A short, practical guide to planning your first slow trip without the overwhelm. It is the calm starting point we wish we had when we left the US ten years ago.
What you get
Three short parts, each built around something we actually do on every trip.
How to pick one home base, then let a whole region come to you instead of packing and repacking every few days.
Our simple rule for how many days a place really needs, so you trade the rush for time to settle in and look around.
What we carry after ten years of living from bags, plus how we find the good food and skip the tourist traps.
It is short on purpose, and it is the plain advice we would give a friend over coffee, written for travelers in the second half of life who want depth over speed. Here are three pages from inside.
We are Mairin and Todd. We left the US in 2016 with two backpacks and a loose plan, and we have spent the years since house-sitting in eight countries and keeping a base in Thailand between housesits.
We are not experts, and we will not pretend to be. This guide is simply what has worked for us, written plainly so you can use it on your own first slow trip.
Every page comes back to these four ideas. Tap one to go deeper.
Stay longer, plan less, and let a place become familiar.
We pick fewer places and dig deeper. You can't go, go, go and call it travel.
We get to know a place through its markets, its meals, and its history.
We travel lightly, learn the customs, and try to leave it better.
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A clean PDF you can read on your phone, your laptop, or print out for the plane. Save it, mark it up, and come back to it whenever you start planning a trip.
Travelers in the second half of life who want slow, intentional trips built around food, culture, and time, rather than a packed checklist and a tour bus.
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Our short, practical guide to planning a slower trip: how to pick a base, how long to stay, and how to travel deeper without the overwhelm.
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