Travel Support Thursday

Welcome back, Travel Thursday.

Welcome back to Travel Support Thursday,

the show where we answer all of your burning travel

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What are we talking about today?

OK, yeah, I think we've got some really good topics.

First of all, thank you all so much

for all of the great questions and comments, especially

around medical tourism last week.

It seems like that's a really kind of hot topic,

and a lot of people are very interested in it,

especially with how ludicrously expensive health care is

in the US.

So I don't know.

That's what brought our attention to it,

and we're glad that it kind of resonated

with a lot of you out there.

And today we're answering some of your questions

about Travel Tuesday, not to be confused with Travel Thursday.

Yeah, this is the better version,

but the other one only comes once a year, so I think we're OK.

Yeah, and then today we're going to answer the 10 things

that we do as soon as we land in a new country,

or as soon as we know we're going to a new country.

Oh, right.

So all those prep work things that you

got to do before you get there, and then

how to make landing feel good, and not just

like an overwhelming big task list of 100 things to do.

That.

Right.

To start, we just wanted to follow up

on the great conversation and the comments

that we received from all of you from last week's podcast

about medical tourism in general.

We heard from a lot of you who also

had great experiences abroad, some not so great experiences

abroad getting health care.

But overall, it seems like this is a topic

that people are generally interested in.

So as a recap last week, Josh went

to see a doctor, a litany of doctors.

I went to see like 30 doctors.

So I signed up for the Everything Checkup

at Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok, and it cost like $330,

and they ran, I think, 65 tests.

That's wild.

What's the final count?

65?

Yeah, so blood tests, and then eyesight, and then my ears,

and then they gave me a chest x-ray,

and then they did everything you could think of

that you would get across like a year's worth of check-ups

from normal health care.

They did it in about 30 minutes.

That's wild.

And overall, a pretty good experience.

We did get a follow-up question from BoydsterM,

who asks, how did you decide on Bangkok Hospital for where

to do your medical appointment?

Medical tourism has been super intimidating for me

to figure out what is a good facility versus a bad one.

Yeah, so Reddit was the kind of short answer

and a couple of YouTube reviews.

But I would say the biggest thing

is that Bangkok Hospital had right on their website prices,

clear list of things that they'd done,

and then like a gajillion good reviews of people

who had done the thing that I was about to go do,

which was like the everything check-up.

And one of my big concerns going into it was like,

would we be able to understand each other?

I was about to see like 30 doctors.

So would I be able to communicate with some or all of them,

especially as they're like giving me back important

information about my health?

And Bangkok Hospital had a lot of like very clear reviews

that said, hey, everybody here speaks English.

And I think that that's true across all the international

hospitals in Thailand.

I don't think that like Bangkok Hospital is like special

for that, but they were right next to where we were staying.

The prices were clear.

The thing that they offered were clear.

And lots of other people had talked about getting

that same service from them.

Yeah, it has been, it's been interesting to see how much

we rely on like things like Reddit and Google reviews

to see firsthand experiences of what people say.

And this is not just true about, you know,

healthcare facilities, but everything.

Really firsthand reviews is really what makes a difference

for me for a lot of things.

And to also know that, and maybe this is skewed,

but it's often helpful for me to know if there are reviewers

specifically that speak the same language as me.

It makes me know, it makes me feel like,

oh, then perhaps people like me are welcome here.

Yeah, yeah.

And I think I, I think I trust Reddit too much

in a lot of ways because I think Reddit is just filled

with super skeptical people.

Like generally it's the place that you go

when you want like the real info,

but generally that just means like a whole bunch of people

who if you ask them like, is the cup half full or half empty?

They'd be like, there has never been water in that cup.

And there will never be water in that cup.

Running dry.

Yes.

And that's, that I think is like the general tone

of Reddit overall.

So like, it feeds that kind of like skeptical nature

that I think I try to fight against personally.

Interesting.

But I find very useful when it comes to like reviewing things

or finding if a thing is real or not.

Or worth it.

Yeah, or worth it or not.

And I think for that perspective, Reddit is useful,

but if you'd spend too much time there, which I have,

I think you just kind of come out of it

with this very overly skeptical viewpoint on the world,

this very like negative viewpoint on the world,

especially when it comes to medical tourism.

And I found lots of like reviews

where it's just like one guy had a bad experience

and then that hospital is just like dead

to the internet forever.

Yeah.

And-

But isn't that true about a lot of reviews?

