyclone will make 20 00:01:06,614 --> 00:01:09,174 Speaker 1: landfall in the middle of the night tonight, bringing with 21 00:01:09,214 --> 00:01:12,214 Speaker 1: it a I tied destructive winds, a lot of rain 22 00:01:12,294 --> 00:01:15,494 Speaker 1: and potential flash flooding. Mister chris A fully says that's 23 00:01:15,534 --> 00:01:17,774 Speaker 1: not when you need to be making your evacuation plan. 24 00:01:17,974 --> 00:01:21,174 Speaker 1: It should be happening now. Mamma MIA's own Nicole Madigan, 25 00:01:21,174 --> 00:01:23,854 Speaker 1: who lives about fifteen minutes south of Brisbane, has been 26 00:01:23,894 --> 00:01:27,694 Speaker 1: preparing for Alfred's arrival, saying she's had to hunt down supplies. 27 00:01:27,894 --> 00:01:31,334 Speaker 3: Even though the shopping centers were completely bare, no potatoes, 28 00:01:31,454 --> 00:01:36,214 Speaker 3: no bread, no bottled water, lots of fruit missing, no eggs. 29 00:01:36,574 --> 00:01:39,174 Speaker 3: I was able to find a few rare gems at 30 00:01:39,214 --> 00:01:41,574 Speaker 3: the local IgA. I was able to grab a couple 31 00:01:41,574 --> 00:01:44,374 Speaker 3: of loafes of bread, a tub of natalla and some 32 00:01:44,494 --> 00:01:46,094 Speaker 3: bottled water as well. 33 00:01:46,294 --> 00:01:48,694 Speaker 1: She says she and her children will be staying home 34 00:01:48,734 --> 00:01:49,974 Speaker 1: today and tomorrow. 35 00:01:50,134 --> 00:01:53,774 Speaker 3: Schools are officially closed, shopping centers are also closed, and 36 00:01:53,814 --> 00:01:56,934 Speaker 3: everyone's being urged to stay off the roads and indoors 37 00:01:56,934 --> 00:01:58,334 Speaker 3: for the next couple of days. 38 00:01:58,694 --> 00:02:01,094 Speaker 1: Nicole says she's made the area around her home as 39 00:02:01,214 --> 00:02:03,134 Speaker 1: safe as she can. In preparation, the. 40 00:02:03,174 --> 00:02:05,774 Speaker 3: Kids and I spent the afternoon bringing anything loose from 41 00:02:05,814 --> 00:02:08,734 Speaker 3: outside into the house or into the garage, things like 42 00:02:08,814 --> 00:02:12,854 Speaker 3: couch cushions, stools, balls, even pots, anything that might be 43 00:02:12,894 --> 00:02:15,254 Speaker 3: caught up into the wind. And might risk breaking a 44 00:02:15,294 --> 00:02:16,774 Speaker 3: window or hitting someone. 45 00:02:16,894 --> 00:02:20,294 Speaker 1: Flights have also been canceled across southeast Queensland and northern 46 00:02:20,334 --> 00:02:23,494 Speaker 1: New South Wales, with acting Gold Coast Mayor Donna Gates 47 00:02:23,494 --> 00:02:26,254 Speaker 1: saying it looks like Alfred will be the most significant 48 00:02:26,254 --> 00:02:29,054 Speaker 1: event in the city in terms of destructive winds and 49 00:02:29,134 --> 00:02:32,894 Speaker 1: heavy rain that they've witnessed since nineteen fifty four. Meanwhile, 50 00:02:32,934 --> 00:02:36,054 Speaker 1: several players for the Brisbane based Dolphins NRL team have 51 00:02:36,134 --> 00:02:38,534 Speaker 1: pulled out of their Friday night game with South Sydney 52 00:02:38,814 --> 00:02:41,854 Speaker 1: to support their families and protect their homes. There were 53 00:02:41,894 --> 00:02:44,654 Speaker 1: concerns that some family members felt they were being left 54 00:02:44,654 --> 00:02:48,294 Speaker 1: behind as Alfred arrived, with one player seen sandbagging his 55 00:02:48,374 --> 00:02:50,934 Speaker 1: home in Redcliffe, which is expected to bear the brunt 56 00:02:51,014 --> 00:02:53,934 Speaker 1: of the weather when it arrives. The Dolphins Rabbitto's game 57 00:02:54,014 --> 00:02:56,094 Speaker 1: was supposed to be held in Brisbane but was shifted 58 00:02:56,134 --> 00:02:59,254 Speaker 1: down to Sydney, the Dolphins saying they support any player 59 00:02:59,254 --> 00:03:01,494 Speaker 1: who pulls out of the game to protect their family. 