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Click here to see all of my Annual Income and Expense Summaries<\/span><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s a quick summary of what 2014 held for me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n (See Also: 7 Countries and 34,000 miles: This Was 2014<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n All amounts have been converted to US Dollars for ease of comparison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Panama, USA<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n $2,417<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n After finishing up a house-sitting<\/a> gig in Panama, I flew to Miami to stay with a friend for the rest of the month. My accommodation expense (much higher than normal, at a whopping $950) was a pre-payment for the personal retreat in Gulfport<\/a> I treated myself to in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Transportation: $239<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Drink: $492<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groceries: $330<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone: $36<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal: $250<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/Banking: $83<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gifts: $39<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accommodation: $948<\/p>\n\n\n\n USA<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n $1,686<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n After a couple of weeks of personal time in Gulfport Florida, I flew up to Santa Rosa Beach<\/a> (Florida) to stay with a dear friend of mine. Accommodation was free, so I spent a bit extra stocking up on some personal items.<\/p>\n\n\n Transportation: $258<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Drink: $280<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groceries: $308<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone: $13<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/Banking: $239<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal: $370<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medical: $110<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gifts: $108 USA, Canada, Peru<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n $3,602<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n I stayed with my friend in Santa Rosa Beach through mid March, at which time I flew quickly up to Canada to catch a mystery shopping flight<\/a> down to Peru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The inflated business expenses include over $100 in withdrawal fees (before I upgraded my bank account<\/a> to include unlimited foreign withdrawals), and medical expenses included some prescriptions as well as treatments for a frozen shoulder. The tour\/activity expenditure included some Peruvian treks including a five-day excursion ending in Machu Picchu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n Transportation: $1,240<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Drink: $339<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groceries: $139<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone: $14<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal: $54<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/Banking: $238<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medical: $447<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accommodation: $687<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tours\/Activities: $444 Peru<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n $2,038<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n I enjoyed discovering the delights of Peru in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medical expenses include a series of healing sessions to fix up my frozen shoulder, and tours\/activities include hikes, work with plant medicines<\/a>, workshops, Spanish lessons<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n Transportation: $6<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Drink: $188<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groceries: $187<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone: $7<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal: $134<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/Banking: $86<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medical: $121<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accommodation: $667<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tours\/Activities: $642 Peru<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n $1,682<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n May was another blissful month in Peru, with more healing, hikes, and cultural exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n Transportation: $34<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Drink: $114<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groceries: $109<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone: $11<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal: $103<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/Banking: $181<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medical: $36<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gifts: $48<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accommodation: $539<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tours\/Activities: $507 Peru, Canada<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n $1,611<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n Around mid-June, I flew back up to Canada to spend most of the summer with family and friends in and around Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/banking expenses included an annual credit card fee and accountant’s fee for filing my taxes<\/a>. Accommodation was free since I was staying with friends, and tour\/activity expenditures took the form of one last Peruvian trek.<\/p>\n\n\n Transportation: $222<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Drink: $336<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groceries: $177<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal: $179<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/Banking: $240<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medical: $80<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gifts: $122<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tours\/Activities: $255 Canada, USA<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n $1,520<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n After a quick sponsored trip to the Florida Keys<\/a> in early July, I spent most of the rest of the month with my Mum at a cottage in Muskoka, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The transportation expense was to rent a car for our cottage time, and again, I had no accommodation expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n Transportation: $495<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Drink: $293<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groceries: $127<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal: $374<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/Banking: $104<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medical: $47<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gifts: $80 Canada, Spain, Gibraltar, Italy, Peru<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n $3,653<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n August was a big month, with a trip to the South of Spain<\/a> to visit some friends (and a side excursion to Gibraltar<\/a>), then over to Italy<\/a> to visit another friend. I returned to Canada at the end of the month before hopping on a plane back to Peru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All that continent-hopping explains the transportation expenditure, and eating out in Europe isn’t cheap, hence the food & drink costs. The good news was that again, accommodation was free, so I spent some extra cash on gifts for my generous hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n Transportation: $2,152<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Drink: $647<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groceries: $375<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone: $7<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal: $164<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/Banking: $145<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gifts: $163 Peru<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n $2,826<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n I used September to settle into my new home in the Sacred Valley of Peru, where I would spend the rest of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The insurance expense is my annual premium for international health insurance<\/a>, and tours\/activities included more hikes, Spanish lessons, plant medicine workshops, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n Transportation: $12<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Drink: $146<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groceries: $112<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone: $7<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal: $140<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/Banking: $155<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accommodation: $530<\/p>\n\n\n\n Insurance: $1,211<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tours\/Activities: $513 Peru<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n $3,405<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n I did surprisingly little in October given the amount of money I spent. Transportation was a futile exercise in purchasing frequent flyer miles<\/a> with US Airways for an anticipated trip that they wouldn’t let me book<\/a>, and business\/banking expenses included internet, annual dues for web hosting, associations, and my newsletter platform.<\/p>\n\n\n Transportation: $1,713<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Drink: $149<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groceries: $218<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal: $110<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/Banking: $535<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accommodation: $527<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tours\/Activities: $153 Peru<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n $1,815<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you subtract my US Airways fiasco expense from October, you come up with about what I spent in November, which seems to be my general cost of living in Peru<\/a> (including business expenses), and leaves me wanting for nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even so I had hefty business expenditures this month, including an advance ticket to the World Domination Summit in July.<\/p>\n\n\n Transportation: $4<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Drink: $108<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groceries: $142<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal: $56<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/Banking: $820<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gifts: $25<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accommodation: $500<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tours\/Activities: $160 Peru<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n $1,924<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n Because my purse was stolen<\/a> in December, I had to shell out some extra cash to buy a new smartphone\/camera combo<\/a>, which I’ve listed as a business expense. Also, I spent a bit of money on the holidays (both in gifts and personal expenses) but other than that, December was a fairly quiet month.<\/p>\n\n\n Transportation: $40<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Drink: $200<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groceries: $230<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone: $22<\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal: $279<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\/Banking: $499<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gifts: $107<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accommodation: $547 2014 was an interesting year for me, and a continued evolution of my full-time travel journey<\/a>. $28,000 is much lower than my ridiculous high of $44,000 spent in 2013<\/a>, which included $20,000 in unexpected expenses like recovering from a near-fatal accident, my $10,000 passport saga<\/a>, supporting my (ex)partner, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But $28,000 is also more than the $17,000 I spent to travel full-time in 2010 and 2011 (and curiously, it’s almost exactly what I spent in 2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is in part due to the fact that I didn’t focus as much on free accommodation strategies<\/a> as I typically have in the past. With my online career doing quite well, I’m at the point where I value free time and less responsibilities, rather than trading my time and energy for free accommodation as with volunteering or house-sitting. The good news on this front is that accommodation expenses in Peru are minimal and affordable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And as you’ll see in my upcoming post outlining my income for 2014, my expenses for the year were more than sustainable \u2013 in fact I was able to save money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This \u2013 as I’ve said before \u2013 is the art of financially sustainable full-time travel; it doesn’t have to be synonymous with tight budgets<\/a> and forsaking comfort. It’s about spending within your means, and on the things that are important to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat I Did in 2014<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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My Total Cost of Full-Time Travel in 2014: $28,179<\/b>
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<\/p>\n\n\n\nSummary Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n