{"id":3645,"date":"2007-07-13T23:39:21","date_gmt":"2007-07-13T23:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yummy-wakame.com\/archives\/2007\/07\/13\/3645"},"modified":"2016-10-07T09:43:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T09:43:12","slug":"how-to-travel-the-world-with-10-pounds-or-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/2007\/07\/how-to-travel-the-world-with-10-pounds-or-less\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Travel the World with 10 Pounds or Less"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourhourworkweek.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/11\/how-to-travel-the-world-with-10-pounds-or-less-plus-how-to-negotiate-convertibles-and-luxury-treehouses\/\" rel=\"external\">Tim Ferris<\/a> has discovered after traveling to 30 plus countries that packing minimalism is a real art. It can save you from lugging around heavy bags everywhere you stay so you can freely enjoy your adventure &#8211; just you and your backpack.<\/p>\n<p><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GsHXco4KVyY\" width=\"330\" height=\"275\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GsHXco4KVyY\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>I practice what I&#8217;ll label the BIT methodof travel: Buy It There.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you pack for every contingency\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u0153better bring the hiking books in case we go hiking, better bring an umbrella in case it rains, better bring dress shoes and slacks in case we go to a nice restaurant,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u201dcarrying a mule-worthy load is inevitable. I&#8217;ve learned to instead allocate $50-200 per trip to a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153settling fund,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which I use to buy needed items once they&#8217;re 100{a9f0d31f6175b3e4775e11a66c07db268fb74408d6095f6b46eeec420c0e9f62} needed. This includes cumbersome and hassle items like umbrellas and bottles of sunscreen that love to explode. Also, never buy if you can borrow. If you&#8217;re going on a bird watching trip in Costa Rica, you don&#8217;t need to bring binoculars \u00e2\u20ac\u201d someone else will have them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tim also gives other tips on how to get what you want on a tight traveler budget, like negotiating a crazy cheap rate on a rental car or getting last minute dream accommodation in high season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourhourworkweek.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/11\/how-to-travel-the-world-with-10-pounds-or-less-plus-how-to-negotiate-convertibles-and-luxury-treehouses\/\" rel=\"external\"><strong>You can read his excellent article on his blog&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Ferris has discovered after traveling to 30 plus countries that packing minimalism is a real art. It can save you from lugging around heavy bags everywhere you stay so you can freely enjoy your adventure &#8211; just you and your backpack. I practice what I&#8217;ll label the BIT methodof travel: Buy It There. If [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,213,235,224],"tags":[406,398],"class_list":["post-3645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogalog","category-food-for-thought","category-nifty-hacks-and-tips","category-travelog","tag-freelance-travel","tag-hacks-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}