HeyJaredPostcards at Our Pace
We're Greg and Tammy — newly retired, selling the Texas house, and pointing ourselves at Panama with our dog Brody in tow. Postcards at Our Pace is a weekly journal of how two retirees figure out full-time travel in retirement.
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A Month in Boquete Changed How We Choose Where to Stay (opens the original)
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Boquete for a Month Planner (opens the original)
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What Do You Do All Day When You Retire to Travel Full Time? (opens the original)
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As we began seriously thinking about retirement and slow travel, it was easy to picture the travel part. We could picture ourselves trying new restaurants, hiking in the mountains, walking along the beach, and exploring new cities. The hard part was imagining everyday life. When Tammy thought about retirement at home, she pictured it like a long summer vacation. She’d take care of the house. Tackle those projects she’d been putting off. Clean out and organize closets. Play Mahjong with friends.
What We Packed for Five Months of Slow Travel—and What We’d Leave Home Now (opens the original)
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Lesson Number OneWhen we told friends and family that we were selling everything and getting down to two suitcases each, a good friend said, “I’ve never seen Tammy wear the same outfit twice. How is she going to get down to two suitcases?”Tammy insists this is an exaggeration. She’s just being creative.Either way, we thought we had done a decent job packing. Maybe a little heavy, but we could manage. After all, I was a corporate road warrior, and we’ve already traveled to over thirty countries a
A Great Vacation Rental Can Be A Bad Home (opens the original)
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We’ve been using Airbnbs for over ten years. You’d think by now we’d know what we were doing.But a week in Boquete taught us that we still have a lot to learn—and that there’s a difference between vacationing in an Airbnb and living in one.We aren’t new to vacation rentals. I narrow down the choices and hand them off to Tammy. She reviews them and checks the beds, furniture, kitchen setup, AC, reviews, etc. We’re also limited to places that accept pets.We also did our research. We (mostly Tammy)
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