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Seven tell tale signs you are ready to go home

You planned to travel long term but wonder if you are ready to go home midway. Here is how you know: Nothing anywhere is as good as how it is at home – This food, these people, these streets, this traffic! Ugh! Unbearable! Nothing is good enough and nothing is how it should be. And when you have started to miss the traffic jams, the noisy crowds, the garbage on the streets and people pissing and spitting on the roadside, you better book your tickets because you are definitely ready to go home. Looking for non action – The idea of a quiet evening in a hotel room is better than going around the world and finding new and exciting things to do. “Let’s go to the khao san road, party and get some food on the streets of Bangkok, it is our last night in South East Asia,” we thought.  “No, let’s just find a quiet resort close to the airport and sleep early for we are going home tomorrow!” Counting your meals – You have booked your ticket to home and you are looking at the last meal before you fly out and you declare it the last phad thai you eat before you go home. But, even though it is only now you accept it but you have been doing this for a long time. You have counted the 10th last phad thai, the ninth last one and the one after that. In fact, you are also counting the exact number of hours it will take you to get home to keep a track of just how much time there is left before you can eat something your mother cooked for you. Check in was never such a happy time – You stand in the queue of …

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5 ways people think we save money as we travel

Yes, traveling long term has made us thrifty and obsessive deal finders but these are five ways we don't save money on our travels.

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5 ways we save money as we travel

Read how traveling slow, bargaining and deal finding has helped us longer.

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