I actually once heard a great piece of advice,

which was this applies to maybe all reviews,

Google, Amazon, anything that has stars.

The three star reviews are often the most helpful.

For sure.

Because they give the most detail

and the most balance, right?

It's not just like, everything is amazing.

Wow, the food was delicious.

Everything was clean.

It was like, these are the pros and these are the cons.

Yeah.

So I think that as far as like making a good choice

for the hospital that you want to go to,

which was my biggest concern when I was booking it.

It sounds like it's yours too.

I would say go to Reddit first,

but just like know that everybody there

is going to be looking for like what's wrong in the situation

and they're going to focus on that part for the hospital

and take that information with a grain of salt

and then go and look over on Google reviews,

which will tell you generally all the things that are right.

And then between those two things,

you should be able to find good, useful information

for like what's actually good for the procedure

that you're trying to get.

Yeah, actually I, well, one of the other questions

that we got last week was why didn't I go do

one of these wellness checkups?

And I mean, it's, there's no real long answer

except for that I already had a checkup in the last year.

So I didn't necessarily feel like I needed one.

Yeah, and you kind of wanted me to like test it out first

to see what, because it's kind of expensive.

You know, it was like 300 something dollars.

And before both of us threw down that kind of money,

I think we wanted to determine

if this was actually going to be worth it.

And I think afterwards I would say it definitely was.

Well, and I mean, I guess the differences

between a male and a female wellness checkup is different.

But anyway, we won't go into the details,

but essentially I just didn't feel like

for me it was something that I needed

or necessarily wanted at the time.

It might be something I would consider

in the future for sure, but I already had a checkup

in the last year, which was pretty great.

But while we were in Bangkok, I did get a dental checkup

and that is something that I have,

we've done before in Thailand.

And the same process applies.

I looked at Google to see in the nearby area

what kind of dental clinics were in the area.

A lot of the clinics in Bangkok are actually really awesome

because they are set up for people like us

who are visiting, who may not speak Thai,

who speak English and just want to get either

cosmetic dental work or just a health check

or just a checkup or a cleaning like I did.

And I think the biggest thing that I was looking for

was primarily I wanted to know how much it was gonna cost,

which the place, almost all of the clinics

list their list price for all of their services.

And I used Google reviews and Reddit thoroughly

to look at what people's experiences were.

Yeah, and I think just the booking process

for things like this is a little weird

if you're coming from the US,

whereas from the US, it might be a phone call

or it might be online,

but I would say most of the dental places

and the hospitals here, you're gonna book through WhatsApp.

That's what I use.

You're just gonna message them on WhatsApp,

so you need to have that.

All of them will have a WhatsApp.

Yeah, or line.

I mean, I think in the end, I was down to,

I was trying to decide between two different clinics

in the nearby area and I ended up picking the one

that got back to me the quickest and it was through line

and they had availability for the next day.

The process itself was really easy, I just said.

I am a new patient and I want to get my teeth cleaned.

It's been a while and they scheduled me,

no questions asked.

I showed up to the clinic, it was super clean,

it was super nice.

The people there were so friendly from the receptionists

all the way to the dentist and the hygienists.

It wasn't maybe as thorough or as long of an appointment

as I had expected from like past dental visits

that I've had back at home,

but maybe that's because I take good care of my teeth.

Yeah, maybe.

But I think to answer that question,

it can feel intimidating,

but reading everyone's reviews, specifically the good

and the bad and seeing that many people like us

who travel to different countries

go see these clinics and these doctors is really helpful.

One thing that I didn't really know to look out for

until this like last trip was actually a lot

of dental clinics in Bangkok and maybe this is true

for a lot of different clinics across the world,

there are different accreditations and certificates

that are internationally recognized.

And that was one thing that I noticed

across the clinics in Bangkok.

So that might be another maybe reassurance

for some people that are intimidated about it

and want to know that like the standards

are maybe clear across the board.

That's it, okay, what do we got next?

What are we talking about?

So our next question comes from our friend Sarah.

Oh, what's up Sarah?

Who actually sent us this Instagram reel asking us

about what's the deal with this Travel Tuesday?

Have you heard about it?

Is this something that is worth it?

Would you guys consider it?

So the reel that she sent was essentially this person

who was saying, don't book your flights

for January, February, March or next year

until Travel Tuesday, which is this year,

November 28th.

So for those of you that don't know,

Travel Tuesday is essentially this name for Black Friday

and some Cyber Monday, but specifically for travel deals.

Yeah, I'm a non-believer, that's what I would say.