60 00:03:02,054 --> 00:03:04,654 Speaker 1: Women are twice as likely as men to say they 61 00:03:04,694 --> 00:03:08,134 Speaker 1: haven't filled a prescription for themselves or their families because 62 00:03:08,174 --> 00:03:10,894 Speaker 1: they can't afford it. The cost of living crisis has 63 00:03:10,934 --> 00:03:14,654 Speaker 1: meant many Aussies have had to sacrifice essentials, including medications, 64 00:03:14,934 --> 00:03:17,214 Speaker 1: with one in four women saying over the past three 65 00:03:17,334 --> 00:03:19,854 Speaker 1: years they haven't been able to get their scripts filled, 66 00:03:20,094 --> 00:03:22,894 Speaker 1: that number jumping to one in three in regional areas. 67 00:03:23,134 --> 00:03:25,854 Speaker 1: The Pharmacy Guild, who commissioned the studies, calling for more 68 00:03:25,854 --> 00:03:29,774 Speaker 1: funding to help patients access their sometimes life saving medications. 69 00:03:30,094 --> 00:03:33,134 Speaker 1: The Albanese government has promised an eight point five billion 70 00:03:33,174 --> 00:03:36,094 Speaker 1: dollar boost for Medicare if they're re elected, a promise 71 00:03:36,094 --> 00:03:39,094 Speaker 1: that was matched by the Coalition, in addition to promising 72 00:03:39,094 --> 00:03:42,374 Speaker 1: an extra five hundred million dollars for extra mental health support. 73 00:03:43,094 --> 00:03:46,174 Speaker 1: Just days after suspending military aid to Ukraine, the Trump 74 00:03:46,214 --> 00:03:50,374 Speaker 1: administration has announced they've also stopped sharing any intelligence with Kiev. 75 00:03:50,774 --> 00:03:53,854 Speaker 1: President Trump, during an address to Congress, said he'd also received 76 00:03:53,854 --> 00:03:57,214 Speaker 1: a letter from Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski, where he said 77 00:03:57,254 --> 00:03:59,734 Speaker 1: he's willing to come to the negotiating table over the 78 00:03:59,814 --> 00:04:04,014 Speaker 1: Russia Ukraine War. Trump's Congress address was the longest in history, 79 00:04:04,094 --> 00:04:06,894 Speaker 1: clocking in at an hour and thirty nine minutes, where 80 00:04:06,934 --> 00:04:09,854 Speaker 1: he promised a new golden age for America and again 81 00:04:09,894 --> 00:04:12,894 Speaker 1: reiterated that he wants to take Greenland, saying to those 82 00:04:12,934 --> 00:04:15,654 Speaker 1: who call it home that he strongly supports their right 83 00:04:15,734 --> 00:04:18,214 Speaker 1: to determine their own future, and if they choose, he 84 00:04:18,254 --> 00:04:22,054 Speaker 1: would welcome them into the United States. Many Democrats left 85 00:04:22,094 --> 00:04:25,054 Speaker 1: the room, some wearing t shirts that simply said resist, 86 00:04:25,334 --> 00:04:27,854 Speaker 1: but at least one ejected after shouting back at the 87 00:04:27,894 --> 00:04:31,454 Speaker 1: President as he delivered his speech. Two years after they're 88 00:04:31,454 --> 00:04:35,134 Speaker 1: split with controversial rapper Kanye West, Added assays they've finally 89 00:04:35,174 --> 00:04:38,214 Speaker 1: sold their last pair of Yeezy sneakers. The company has 90 00:04:38,254 --> 00:04:40,694 Speaker 1: been trying to put the relationship with West behind them 91 00:04:40,814 --> 00:04:43,974 Speaker 1: after anti Semitic rants by Ye forced them to end 92 00:04:43,974 --> 00:04:47,414 Speaker 1: their highly lucrative partnership, putting a major dent in their revenue, 93 00:04:47,574 --> 00:04:50,494 Speaker 1: which saw them post an annual loss in twenty twenty three. 