Comments on: About Us http://wevemadeahugemistake.com Join Us as We Blunder Our Way around the World Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:30:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.38 By: Maya Eashwaran http://wevemadeahugemistake.com/about/#comment-16262 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:17:01 +0000 http://162.243.142.112/?page_id=6#comment-16262 Hi! I’m a journalist living in Spain for 8 weeks, and I’d love to find a way to get in contact with you about a story I am working on about Sevilla. Please let me know, and I look forward to hearing from you!

]]> By: Melanie http://wevemadeahugemistake.com/about/#comment-1361 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:31:05 +0000 http://162.243.142.112/?page_id=6#comment-1361 Hi Scott!

Where did you and your fiance end up going for your honeymoon? I’d love to hear an update from you as well.

We ended up spending just one year abroad because we missed our friends and family SO MUCH while we were gone! We came home, got new, more flexible jobs that we both enjoy, and have a little girl that turned a year and a half old today. I’m hoping to start blogging again soon about traveling places with a kiddo – then the “we’ve made a huge mistake” blog title will be truer than ever. :)

To answer your question about funding while traveling, we rented our house out while we were abroad. We were very fortunate that we bought our home at the bottom of the market after the housing bubble burst, and rent prices have been very high here for years. We made enough money each month off of the difference between incoming rent and outgoing mortgage payment to cover our rent and utilities while we were living in Chiang Mai, and used savings to pay for our other living expenses (which were incredibly low while we were in Thailand!). Once we left Thailand and headed to Europe, we basically started hemorrhaging money. We were able to stop some of the bloodflow by traveling so slowly – I got REALLY good at messaging tons of Airbnb hosts and asking for discounts for longer-term stays. I don’t think we ever paid more than $900/month for lodging in Europe, which was great. My husband also did some consulting work on the side while we were traveling for individual clients, which helped a bit. I should put a blog post up for this, but I think we spent something like $25k for the entire year by being fairly thrifty (with occasional splurges, for sure!) and spending so much time in Thailand. That is far less than we’d usually spend back home in Seattle!

Thanks for your comment! I love getting messages like this on my blog, and it helps sway me back to a place where I want to start writing again. Cheers!

]]> By: Lucinda http://wevemadeahugemistake.com/about/#comment-1292 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 20:27:12 +0000 http://162.243.142.112/?page_id=6#comment-1292 I hope you guys are still enoying travel even through your year off is over! Keep the blog posts coming, they are a great read….the best travel blog i had read! Well done x

]]> By: Scott http://wevemadeahugemistake.com/about/#comment-966 Thu, 26 May 2016 01:05:15 +0000 http://162.243.142.112/?page_id=6#comment-966 I’m still in the process of reading your stories, and let me tell you…. I usually hate reading blogs :-) Thank you for the info and humor! My fiance and I are doing our honeymoon to a couple of those places and we’ll be able to use the info!
I’m not sure if you still are doing this, but how do you keep funding going while traveling like this? I’d love you quit the “2 weeks a year” part :)

]]> By: raja http://wevemadeahugemistake.com/about/#comment-482 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:07:06 +0000 http://162.243.142.112/?page_id=6#comment-482 excellent note… I have planned my trip to Cambodia this month end.

]]> By: Melanie http://wevemadeahugemistake.com/about/#comment-62 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 01:58:34 +0000 http://162.243.142.112/?page_id=6#comment-62 Hi Katie! I just replied to your message on Reddit. I was so excited to get this comment on our blog – if we can convince just one person to do this, our mission can be considered complete. :)

]]> By: Kate http://wevemadeahugemistake.com/about/#comment-59 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:32:00 +0000 http://162.243.142.112/?page_id=6#comment-59 Hi!! I just left you a message on Reddit as well. I’d love to get in touch with you as my (now) Husband and I are thinking of spending time in Chiang Mai in the near future. We just got back from our honeymoon in Indonesia and loved every minute of it. We’d like to eventually step away from our 9-5 jobs here in the states and do some major traveling in SE Asia and beyond. Anyways, I’d love to learn more about your experience if possible-the blog is great! Thanks!

]]> By: Melanie http://wevemadeahugemistake.com/about/#comment-47 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 04:01:30 +0000 http://162.243.142.112/?page_id=6#comment-47 Hi Hunter! Thanks for following the blog and leaving a comment! Kevin and I feel very lucky that we get to be over here doing this – it is certainly a dream come true. I hope you’re well! :)

]]> By: Hunter Kreie http://wevemadeahugemistake.com/about/#comment-43 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 14:56:58 +0000 http://162.243.142.112/?page_id=6#comment-43 When I first heard of this caper, I decided you must have been sent over there to find that airplane. Doesn’t look like it’s ever going to be found.

Seriously though, nice blog site! So glad I didn’t have to sift through Facebook to learn about your trip. I really like that Mark Twain quote. Inspiring to hear of a dream made to come true.

]]> By: Rebecca Tong http://wevemadeahugemistake.com/about/#comment-42 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:48:04 +0000 http://162.243.142.112/?page_id=6#comment-42 Cary I didn’t know that about you both; how fun. Enjoy your RV travels!!!

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