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
The Life of a Digital Nomad: Balancing Work, Creativity, and Adventure
Travel technology is changing so fast that it can feel like you need a new degree just to book a flight. We sit down with Madison Rolley, a travel content creator and entrepreneur with a tech background, to bridge that gap and make modern trip ...
AI Travel Planning That Actually Saves Time
Weeks of travel planning can come down to one stubborn problem: turning a big dream into a realistic route that fits your time, energy, budget, and check-in times. We’re Jim and Rita Santos, and we’ve built plenty of complicated itineraries the...
Picking A Travel Credit Card
That $895 annual fee can either buy you real travel freedom or it can quietly drain your budget while you chase perks you never use. We put premium travel credit cards under a practical microscope and share what happens when you treat points li...
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...
Fan Mail
Hi Jim (and Rita), I also used to work at the Debate and I remember interacting with you a couple times. Darren Richards (with whom I stay in touch) told me about your podcast and I am enthralled! My wife and I are in our upper 40s and our dream is to retire in our upper 50s and do what you're doing!
Austin, Texas
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