94 00:04:50,894 --> 00:04:53,454 Speaker 1: Added As started selling off the remaining stock of Yeezy 95 00:04:53,534 --> 00:04:56,774 Speaker 1: sneakers in twenty twenty three, donating part of their sales 96 00:04:56,774 --> 00:05:02,014 Speaker 1: revenue to organizations combating anti Semitism. The sister of legendary 97 00:05:02,054 --> 00:05:04,774 Speaker 1: country singer Dolly Parton has told her fans that she 98 00:05:04,814 --> 00:05:08,094 Speaker 1: appreciates the outpouring of love after her husband of nearly 99 00:05:08,174 --> 00:05:11,134 Speaker 1: sixty years passed away. The singer had been married to 100 00:05:11,214 --> 00:05:14,574 Speaker 1: Carl Dean since nineteen sixty six. The eighty two year 101 00:05:14,614 --> 00:05:16,854 Speaker 1: old will be laid to rest in a private ceremony 102 00:05:16,894 --> 00:05:20,054 Speaker 1: with just immediate family. Dean, despite being married to a 103 00:05:20,054 --> 00:05:22,574 Speaker 1: woman who's known by almost every person on the planet, 104 00:05:22,934 --> 00:05:26,534 Speaker 1: was a notoriously private person. Part and shared a statement 105 00:05:26,614 --> 00:05:29,254 Speaker 1: saying she and Karl had spent many wonderful years together 106 00:05:29,534 --> 00:05:32,214 Speaker 1: and that words couldn't do justice to the love they shared. 107 00:05:32,414 --> 00:05:35,134 Speaker 1: She thanked fans for their prayers and for their sympathy. 108 00:05:35,334 --> 00:05:38,254 Speaker 2: Thanks Claire. Next The Real Life Guide to Quitting your 109 00:05:38,334 --> 00:05:51,254 Speaker 2: job and seeing the World. Two years ago, Rachel Lay 110 00:05:51,334 --> 00:05:55,174 Speaker 2: was sitting in an office managing marketing campaigns for Queensland tourism, 111 00:05:55,494 --> 00:05:59,454 Speaker 2: dealing with the aftermath of COVID's devastating impact on the industry. 112 00:06:00,534 --> 00:06:03,054 Speaker 2: Right now, though she's traveling the world with her husband, 113 00:06:03,174 --> 00:06:06,294 Speaker 2: living on one hundred dollars a day, Rachel is part 114 00:06:06,334 --> 00:06:08,894 Speaker 2: of a growing movement that travel experts are calling the 115 00:06:08,934 --> 00:06:12,974 Speaker 2: Great Scus, a post COVID phenomenon where burned out professionals 116 00:06:12,974 --> 00:06:16,574 Speaker 2: are trading their cubicles for carrions and their mortgages for 117 00:06:16,654 --> 00:06:21,734 Speaker 2: motels or maybe more like hostels. The numbers tell a story. 118 00:06:21,894 --> 00:06:25,934 Speaker 2: According to travel industry data, long term international departures from 119 00:06:25,934 --> 00:06:29,894 Speaker 2: Australia have increased by thirty four percent since twenty nineteen, 120 00:06:30,334 --> 00:06:33,414 Speaker 2: with a significant spike in working age. Ossie is taking 121 00:06:33,454 --> 00:06:37,174 Speaker 2: extended breaks from their careers. And it's not just twenty 122 00:06:37,214 --> 00:06:41,534 Speaker 2: somethings with no responsibilities. Established professionals in their thirties and 123 00:06:41,774 --> 00:06:45,494 Speaker 2: forties are increasingly choosing to press pause on careers they've 124 00:06:45,534 --> 00:06:49,214 Speaker 2: spent years building. But how do regular people actually make 125 00:06:49,254 --> 00:06:52,454 Speaker 2: this work financially? Is it only possible for the wealthy 126 00:06:52,894 --> 00:06:55,454 Speaker 2: or are there ways to explore the world without destroying 127 00:06:55,454 --> 00:07:00,014 Speaker 