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 eight years ago.
What you get
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 making a home base in Spain. We are not experts, and we will not pretend to be. This guide is just what has worked for us, written plainly so you can use it.
The guide
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 eight years of living from bags, plus how we find the good food and skip the tourist traps.
A look inside
No wall of text. Every page is built around one practical thing we do on every trip, with real photos from the road. Here are three from inside.
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A clean PDF you can read on your phone, your laptop, or print for the plane. Save it and come back 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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