World Travel on Social Security Pension Retirement (Nomad Slow Travel Expats)

Thank you for doing this interview! This is a perspective that is hard to find on YouTube. I love that they were honest and pointed out the real things that people will need to come to terms with if embarking on this lifestyle and that it WON'T be 24 hours of glamorous instagrammable moments where you eat every meal in a top Michelin-starred restaurant and indulge in purchases of designer handbags and shoes to bring back home. The slow travel life is different and your guests did a great job explaining that.

Your interview with Norm and Kat in Turkey was pivotal in my own slow travelling life. My husband had done all the research about slow travel and was keen. I watched a lot of the YouTube videos that he recommended about slow travel but was still not totally convinced until I saw your interview with this couple. Most videos by slow travellers concentrate on geography and expenses, food and liveability, fair enough. However, when I heard Norm and Kat talk about the emotional and psychological elements of slow travel I finally got it. Once again in this video they touched on how it had affected their relationship. And also the change in mindset that it takes to live this way successfully. I would love to see more slow travellers talking about this. Thank you for interviewing them again. We've been slow travelling through Asia for a year now and we go to South America soon. It may not have happened without Norm and Kat.

Hi guys! We’re slow travellers too. We’re in Da Nang now and we’ve spent 12 months in Asia. I strongly recommend slowing back down and spending at least a month in places. We’ve loved everywhere we’ve been. With love, Ken

Full-time slow international nomad travel living is exactly what I want to do. US Expat 12+ years already, living in Europe, Africa and Middle East and working for an international company. Sold my US home years ago after losing wife and have stayed overseas since then. Learned to become a minimalist. Turning 65 soon, newly retired in Nairobi and planning on living off my US SS and company pension, trying not to touch savings. I've been to 70+ countries and have lived as an expat in both nice & not so nice places, yet I feel like I know nothing about the international nomad lifestyle. I don't intend to return to the US to live for various reasons - just continue the 3/4 annual US short visits to see family and take care of doctor visits and personal business. Will sub to both your channels and binge watch! Thank you for the great ideas.

March 22nd, 2024: My wife and I (who were trying to figure out what country we wanted to "settle down in") saw our first Warren and Julie video...and got hooked. Seeing Norm and Kat punctuate what slow travel looks like makes us anxious to retire! And thanks to everyone who comments and makes us all the more excited to sell our house in Las Vegas and get this thing rolling! Thank you!

Amazing! My dream for retirement has always been to live in another country/location for an entire month at least once a year. Thanks for letting me know it can be done on a reasonable budget.

We are almost ready to start our travel adventure too. Love your videos.

Awesome stories. Enjoy to watch it. Thank you for sharing all these experiences. So inspiring and encouraging.

I'm 42 years old and, unfortunately, wasn't consistent in my younger years with putting money into my retirement. I'm on track now, but figured it was too little too late to be able to hope for early retirement. I absolutely love to travel, so your videos and others are giving me hope that I can still retire really well and maybe even at least a little bit early, and travel the world for less than I spend in a month here in the US just to live.

So appreciate your honest and sincere conversation. I was in Da Nang, Vietnam 🇻🇳 in January 2024 and stayed a nice place on 2 minutes from the beach for $18 a day. It was affordable and very charming owned by a young couple with help from her sister.

Thanks for the update, your first interview was terrific! We will definitely reach out next time we need insurance. Question: do you keep US-based health insurance too?

This was incredibly interesting!

Inspirational! Thanks, Warren & Julie. I am seriously looking at this lifestyle. My wife not so much. It seems that our "Needs/Wants" balance changes as we age and retire. We're 66YO retired educators exploring Poland and Estonia after helping a school open in Ukraine. Next month it's back to Portland, OR. Europe looks so much more exciting. Not speaking the language(s) is a barrier, and not knowing anyone is also an obstacle. But...travel is so invigorating. Should we sell our condo and travel??? Dean & Cindy

Loved it.

I agree with everything except staying with people you just met. As a single woman, I would never go to someone's home alone and certainly would not spend the night. Traveling does not mean leaving common sense behind. Enjoy each other's company in a public place and, if you choose to go to someone's home, make sure friends, family or even your hotel/Airbnb host knows where you are.

This is so interesting and useful. Ty!!!

Really excellent advice in this video!

As you get older you realise that 'less is more' you don't need all the things you desired in your twenties and thirties. My husband and I have traveled the world and I personally would sell up tomorrow and live in different countries my husband No because he's had health problems, but saying that, our last trip lasted 3 month's in Asia where it is cheaper to live than western Europe also health care costs less. I love traveling, always have and will never stop..You have to live your dream and only you can make it happen luck doesn't come into the equation

Yes people, do it! Take advantage of the privilege of having income in mighty dollars. Social security retirement income will make you starve in the US but that same amount of money is more than what a lot of working people make in many many countries.

This is very appealing to me, but I have two problems: 1. I’m (soon to be) single, and I’m concerned that it will be lonely without a travel companion. 2. I’m a musician and I need to have one guitar at a minimum.