2: your financial future. Rachel's story is particularly interesting. She and 128 00:07:00,054 --> 00:07:02,854 Speaker 2: her husband made the decision after a five week European 129 00:07:02,894 --> 00:07:06,094 Speaker 2: holiday in twenty twenty three, a trip that left them 130 00:07:06,134 --> 00:07:09,814 Speaker 2: sitting on a rooftop in Montenegro desperately trying to posting 131 00:07:09,854 --> 00:07:14,174 Speaker 2: their return to Australia. The transition from daydream to reality 132 00:07:14,214 --> 00:07:18,774 Speaker 2: took planning, selling their house, cutting expenses, yes, even making 133 00:07:18,774 --> 00:07:21,934 Speaker 2: their own oat milk, and saving aggressively for a year. 134 00:07:22,254 --> 00:07:24,734 Speaker 2: But they did it. So how did she go from 135 00:07:24,814 --> 00:07:28,294 Speaker 2: corporate Australia to global nomad? What sacrifices did it take 136 00:07:28,334 --> 00:07:30,894 Speaker 2: and what hacks can she share to start us on 137 00:07:30,934 --> 00:07:35,214 Speaker 2: our own global journeys. After starting her trip in Sri Lanka, 138 00:07:35,294 --> 00:07:38,934 Speaker 2: Rachel's traveled across twenty three countries all the way to China, 139 00:07:38,974 --> 00:07:40,454 Speaker 2: where she's currently exploring. 140 00:07:41,294 --> 00:07:42,014 Speaker 1: I caught up with. 141 00:07:41,974 --> 00:07:44,414 Speaker 2: Her to find out just how exactly one puts their 142 00:07:44,414 --> 00:07:48,974 Speaker 2: out of office notifications on permanently. How do you know 143 00:07:49,294 --> 00:07:53,134 Speaker 2: when something is more than just post holiday slump and 144 00:07:53,134 --> 00:07:55,134 Speaker 2: we need to get away again. How do you know 145 00:07:55,174 --> 00:07:57,014 Speaker 2: that it's not that and it is actually we're going 146 00:07:57,054 --> 00:07:59,134 Speaker 2: to take a whole twelve months and travel the world. 147 00:07:59,734 --> 00:08:05,014 Speaker 4: That's a great question. I think initially like it's something 148 00:08:05,014 --> 00:08:09,014 Speaker 4: that we'd kind of always spoken about, Like before COVID, 149 00:08:09,054 --> 00:08:11,254 Speaker 4: we were kind of like, you know, maybe we should 150 00:08:11,294 --> 00:08:13,934 Speaker 4: move to London do the youth mobility vis a thing, 151 00:08:14,454 --> 00:08:19,334 Speaker 4: something that we'd always I guess spoken about as really 152 00:08:19,374 --> 00:08:22,294 Speaker 4: like a pie in the sky dream thing. It was 153 00:08:22,414 --> 00:08:26,334 Speaker 4: never spoken about in concrete Okay, we need to see 154 00:08:26,454 --> 00:08:29,414 Speaker 4: this much money to do this. That trip that we 155 00:08:29,454 --> 00:08:32,054 Speaker 4: took was more life affirming, and we were like, all right, 156 00:08:32,254 --> 00:08:35,974 Speaker 4: this is it. We've loved this trip, let's do it. 157 00:08:36,054 --> 00:08:40,254 Speaker 4: And I think also like we really kept the decision 158 00:08:40,294 --> 00:08:45,054 Speaker 4: to ourselves for ages until we had kind of run 159 00:08:45,054 --> 00:08:47,734 Speaker 4: the numbers and been like, all right, this is feasible. 160 00:08:48,174 --> 00:08:51,454 Speaker 4: This is becoming like an actual reality. So we just 161 00:08:51,494 --> 00:08:53,974 Speaker 4: sat with it. We kind of marinated on it and 162 00:08:54,094 --> 00:08:58,494 Speaker 4: worked through the possibilities, and then we knew, when. 163 00:08:58,374 --> 00:09:00,574 Speaker 2: You've made that decision, you go, all right, we're all 164 00:09:00,614 --> 00:09:03,174 Speaker 2: in two feet twelve months around the world. We go, 165 00:09:03,934 --> 00:09:06,134 Speaker 2: what's like the actual next step? Do you just start 166 00:09:06,174 --> 00:09:08,214 Speaker 2: selling everything you own or do you have to sit 167 00:09:08,254 --> 00:09:09,414 Speaker 2: down and crunch the numbers. 