We get asked constantly what travel resources we actually use to book flights, find gear, and keep this whole trip funded. So here it is, everything in one place. We hope these resources can be as helpful for you as they have been for us. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us @CheckedOutToCheckIn and we’ll be happy to answer them!
Credit Cards & Points
Credit card points have been one of the best travel resources we’ve used to save money and travel in business class for free! Below is our guides on which cards to get first, how we split cards as a couple, and the cards that we currently have in our wallet, with more guides coming soon:
- Credit Card Travel Hacking 101 – the beginner’s guide to points and miles
- Credit Card Strategy for Couples – how to build overlapping card portfolios without the credit hit
- Our Credit Cards Resource Page – the exact cards in our wallets right now, kept current
Money & Banking
Getting cash and paying for things abroad has its own set of rules that took us some trial and error to sort out. Here’s exactly how we handle ATMs, cards, and currency conversion so you don’t lose money to bad exchange rates or dodgy fees.
- How We Handle Currency While Traveling – our ATM routine, avoiding dynamic currency conversion, and the debit/credit card setup we travel with
Gear We Travel With
Everything from what’s in our packs and the tech we couldn’t do this trip without to the outfits we’re wearing on the beach. This has been the gear that is in our bag and what we’ve been using across our full time travel.
- What We Use – Full Gear Hub – packs, electronics, clothing, and technology lives on this page.
Booking Your Trip
Below are some of our favorite tools for booking trips, as well as some of our favorite tours from places that we’ve visited. These travel resources are helpful search tools when we’re doing research into booking our next trip.
- Activities & Tours – Includes our favorite activities and tours. The tool we use to book excursions, safaris, and day trips is GetYourGuide
- Hotels – This has been one of our favorite tools for searching for accommodations since it let’s you search across all hotel brands and types.
- Flights – Google flights is such a useful tool for searching all of the different airlines at once, as well as exploring which destinations within a country are the cheapest to fly to, given whatever constraints you have
Travel Insurance
You absolutely should have travel insurance when you’re travelling full time, but even if you’re not it is still a helpful tool to have! Here’s the company that we use and in the review we talk about what situations make sense for others to use it.
- Genki Travel Insurance Review – full breakdown of coverage, cost, and our experience filing (or not filing) claims
More Travel Resources: Where We’ve Been
Beyond gear and cards, our destination guides are also useful travel resources full of costs, logistics, and what we wish we’d known before we went. The below list is some of our favorites but if you click our destinations tab you can see more:
- Pench Tiger Reserve Safari Guide – India
- India 30 Day Travel Budget Guide – India
- Komodo Liveaboard Guide – Indonesia
- Sumatra Orangutan Trekking Guide – Indonesia
- Everest Base Camp Teahouse Guide – Nepal
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