We had four goals for our time in Europe: 1) spend time with our friends Tammy and Aaron Oesting who are also on a RTW trip 2) carefully...

It was early on our last morning in South Africa. I sat in the cool brick patio of our Johannesburg guesthouse, editing photos of our...

I hesitate to include a budget report about South Africa, as it was the only country where we stopped being independent travelers and...

Let’s be honest. When you’re staying with family, your expenses are subsidized. We are forever grateful to our Brazilian friends and...

I handed our hostess two stacks of bills, one of dollars, one of Argentine pesos. We’d withdrawn money at the Buenos Aires airport to pay...

Below are tables that detail our projected costs, actual costs, and the differences between the two. We saved on lodging by staying two...

By Gretchen Richter de Medeiros Below are tables that detail our projected costs, actual costs, and the differences between the two. We...