168 00:09:09,854 --> 00:09:13,374 Speaker 4: That kind of is the next step. But my husband 169 00:09:13,454 --> 00:09:16,974 Speaker 4: is an accountant, so his job was to run the numbers, 170 00:09:18,214 --> 00:09:21,814 Speaker 4: and it was like, I mean, there was no real 171 00:09:22,654 --> 00:09:26,494 Speaker 4: scientific formula. We literally just went, okay, we want to 172 00:09:26,534 --> 00:09:29,094 Speaker 4: have one hundred dollars a day. There was no like 173 00:09:29,294 --> 00:09:32,654 Speaker 4: accommodation in Croatia costs this much night on averageing Like 174 00:09:32,694 --> 00:09:36,374 Speaker 4: there was no science behind it. It was literally total 175 00:09:36,454 --> 00:09:42,654 Speaker 4: number divided by three sixty five. We own our townhouse, 176 00:09:42,774 --> 00:09:45,854 Speaker 4: so we were like, okay, we're going to be landlords. 177 00:09:45,894 --> 00:09:49,214 Speaker 4: This is weird. So we found something I never thought 178 00:09:49,214 --> 00:09:51,614 Speaker 4: I would say. So we found a real estate agent 179 00:09:52,094 --> 00:09:55,414 Speaker 4: and we put the house on the market, sold everything. 180 00:09:55,574 --> 00:09:58,614 Speaker 4: So we did it in like monthly drops. I was 181 00:09:58,654 --> 00:10:01,294 Speaker 4: calling them to make it less overwhelming. I was posting 182 00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:05,134 Speaker 4: on deep hop every week and just back and forth 183 00:10:05,174 --> 00:10:08,454 Speaker 4: to the post office. Literally every work from home lunch break, 184 00:10:08,534 --> 00:10:12,294 Speaker 4: I was at the post office, and then Facebook Marketplace. 185 00:10:12,374 --> 00:10:15,054 Speaker 4: We did heap, so we would just do like a 186 00:10:15,094 --> 00:10:18,814 Speaker 4: photo shoot every weekend and upload the drop. Our house 187 00:10:18,934 --> 00:10:22,174 Speaker 4: was just empty, and I was like doing teams calls 188 00:10:22,214 --> 00:10:26,334 Speaker 4: for work with the most crazy echo that's not completely empty. 189 00:10:26,574 --> 00:10:29,454 Speaker 4: And then I guess we said like our goodbyes to 190 00:10:29,494 --> 00:10:31,934 Speaker 4: all of our friends the family, which was bizarre. 191 00:10:32,414 --> 00:10:36,454 Speaker 2: So one hundred dollars a day, which on paper that 192 00:10:36,614 --> 00:10:40,254 Speaker 2: sounds like it's doable until you start really adding up 193 00:10:40,734 --> 00:10:43,454 Speaker 2: how far you've got to go and what that actually 194 00:10:43,454 --> 00:10:45,774 Speaker 2: has to incorporate. Are you sticking to the budget. 195 00:10:46,094 --> 00:10:49,734 Speaker 4: It has good days and bad days, but I think 196 00:10:50,254 --> 00:10:53,374 Speaker 4: for the most part yes. So it's one hundred for 197 00:10:53,574 --> 00:10:56,334 Speaker 4: me and then one hundred for my husband, so it's 198 00:10:56,494 --> 00:10:58,654 Speaker 4: two hundred dollars in total, but we treat it as 199 00:10:58,694 --> 00:11:02,414 Speaker 4: one hundred dollars. That includes our mortgage payments as well, 200 00:11:02,454 --> 00:11:05,214 Speaker 4: so we split that out. We have this amazing app 201 00:11:05,254 --> 00:11:09,294 Speaker 4: called travel Spend, and you can put expenses over like 202 00:11:09,334 --> 00:11:11,734 Speaker 4: a set period of time, so we split our mortgage 203 00:11:11,734 --> 