I don't think that there's any real difference at all

between flight or hotel prices.

There's that skepticism.

But I do think that there is probably

a big price difference in like packages.

And I think that those will go on sale next Tuesday.

But I would love to be proven wrong.

So to be honest, when Sarah sent this to us,

I hadn't really thought too much about it.

At first, I wasn't sure what Travel Tuesday

was referring to.

Is it like the idea that you always get better flight deals

when you book on a Tuesday versus like a weekend?

But then I looked into it and I was like,

oh, this is an actual date that people say November 28th

or the Tuesday after Thanksgiving essentially

for those of you that celebrate Thanksgiving.

That's when apparently there are massive airline,

hotel, flight deals, whatever.

I also am pretty skeptical.

I mean, I think we're kind of of the opinion

that if you see a good deal, just book it.

No matter what time of year or what time of day it is.

I don't know, I don't know.

I don't know if this is real.

I don't know if this is real.

There are some airlines that have announced deals

that are going to be going on sale

on this like Travel Tuesday.

One of them is Frontier is selling

a year-long unlimited pass for $500,

which honestly sounds like signing up

for like the seventh circle of hell.

A year?

Wait, wait, tell me more.

Okay, so you can fly as much as you want

on certain Frontier flights for an entire year for $500.

Now you gotta pay for all the baggage

and all the other stuff that they're gonna hit you with

as you're traveling, but.

$500 for a year?

Yes.

It's domestic, so for those of you that don't know,

Frontier Airlines is a US-based budget.

It's like Ryan Air Asia or whatever.

But that seems, see the person in me

that loves a good deal hears that.

I'm like, that sounds awesome if I travel domestically.

But then you'd have to fly only Frontier

and they're like middle of the night flights

for the entirety of a year, which sounds just awful.

So, sounds terrible.

So yeah.

So that exists and then like Hopper for example,

another like flight aggregator seller website has said

they're gonna be offering like 30% off some of their flights.

Booking.com is having a sale for like 10% off of hotels.

There are deals, but I don't think

that they're actually any cheaper.

I just think that they jack the price up

and then give you a 10% discount back down

to feel like you're getting something.

Cause they don't control the price.

Like Hilton controls the price

of how much a Hilton hotel will go for.

And then different aggregators can either like

set their own price, but they're all right around the same.

I don't know.

I think we should run an experiment.

I do think yeah.

I thought maybe one thing that we could do is just,

so today is travel Thursday where we are in Southeast Asia.

It's Thursday, November 23rd.

And what we thought we could do is just like,

I'm gonna screen record my phone right now.

So we're just going to go to googleflights.com

and we're just gonna go from let's say like Chicago, Illinois

cause Midwest, why not, and then Europe, continent,

the entire continent, we're just gonna see.

This way we'll get a whole bunch of different prices

and we can see which ones actually went on sale

and which ones didn't.

Yeah, wouldn't you be, let's say obviously

after November 28th, but yeah, let's say like February 6th

to February 21st, how about that?

So right now for London, actually that's really good.

February 6th to the 21st from Chicago to London

is about 592.

Let's hit the map.

Paris is 535.

Rome is 570.

So all around 500-ish.

So I'm taking a screen recording

and then we'll just do the same experiment

on November 28th.

Yeah, so we're just gonna put out a video on travel Tuesday,

like breaking down if we can find them

the top five best deals to be had on travel Tuesday,

if there are any.

Okay.

I'm definitely skeptical that we're gonna find anything

worth your time.

Yeah, I almost, I'm feeling like,

especially with travel, it requires a lot of planning

ahead of time.

Like I don't see the benefit of waiting

to a very, to a very specific date

to see if you get that deal.

You know, it almost feels like if you see a good deal,

just book it because almost always it's just gonna go away.

We'll see.

We'll see how about let's decide on the 28th,

whether this Chicago to London, Paris or Rome

or Lisbon or Madrid or is any cheaper.

Either way, on travel Tuesday,

we're gonna release a video on this channel

that goes through just the best deals that we can find.

So hopefully there's gonna be a lot of really good deals,

but to be honest.

Skeptical.

I don't think anything special is gonna happen.

I don't think anything,

but I would love to be proven wrong.

This Redditor is skeptical.

Too much time on Reddit.

Surprise.

Too much time on Reddit.

Yeah, I think we're gonna have more of an update

on this next week when we release that video.

We might even do a live stream.

We might even do a live stream.

Whoa.

That'd be fun.

That'd be fun.

