Budget Slow Travel in Retirement – Book by Lidia Nash | Slow Travel Guide for Retirees
Book Title: Budget Slow Travel in Retirement: How 170,000 Members Retire Young and Travel Smart
Author: Lidia Nash
Formats Available: Kindle eBook & Paperback
Target Audience: Retirees, active adults, independent travelers, and anyone interested in long-term, low-cost international living.
Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBB7ZP6L
About the Book
Budget Slow Travel in Retirement is a practical, step-by-step guide for retirees and independent travelers who want to explore the world deeply without overpaying. Drawn from real-world experience and community insights across seventeen chapters, the book covers realistic strategies for extended stays, mid-term housing, healthcare abroad, banking, visas, and managing expenses on a fixed income.
Unlike standard tourist guides built around short vacations, this book is built around slow travel — spending weeks or months in a place to actually live there, while keeping daily costs comparable to or lower than staying home.
About the Author
Lidia Nash is a retired CPA and PMP who has spent eight years slow-traveling across roughly 100 countries with her husband, Jeff — primarily through home exchanges (51 to date), mid term rentals and repositioning cruises. She founded and runs Budget Slow Travel in Retirement, a Facebook community of 175,000 members, and writes the blog retireyoungtravelsmart.com. The book was written directly from the real strategies, mistakes, and stories shared by that community.
Who Should Read This Book?
- Active Retirees & Pre-Retirees — anyone looking to design a rewarding, adventurous retirement lifestyle without draining their savings
- Budget-Conscious Travelers — people looking for practical strategies to secure affordable long-term lodging, avoid tourist traps, and stretch a travel budget
- Slow Travel & Expat Enthusiasts — anyone curious about living abroad part-time, managing logistics across multiple countries, and building a local lifestyle wherever they land
Key Topics & Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How does this book help cut travel costs?
A: It covers proven techniques for securing mid-term apartment rentals, using home exchanges instead of paying for lodging, avoiding hidden fees, and structuring daily expenses like a local rather than a tourist — including a full chapter on turning home ownership itself into a travel-funding tool.
Q: Does the book cover healthcare and insurance for travelers abroad?
A: Yes. One full chapter is dedicated to healthcare abroad, including real cost comparisons for dental and medical care, and a firsthand account of navigating a major medical emergency overseas and how travel insurance and Medicare Advantage coverage handled it.
Q: Does it cover visas and other travel logistics?
A: Yes. The book addresses visa requirements, banking and currency strategy, staying connected abroad, and the administrative side of long-term travel that most guides skip over.
Q: Is this book only for people traveling full-time?
A: No. The book identifies four different travel styles — Full-Timer, Hybrid, Snowbird, and Deep Diver — and helps readers figure out which fits their actual life, rather than assuming everyone wants to sell their home and travel year-round.
Q: Does it address traveling with pets or family concerns like grandchildren?
A: Yes. Separate chapters cover traveling with (or without) pets, and how to think through the guilt and logistics of extended travel while staying connected to family and grandchildren back home.
Q: Is this guide based on real travel experience?
A: Yes. The strategies come from the author’s own eight years and roughly 100 countries of firsthand slow travel, combined with the collective experience of a 175,000-member community of slow travelers.
Q: What makes this different from a typical travel guide?
A: It’s not a destination guide — it doesn’t tell you where to go. It’s a logistics and mindset guide for how to structure a long-term, affordable travel lifestyle in retirement, written by someone actually living it, not researching it secondhand.