00:11:16,454 Speaker 4: payment out over each day. Accommodation depending where we are, 204 00:11:16,654 --> 00:11:20,614 Speaker 4: is either crazy affordable or crazy expensive, so we're sticking 205 00:11:20,654 --> 00:11:24,014 Speaker 4: to it where it's affordable and then just hoping that 206 00:11:24,054 --> 00:11:27,094 Speaker 4: it kind of evens out where it's expensive. But yeah, 207 00:11:27,174 --> 00:11:31,334 Speaker 4: it's things like food and accommodation and then our mortgage 208 00:11:31,774 --> 00:11:34,814 Speaker 4: that really eat into the budget, and the rest of 209 00:11:34,854 --> 00:11:37,814 Speaker 4: the time we kind of stick to doing free things 210 00:11:37,854 --> 00:11:40,094 Speaker 4: to make it work. Or if there's like a bucket 211 00:11:40,134 --> 00:11:45,494 Speaker 4: list experience like seeing the Great Wall or seeing the Pyramids, 212 00:11:45,694 --> 00:11:50,414 Speaker 4: we just willingly blow the budget and then just pray 213 00:11:50,614 --> 00:11:52,894 Speaker 4: that we can kind of balance it out over the 214 00:11:52,934 --> 00:11:54,214 Speaker 4: next few weeks or months. 215 00:11:54,494 --> 00:11:57,174 Speaker 2: That's when you revert to eating cup noodles in your 216 00:11:57,174 --> 00:11:59,054 Speaker 2: hotel room. For a couple of nights. 217 00:11:59,174 --> 00:12:03,214 Speaker 4: In the UK, we were eating cup noodle and literally 218 00:12:03,254 --> 00:12:06,534 Speaker 4: boiling eggs in a kettle for every single meal. 219 00:12:06,734 --> 00:12:12,134 Speaker 2: So, yeah, it has to even out somewhere, And I 220 00:12:12,174 --> 00:12:14,774 Speaker 2: think that if that's the trade off for seeing the Pyramids, 221 00:12:14,854 --> 00:12:17,134 Speaker 2: I would be okay with it. When you're away from 222 00:12:17,174 --> 00:12:19,054 Speaker 2: home for such a long period of time, if you're 223 00:12:19,054 --> 00:12:22,174 Speaker 2: a big family person, that can be quite difficult. On 224 00:12:22,214 --> 00:12:24,734 Speaker 2: the flip side of that, you've spent every waking moment 225 00:12:24,854 --> 00:12:28,814 Speaker 2: with your husband. Traveling with a partner can be stressful 226 00:12:28,894 --> 00:12:31,134 Speaker 2: at the best of times. What's it like doing that 227 00:12:31,254 --> 00:12:31,854 Speaker 2: full time? 228 00:12:32,534 --> 00:12:36,414 Speaker 4: I think that was honestly one of the things going 229 00:12:36,454 --> 00:12:39,214 Speaker 4: into this trip that I would say to my friends beforehand, like, 230 00:12:39,374 --> 00:12:43,294 Speaker 4: oh my god, what if we just start hating each other, 231 00:12:43,574 --> 00:12:47,894 Speaker 4: Like this is going to be either amazing or at 232 00:12:47,894 --> 00:12:52,814 Speaker 4: the end of our relationship, And it was. I think 233 00:12:53,334 --> 00:12:56,014 Speaker 4: it's turned out to be like a mix of the both. 234 00:12:56,094 --> 00:13:04,254 Speaker 4: Like you're spending every day waking up having absolutely no responsibilities, 235 00:13:04,294 --> 00:13:09,294 Speaker 4: where unemployed, and we wake up and our only task 236 00:13:09,374 --> 00:13:12,574 Speaker 4: is to see the world together, Like that's incredible, you know, 237 00:13:13,174 --> 00:13:15,414 Speaker 4: a few days ago to walking the Great Wall of 238 00:13:15,494 --> 00:13:18,614 Speaker 4: China looking at each other like is this for real? 239 00:13:18,694 --> 00:13:23,494 Speaker 4: This is insane? But then also you have these moments 240 00:13:23,494 --> 00:13:26,894 Speaker 4: where you're like, Okay, the only accommodation we can find 241 00:13:27,374 --> 00:13:29,974 Speaker 4: is a dorm in a hostel