Hi there! What do you do when you've financially committed to staying in a new destination for an extended amount of time, but soon realize you don't love it? Any advice you have for avoiding slow travel pitfalls would be much appreciated!
This is a really good questions and one of the reasons that we're now careful to ensure everything we book (flights, Airbnbs, hotels, tours) have a decent cancellation policy -- even if that means paying a premium price.
I think the most challenging one is Airbnb. We're finding pre-arrival cancellation policies to be more generous these days. But once you've arrived for a long stay, you're typically on the hook for the first 30 days. For example, we would have liked to shorten our time in Medellin but had to stick out the duration of our Airbnb rental. This is one of the reasons that we spend so much time studying Google maps and debating the pros and cons of each city. Hope that gives you some food for thought!
My question is this: of all the places you've been, what would be your top three places that you would like to return to for short stays (a week or less) and the top three for longer stays?
Hi there! What do you do when you've financially committed to staying in a new destination for an extended amount of time, but soon realize you don't love it? Any advice you have for avoiding slow travel pitfalls would be much appreciated!
This is a really good questions and one of the reasons that we're now careful to ensure everything we book (flights, Airbnbs, hotels, tours) have a decent cancellation policy -- even if that means paying a premium price.
I think the most challenging one is Airbnb. We're finding pre-arrival cancellation policies to be more generous these days. But once you've arrived for a long stay, you're typically on the hook for the first 30 days. For example, we would have liked to shorten our time in Medellin but had to stick out the duration of our Airbnb rental. This is one of the reasons that we spend so much time studying Google maps and debating the pros and cons of each city. Hope that gives you some food for thought!
Happy New Year, ladies!
My question is this: of all the places you've been, what would be your top three places that you would like to return to for short stays (a week or less) and the top three for longer stays?
Thanks in advance, safe travels!
Great question! I like the short stay vs long stay angle. We're going to have to give this one some thought...
Such beautiful photos! My only question is where you're going next, but I know you're going to cover that in the live stream. ;)
Yup! We will most definitely cover that one. 😉