James Guzman's video: Ep 69: Tim Leffel on How You Can Have a Better Life for Half the Price

To a lot of people, working in the music promotion business might be a dream job. But Tim Leffel found it pretty much like any other corporate environment. So he started traveling and writing about it, never looking back. He's lived in Istanbul, Seoul, Yucatan and Guanajuato, Mexico, and has become a highly award-winning travel writer. His book, The World's Cheapest Travel Destinations is now in its 4th edition, and his new book, A Better Life for Half the Price isn't just about going borderless--but doing so while cutting your expenses by 50%! We talk about his travels and how he's making a great location independent income. Show Notes: Tim's Bio (1:46) How the market has improved for travel writers (3:15) Background in music business (3:57) Award winning? Wow! (5:03) The Other Side of the Yucatan (5:27) Meet the New Digital Nomads (5:41) Focusing on living inexpensively (6:34) A Better Life for Half the Price (7:36) Tim's favorite cities (9:38) How expenses decreased when moving to Mexico (12:00) More detail on living expenses in Mexico (13:29) Dental expenses in Mexico (16:00) On Guanajuato, Mexico (17:09) Cost of housing in Guanajuato (19:26) On Mexico City (20:58) The Roma and Condesa neighborhoods (24:33) San Miguel de Allende's mask museum (25:15) The mummy museum (26:35) Santo vs. The Mummies (27:57) Living in Istanbul, Turkey (28:17) Living in Seoul, South Korea (31:11) Church of the Blazing Apocalypse ad (31:59) Tim's 2016 itinerary (33:20) The World's Cheapest Destinations (34:30) Where most of Tim's income comes from (35:53) PerceptiveTravel.com, Cheapest DestinationsBlog.com, Luxury Travel, Hotel-Scoop.com, TravelWriter2.com (36:17) Strategies to network with other influencers (37:40) A new course for travel writers (39:37) Selling PracticalTravelGear.com (40:06) How to get started as a writer (43:04) Finding your niche (AutisticGlobetrotting.com, UncoveringPA.com) (45:57) Updating content: how often? (48:42) Transition from corporate environment (50:15) Take your time or jump right in? (51:32) Thanks for listening! We hope you enjoyed this podcast. If so, please leave a review here. It REALLY helps us out! Don’t forget to subscribe to The Borderless Podcast on iTunes