that's like one hundred 242 00:13:29,974 --> 00:13:33,814 Speaker 4: and twenty dollars, and you just have these like budget 243 00:13:33,934 --> 00:13:39,294 Speaker 4: chats that are you know, not fun, but I think 244 00:13:39,334 --> 00:13:42,294 Speaker 4: the balance is worth it, and you do definitely have 245 00:13:42,334 --> 00:13:46,294 Speaker 4: times where you're like, Okay, we've spent the past, like, 246 00:13:46,694 --> 00:13:50,054 Speaker 4: however many months together, can you just like go sit 247 00:13:50,094 --> 00:13:51,734 Speaker 4: on that side of the room and I'm gonna pay 248 00:13:51,734 --> 00:13:53,374 Speaker 4: on their throat and we just won't talk to each 249 00:13:53,374 --> 00:13:56,174 Speaker 4: other for an hour. But I think the balance is 250 00:13:56,174 --> 00:13:56,894 Speaker 4: so worth it. 251 00:13:57,774 --> 00:14:00,814 Speaker 2: Okay, I have some quick fire questions for you. What's 252 00:14:00,814 --> 00:14:03,614 Speaker 2: been your biggest travel stuff up at this point? 253 00:14:03,894 --> 00:14:06,374 Speaker 4: Finding ourselves in the UK because we had to get 254 00:14:06,414 --> 00:14:08,734 Speaker 4: out of the Shanngan Zoe to be able to see 255 00:14:08,774 --> 00:14:11,134 Speaker 4: as much of Europe we wanted to, and that was 256 00:14:11,214 --> 00:14:14,414 Speaker 4: just so expensive. Like I think that was maybe a 257 00:14:14,534 --> 00:14:15,134 Speaker 4: stuff up. 258 00:14:15,454 --> 00:14:18,414 Speaker 2: What's the most underrated spot you've been so far? 259 00:14:18,774 --> 00:14:22,574 Speaker 4: I think I have to say Bosnia, Like my husband's 260 00:14:22,574 --> 00:14:24,694 Speaker 4: family are from there, and I think this is like 261 00:14:24,734 --> 00:14:27,694 Speaker 4: my third or fourth time maybe to Bosnia, but it's 262 00:14:27,734 --> 00:14:32,494 Speaker 4: the best. So many different cultures there. The landscapes are crazy, 263 00:14:32,694 --> 00:14:35,254 Speaker 4: Like you know, you have places like Mosta with these 264 00:14:35,294 --> 00:14:43,214 Speaker 4: beautiful turquoise rivers, ancient bridges, Islamic culture, Muslims, Orthodox Catholics, 265 00:14:43,214 --> 00:14:47,214 Speaker 4: all these cultures coming together, the most insane food and 266 00:14:47,254 --> 00:14:51,174 Speaker 4: it's so so so affordable. I just I think Bosnia 267 00:14:51,254 --> 00:14:53,854 Speaker 4: and its history will always be my favorite. 268 00:14:54,174 --> 00:14:56,014 Speaker 2: What about the biggest money saving hack? 269 00:14:56,374 --> 00:14:58,774 Speaker 4: This is maybe not so much a hack, but more 270 00:14:58,774 --> 00:15:01,574 Speaker 4: of a mindset shift. I feel like you just have 271 00:15:01,654 --> 00:15:06,454 Speaker 4: to know what's important to you. If you're on travel TikTok, 272 00:15:06,654 --> 00:15:11,494 Speaker 4: you see so many solo female travelers backpackers who stay 273 00:15:11,494 --> 00:15:14,854 Speaker 4: in dorms, and as a couple, we're not cut out 274 00:15:14,854 --> 00:15:17,694 Speaker 4: for the dorm life and it's way more cost effective 275 00:15:17,694 --> 00:15:21,574 Speaker 4: for us to stay in hotels or apartments or whatever. 