How to Travel More (Even If You Think You Can’t)

A mindset + lifestyle for people who want to travel more often.

This isn’t a list of budget travel tips or how to find cheap flights. It’s a mindset about reframing what travel even is. We’ve actually learned how to travel the world for mostly free, earn money from anywhere, and build a life that lets us travel.

By the end of this post, you’ll see travel differently. You’ll understand how to start right now, with what you already have, and how small shifts in time, money, and perspective can open your entire world.

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I. Travel Mindset

If you feel the desire to travel, then you are meant to travel, sis! The reason we feel things is because we are meant to do them. It can be easy to feel stuck, waiting for the right time to go, to have enough saved, to validate buying the plane ticket. Life is real. Life can feel hard. But you don’t need to quit a job, sell your belongings, or be rich to travel. You can remove the ideas that you can’t. Travel begins as a shift in perspective, and learning about the resources to use to do it.

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II. Perspective Changes Everything

If you want something, you will be asking, “How can I actually do this?” Life has very real limitations; full-time jobs, financial constraints, responsibilities. Life is for living, and all things in your life are important. But if you want to travel more, or change your life in any way, you have to change your perspective first.

Travel doesn’t have to be perfect or far away to be meaningful. When you stop seeing all the reasons you “can’t,” you make space for what’s possible. Replace “you can’t” with “how could I?” That question alone starts creating solutions.

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III. Define What Travel Looks Like

Travel exists on a spectrum. So how do you define it?

If you define travel as booking a house, buying plane tickets, figuring out what to do while you’re there, managing how many meals you’re going to be buying, this is where travel feels impossible for many people (most people).

Travel is about stepping outside your daily rhythm to experience something new. That is travel.

We all want to be sipping an Aperol Spritz in Capri, but if you aren’t in the position to do that right now, don’t let it keep you from a weekend trip, a long drive, or venturing out to a restaurant in a nearby city. If you can’t travel the way you ultimately want to, it’s time to reframe your perspective on what travel can mean for you right now. Each step will present you with the perspective and inspiration to keep exploring.

Travel is expansive. Don’t limit yourself to only being able to travel if you’re staying in the exact place you want, eating all the meals you want, doing it all perfectly. Travel itself is the luxury.

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IV. The Freedom Equation: Time, Money, and Resourcefulness

Travel can feel tough to grasp, the time, the money, the planning, the energy. But freedom isn’t a formula, it’s a mindset. The more you work with what you have, the more possible it all becomes.

Time.

Time is such a misunderstood resources. It’s often defined by things we don’t even want to be spending our time on. When it comes to travel, time should be defined differently.

The time you put into seeing and experiencing new things always gives something back. Regardless of financial ability, people do feel like ‘they don’t have enough time’ to travel. But when you choose to invest your time into traveling (in any way you can) then you will 100% see the return on that. Life will open up so much when you invest your ‘time’ into seeing and experiencing new things.

If you feel like you’re limited by time, sometimes you just have to make it. There is always a way. Think about how you can see your time differently.

Money.

This one feels like the biggest barrier, but the truth is that how you travel can change how much it costs. Most people think travel has to look a certain way: hotels, restaurants, flights, excursions and that’s what makes it feel out of reach. But when you travel differently, you spend differently.

We’ve learned that our biggest savings come from the things we no longer pay for (like staying for free through TrustedHousesitters) means we don’t spend anything on accommodation, which is usually the most expensive part of travel. We visit local markets, cook most of our meals and live like we would at home, just somewhere new.

It’s also about pacing. Moving slower, slow travel, saves more money than moving fast. If you spend less on transportation, find local spots instead of tourist traps, you will naturally fall into a rhythm that costs less.

Money isn’t only practical, it’s also energetic. If this is something you want to shift, you can. We’ve worked on expanding our mindset around money just as much as our approach to travel. We travel the world for free and make money even on days we don’t think about “work.” That didn’t happen from luck, it came from changing how we think and feel about what’s possible.

Some of the books that helped us shift this are:

• A Happy Pocket Full of Money by David Cameron Gikandi
• You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero
• Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker

When you start to view money as something that flows, not something that limits, it changes everything. Travel becomes less about what you can afford, and more about what you allow yourself to experience.

Resourcefulness.

This is what makes it all possible. Learning to find opportunities, plan flexibly, and be open to different ways of traveling. There’s always a way to make it happen if you stay open. Time and money are resources. They are not fixed or limited, even though we’re taught to see them that way. When you start seeing both as fluid, you realize you have more control than you think. How you spend your time, how you earn, and how you create opportunities are all choices that can shift your reality.

We are all lucky enough to live in a time that allows us to define what time, money, and resources mean for each of us individually. The world has never been more connected or more open to creativity. Expand your mind. Allow yourself to tap into what reality truly has to offer. Guess what, it’s all based on your perspective.

This isn’t just about money, it’s about energy. It is about understanding that abundance doesn’t come from chasing, but from aligning. Again, we will HIGHLY recommend the book: A Happy Pocket Full of Money by David Cameron Gikandi. This book isn’t just about money, its about exactly what the subtitle says: “Your Quantum Leap Into the Understanding, Having, and Enjoying of Immense Abundance and Happiness.”

We don’t know what it’s like to juggle full-time jobs or travel with children, but what we do know is that we’ve built our lives in a way that makes travel possible. We’ve chosen to find work that moves with us and used platforms like TrustedHousesitters to stay anywhere for free. There are always other ways too, and it’s about finding what works for you, not what works for everyone else.

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V. How to Make Travel Possible Right Now

You don’t need to wait for your life to change before you start traveling. You just need to start where you are, with what you have.

Here are a few ways to begin shifting from thinking about travel to actually living it.

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VI. Create a Life That Lets You Travel

Building a life that lets you travel isn’t about changing everything. It’s about shaping your reality so that it fits the kind of life you actually want to live.

What makes this possible is intention. We’ve chosen to value time, freedom, and creativity as much as money. That decision keeps everything open.

If you’re starting from ground zero right now, ask yourself what kind of flexibility would change your life the most. Maybe it’s just believing that your skills can exist beyond a normal ‘job’ or bi-weekly paycheck. We’re lucky to live in a time that lets us define what time, money, and resources mean individually. The world is more connected, more creative, and more adaptable than ever.

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