{"id":40199,"date":"2022-08-25T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=40199"},"modified":"2022-08-30T11:46:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T18:46:18","slug":"historic-weather-patterns-living-cost-estimates-onward-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/historic-weather-patterns-living-cost-estimates-onward-tickets\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Weather Patterns\/Living Cost Estimates\/Onward Tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Historic Weather Patterns<\/strong>
What\u2019s the weather in [city] like in [month]? This is a key question to ask before you start booking plane tickets. The best source I\u2019ve found is Weatherbase<\/a>, which has historical information for nearly 42,000 cities. For a Thai island where I was planning a two-week beach stay in November, it turns out that\u2019s the rainiest month of the entire year. Doh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Onward Ticket Please<\/strong>\u2026
Many nations\u2019 immigration counters want to see your onward ticket, but buying one dMany nations\u2019 immigration counters want to see your onward ticket, but buying one doesn\u2019t make much sense if you\u2019re staying for months or don\u2019t know when you\u2019re leaving that country. There are services like OnwardTicket.com<\/a> that will basically rent you an online ticket that goes to your e-mail and can be printed, then you\u2019ve got your onward ticket to show when questioned. Costs range from $10 to $20, with a ticket validity of 24 hours to 14 days before it expires. Consider it entry insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Cost of Living Estimates<\/strong>
Last issue I mentioned NomadList for various data points, but for reliable numbers on the costs of goods and services abroad, the best resource is Numbeo<\/a>. The crowdsourced info can lag inflation or currency changes, but I\u2019ve found it to be in the ballpark for every city I\u2019ve stayed in for more than a few weeks. One of the fun features is to compare any two cities. Doing that, you find that \u201cRent prices in Lisbon are 68.14% lower than in San Francisco\u201d and \u201cConsumer prices including rent in Medellin are 73.00% lower than in London.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Traveling Like Anthony Bourdain<\/strong>
Roadrunner<\/em><\/a>, a documentary about the late Anthony Bourdain, is out on HBO Max now and it\u2019s worth watching if you were a fan of his shows. Mark F. pointed me to this nine-year-old article in Esquire about\u00a0how to travel like Bourdain<\/a>, with this flight bag packing quote: \u201cThe necessity for Imodium will probably present itself, and you don\u2019t want to be caught without it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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