276 00:15:21,974 --> 00:15:24,254 Speaker 4: You have to kind of know what you want to 277 00:15:24,294 --> 00:15:26,054 Speaker 4: spend money on and what you don't want to spend 278 00:15:26,054 --> 00:15:28,854 Speaker 4: money on. For us, we'd like to have a private 279 00:15:28,934 --> 00:15:31,934 Speaker 4: room in a good location, so we'll spend more on 280 00:15:32,214 --> 00:15:36,854 Speaker 4: accommodation than say, you know, a true budget backpacker because 281 00:15:36,854 --> 00:15:39,214 Speaker 4: dorms are just not for us. We kind of build 282 00:15:39,254 --> 00:15:41,494 Speaker 4: our budget around what matters to us, and that's having 283 00:15:41,574 --> 00:15:46,454 Speaker 4: good accommodation. Eating street food rather than restaurants. People always 284 00:15:46,494 --> 00:15:49,374 Speaker 4: say avoid it because you'll get sick. We haven't had 285 00:15:49,374 --> 00:15:53,254 Speaker 4: food poisoning from street food as yet. We've definitely had 286 00:15:53,254 --> 00:15:55,814 Speaker 4: food poisoning, but it's been from restaurants. 287 00:15:56,854 --> 00:16:00,334 Speaker 2: So eat street food and establish what your budget, mindset 288 00:16:00,374 --> 00:16:04,054 Speaker 2: looks like and try to stick to it. As for Rachel, 289 00:16:04,174 --> 00:16:06,294 Speaker 2: I asked her what the plan is. Will she keep 290 00:16:06,334 --> 00:16:09,254 Speaker 2: traveling till she runs out of money after she's checked 291 00:16:09,254 --> 00:16:12,454 Speaker 2: off her recontinent or did this journey have a twelve 292 00:16:12,534 --> 00:16:13,854 Speaker 2: month expiration date? 293 00:16:14,294 --> 00:16:18,214 Speaker 4: There's like the fig tree Sylvia Plath analogy. There's like 294 00:16:18,294 --> 00:16:21,734 Speaker 4: so many different things French gyard ahead of us. We 295 00:16:21,854 --> 00:16:26,614 Speaker 4: genuinely have no clue what's next, which is so exciting. 296 00:16:27,174 --> 00:16:30,774 Speaker 4: The budget is our biggest hurdle. Obviously runs out in July. 297 00:16:31,134 --> 00:16:34,374 Speaker 4: I don't want it to end like this is the 298 00:16:34,374 --> 00:16:37,454 Speaker 4: best and the plan for now is to extend the 299 00:16:37,494 --> 00:16:40,774 Speaker 4: trip for as long as we can through some unknown means, 300 00:16:41,214 --> 00:16:45,054 Speaker 4: maybe volunteering, maybe pousets, but we'll see. 301 00:16:45,614 --> 00:16:47,734 Speaker 2: And if you're listening in on your commute to the office, 302 00:16:48,014 --> 00:16:50,654 Speaker 2: terrified but also excited at the thought of packing it 303 00:16:50,654 --> 00:16:53,374 Speaker 2: all in for around the world adventure, but you're wondering 304 00:16:53,414 --> 00:16:56,294 Speaker 2: where the jumping off point is, Rachel has some advice. 305 00:16:57,094 --> 00:16:59,374 Speaker 4: I was so scared to do this, and I still 306 00:16:59,414 --> 00:17:02,414 Speaker 4: am scared. I think the whole point is to be 307 00:17:02,534 --> 00:17:07,334 Speaker 4: scared and do it anyway, because it's the best time 308 00:17:07,374 --> 00:17:10,454 Speaker 4: I've ever had in my life. I'm making myself else happy. 309 00:17:10,574 --> 00:17:13,014 Speaker 4: It brings your family joy. I look back in my 310 00:17:13,054 --> 00:17:15,174 Speaker 4: camera roll sometimes because I'm trying to find a picture 311 00:17:15,174 --> 00:17:17,774 Speaker 4: of something, and I'll be like, oh my God, look 312 00:17:17,774 --> 00:17:20,934 Speaker 4: at all these things that I've done. If you're a 313 00:17:21,134 --> 00:17:25,094 Speaker 4: very nervous, anxious person like me, do the things you 314 00:17:25,214 --> 00:17:27,294 Speaker 4: can to make it more comfortable for you. For me, 315 00:17:27,374 --> 00:17:30,214 Speaker 4: that was having kind of emergency fun to the side. 316 00:17:31,374 --> 00:17:33,294 Speaker 2: Thanks for taking the time to feed your mind with 317 00:17:33,374 --> 00:17:36,294 Speaker 2: us today. The Quikie is produced by me Taylor Estrano, 318 00:17:36,414 --> 00:17:43,134 Speaker 2: and Claire Murphy, with audio production by Lou Hill.