Wherever We May Roam - Travels With Jim and Rita
Not all travel is created equal. Some people take a two-week vacation and call it an adventure. Others disappear for months—or years—without ever really “coming home.” We discuss the challenges, rewards, and drawbacks of travel both domestically and overseas. Information for the would-be expat, digital nomad, roving retiree, or just plain traveler. We can help you find the travel style that is right for you. But this isn’t just theory. Drawing on over 16 years of real-world experience, Jim and Rita Santos share practical, honest advice on what it actually takes to travel longer, smarter, and with fewer surprises. Host Jim Santos is a published travel writer with over 200 articles and eight books (jimsantos.net). He and his wife Rita lived in Ecuador for 6 years, and have tried every style of travel - including selling their home at one point to travel full-time. They and are currently enjoying the roving retirement lifestyle, taking trips of 2-3 months and returning to their home base to visit family and friends.
Wherever We May Roam - Travels With Jim and Rita
Latest Episodes
How Educational Travel Builds Confidence Through Connection
Saying yes to the kind of trip that makes your stomach flutter can be the start of a brand-new life. We sit down with Jewel Rozanski, a former public high school Spanish teacher who turned her passion for educational travel into Cultured Travel...
Choosing The Fear Of Regret Over The Fear Of Change
They sold their starter home, got rid of nearly everything, and pointed their lives toward Mexico with a dog and a whole lot of unknowns. Chris and Deanna Hahn join us from San Miguel de Allende just one month after making the move from the Los...
You Can Still Have A Great Trip In Peak Season
Summer travel can turn into a perfect storm: packed parking lots, brutal heat, inflated hotel prices, and kids melting down in line. We’ve lived it, and we also know it doesn’t have to be that way. Jim and Rita Santos share a smarter way to pla...
What If The Summer Getaway Is Disappearing
Memorial Day weekend at Virginia Beach is supposed to be packed, so when we stepped onto a nearly empty beach and a quiet boardwalk, we knew it wasn’t just the rain. We’re Jim and Rita Santos, and we use this familiar trip as a real-time signal...
Travel Smarter In An Uncertain World
The hardest part of planning a long international trip right now isn’t choosing the destination. It’s deciding what to do when the world won’t sit still. Visa requirements change without warning, flight routes get shuffled, prices climb, and th...
Fan Mail
Hey Jim and Rita, Hope you all are doing well and the move and recovery has been smooth for you. We finally made it down to explore Costa Rica and now Panama City. We are staying near the Panama Canal museum in beautiful Casco Viejo. We did some exploring around the area last night on foot. The views of the city along lovers lane are spectacular. It was quite unique seeing the large red moon paired with the city. We are off to see a lot more of the city on the red bus tour followed by the jazz festival and another evening of good food and laughs. I just wanted to stop by and thank you all for what you do. Your words have given me back some of my courage to travel. Keep being your authentic selves. -Waylon y Pam
Florida
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