Retirement Travel

Discover tailored advice and planning tools to inspire new adventures and enhance your travel experience. Whether you’re a seasoned traveler or planning your first trip, this guide provides everything you need for stress-free, enjoyable journeys.

Almost every couple faces a "now what?" moment as their last kid moves out of the house. There's a big empty nest looming over this new and uncertain stage in their lives. David and Veronica James chose to look at this next phase of life as a beginning instead of an ending. Rather than staying put and facing the constant reminders of empty bedrooms and backseats, a plan began to develop to sell the nest and hit the highway.

From the beet fields of North Dakota to the wilderness campgrounds of California to an Amazon warehouse in Texas, people who once might have kicked back to enjoy their sunset years are hard at work. Underwater on mortgages or finding that Social Security comes up short, they're hitting the road in astonishing numbers, forming a new community of nomads: RV and van-dwelling migrant laborers, or "workampers".

Retirement is not the end—it's the beginning of a vibrant, exciting new chapter waiting to be written. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed or simply need a fresh perspective, this guide is your roadmap to making the most of every day.

Remember those summer vacations when you were a kid? Well, that’s what your retirement can feel like…but without returning to school anymore. Don’t feel guilty about using your savings to do as you wish or go wherever you want—the beautiful country of Costa Rica is ready to welcome you. The Baby Boomer's Guide to Costa Rica Retirement will show you how to settle down in Costa Rica in a cost-effective way, even if you think you need a hefty savings to afford the cost of living (which you definitely don’t!).

Discover how to live an exciting, enriching life post-retirement, even if you've been unsure where to start. Whether you're about to retire or helping someone navigate this transition, this guide offers a fresh perspective on making the most of your golden years.

Preparing for the first winter in his new home, ready to embrace the slower pace of early retirement, he soon discovers that it’s not working. From floods to explosions, from protection rackets to hospitalisations, from coping with the death of his hero to trying to find solace in a confusing and abstract relationship, this is a frank, funny and always heartfelt story of how not working doesn’t always work out, and it might just be Graham’s wildest ride yet.

Worried about feeling lost, isolated, or unfulfilled in retirement? You’re not alone. This guide will help you turn your golden years into a time of excitement, connection, and growth. This is your personalized guide to thriving in retirement and making every moment count. Embrace your best years yet and start your journey today!

Ever feared your retirement would just be multiple moments of finding your glasses before bed? Swap those specs for a Hawaiian shirt as you dive headfirst into an exhilarating chapter filled with excitement, adventure, and fun!

When you've worked for years and saved for retirement, few things are as rewarding as being able to retire by water. The tranquility of the crystal clear water provides the perfect ambience to sit back and enjoy your retirement. Listen to learn about 10 of the best destinations to retire near waterfronts. We'll review why each spot is a great place to retire, the local community, and general demographics of each region.

Whether traditional or off-grid, RVing takes a lot of planning and decision. The logistics of it can be overwhelming, and mistakes can be very expensive. Unless, of course, you've got the right resource to guide you. This bundle covering RV books for beginners to the RV lifestyle who are heading into retirement and want to live off-grid is exactly that with all the RV living essentials inside, it's packed with answers that you're looking for, even for the questions you didn't think to ask!

Two Suitcases: A Traveling Retirement recounts how the authors retired, downsized, and set off to see the world. They view retirement as two stages, with travel leading the first, and home life anchoring the second. The first stage is downsizing and going to see as much of the world as possible. Striking out to California, then internationally, each chapter shares how they make a traveling retirement work, combining the details of budgeting, travel planning, and what life is like in a completely new setting.

If you ever wondered what it would be like to move abroad and just how to go about it, look no further than this book. Rediscover places you have always loved and discover some you may never have dreamed of. The one thing they all have in common is that you can live and thrive there for way less money than you can in the United States. Imagine living in paradise on your social security income.

Introducing 50 Things to Know About Retirement Travel: Time to See the World by Patti Thompson—an eye-opening guide that offers a fresh perspective on traveling during your golden years. Unlike other books that merely outline dos and don'ts, this book takes you on a transformative exploration, presenting you with invaluable advice and tapping into Patti's firsthand experiences.

In Best Places to Retire: The Top 15 Affordable Towns for Retirement in Asia , you'll learn about the most ideal places to retire in the many regions of Asia. There's no mistake why Asia is such a highly desired retirement location with its lower cost of living and beautiful sights. With its diverse cultures and seemingly boundless list of things to do, Asia is a perfect place to consider retiring.

The audiobook is a short reference guide outlining a possible approach to selecting the foreign country for retirement and preparing for the retirement move. The key point of the audiobook is that for such an important turn in the retiree’s life, reputable, international, licensed professional help is the only way to make the move to the foreign country’s lifestyle of retiree’s choice. The other audiobooks of our series will cover separate countries and provide more information.

This 2-in-1 book bundle covering RV books for beginners who are retiring and may want to live off-grid is the resource to guide you. With all the RV living essentials inside, it’s packed with answers that you’re looking for, even for the questions you didn’t think to ask!

Let us show you how to amp up the fun and excitement of retirement...by living in an RV. Traveling in an RV allows you to go to places without having to worry about your basic necessities. You have your own comfort, privacy, and kitchen with you the whole time. With the right knowledge and enough preparation, you can turn your golden years into a golden age full of adventure!

The stories in this book are all true. Its author has been held up at gunpoint at night on a road in Guatemala and shot with a machine gun in the chest and shoulder in Vietnam. He's come close to dying of thirst in the Sahara and freezing to death in the Himalayas. He's contracted malaria and typhoid fever in Ethiopia and hepatitis in India. There have been accidents involving motorcycles and automobiles. He's had close calls involving lions (twice), elephants (three times) and a rhino (once).

In their third book of the series, follow Matt and Karen as they work their way around the western United States discovering some of our most beautiful public lands, hidden gems, and revisiting a few of their favorite national parks. Share their trials and tribulations as they hit the road in an RV for the first time in Arizona and hike the same trail the Klondike Gold Rush prospectors took in Alaska. Through a series of emails written to their friends, Bob and Sue, the couple brings the listener along on their adventures, sharing their experiences as they explore.