Comments on: Quarterly Life & Spending Update: Q1 2023

By: Court and Nic

Court and Nic — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:13:25 +0000

In reply to P. The struggle is real! Especially when you take away all the routines, activities, friends, toys, physical books, etc! Glad to hear that you can relate, P!

By: Court and Nic

Court and Nic — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:12:26 +0000

In reply to Mark C – Toronto.

Thanks Mark, appreciate it! We are all about honesty and transparency and hopefully we made it clear that there were both ups and downs throughout the trip. Overall, it was an amazing experience but definitely not a cake walk!

I mentioned the rental side of things in the cost breakdown post but never really dug into the details of how it all went down. A good idea for a future post, thanks!

By: P

Sat, 22 Apr 2023 02:55:43 +0000

So true about not a true vacation but parenting in unfamiliar location.. I can relate!

By: Mark C - Toronto

Mark C - Toronto — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:01:00 +0000

Hey Court and fam,
I just wanted to send words of support and encouragement. I enjoyed the full write up of your Portugal strip, from planning to doing to retrospective. Well done. I like the honest assessments, observations and lessons learned. Excellent thought process.

The one spot that seemed financially pivotal was the renting out of your home, so I am quite curious to hear about that part. Perhaps you covered it and I just missed it, but I was quite fascinated to hear about how you were able to secure short term renters for the specific window of time that you wanted to be away, and to do that way ahead of your trip!