We haven't done a live stream yet.

So the next question that we got is a great question

that comes from RickMC73,

who says that they're starting to travel abroad from the US

this year, Canada, Banff and Jasper.

Backpacking sounds awesome.

Guatemala and Columbia.

We definitely wanna go visit those countries.

Yes.

So their question is,

how do you all solve for the following fun in air quotes?

Things upon arrival in a new country.

Yeah.

I hope these are mostly universal challenges.

Things like getting local currency,

understanding local Uber laws and how to use it

or not use it, local smaller flights

when you don't speak the language.

It changes are needed when a flight is late or missed.

Finding a gym to work out,

especially when local weather is iffy.

And last but not least,

how do you actually really use Google Translate

in a variety of real world situations?

I think this is actually a really great question

and something that we...

Everybody struggles with these things.

I think we struggle.

And we kind of sometimes take for granted

all these little micro decisions that you have to make

when you decide on visiting a new country.

Even outside of the things that we do upon arrival,

there's tons of things that we do,

but even before arrival.

So let's just like,

we thought it might be fun just to talk about

what are from start to finish

when we decide we're going to a new country,

what are our things that we do?

Okay.

So I think let's start before we even book the flight,

which is like way early.

I would start at AA Sherpa.

So American Airlines acquired, I think,

or partnered with a website called Sherpa during the pandemic.

And this website was the best source of information

for figuring out what COVID tests you needed to take

or what paperwork you had to fill out

or any of that other stuff

that you needed to do to travel anywhere,

anywhere in the world.

So what you do is you just like literally go to Google,

you type in AA space Sherpa.

And then the first link,

which we're going to put down in the description,

leads you to this website

where you tell it what passports you have

if you're COVID vaccinated.

And then it'll,

and then you type in like where you're going from

and where you're going to,

and it spits out not just your COVID testing requirements,

but also the visa requirements,

any like arrival paperwork you need to fill out,

any tests that you need to do after arrival,

which is rare these days, but still does exist.

What the mask rules are,

everything that you'd want to know like before you.

About getting there, yeah.

Yeah, like before you fly there,

if you need a visa or not, did I already say visa?

If you need a visa or not, it also covers that.

All these information as well as up-to-date links

for the government websites of where you need to

put these things there, it's great.

It saved you like the extra steps

of visiting each of these countries,

like embassy, consulate websites to figure out.

Which are always inaccurate.

What are the exit entry requirements?

So yeah, I would say that's our like very first step.

When we know we want to go somewhere,

what are the entry requirements?

Are there things that we need to do in advance?

And then we actually, like for a lot of these

that aren't visa free places, depending on your passport,

yeah, you might have to fill out an application.

We've had to do this for like Australia, New Zealand.

Yeah, like it'll tell you just like in Australia,

like you need to fill out the Australian ETA

and then it'll give you a link to that

and that link will open up the app on your iPhone

and then through that app you fill out the ETA

and pay them $20 and then they come,

then you go back to the website and you're like,

oh, I also need to fill out like arrival paperwork

and then, oh, I need a QR code

that I provided them once I get there.

But I would say that's like the first big step

after booking our flight is doing our visas.

I usually do that before we even book the flight.

But don't they need your flight information?

Yes, but I want to know like what I have to do to get in

before I actually book the flight, right?

Like I'd want to be sure that like I can go.

That's true.

And I would say also check the visa requirements

for the country that you want to visit.

If you can go book that flight,

then go and actually fill out the visa application

if that's something you need to do.

Something that is also required

for some of these visa applications

is like the location of the place that you're going to stay in.

So if you're booking a hotel,

you should get the hotel booked

and get that address for the visa application.

Yeah, and then at that point I'm thinking about,

okay, that's probably a one way flight for us

because we generally go like on big trips where we're like,

Sydney to Singapore to Bangkok to Hanoi.

So if we're doing a loop like that,

I'm thinking, okay, where am I heading next

and how can I make it look like I have an exit flight

but make sure that it's cancelable.

Or flexible.

Or flexible in case we change the date, time

or location that we're flying to next,

which happens to us all the time.

Yes.

So generally for that,

I'm going to use our American Airlines miles.

I'm going to book proof of onward travel

for when I think we're going to leave in a cancelable form,

which is an award flight through them.

And then after we arrive, if we change it,

I'll just like cancel it, get the points return

and then book another flight exiting out.

So that's like the pre getting their kind of stuff.

But I would say like right before we leave for our flight,

there are a couple of things that we're doing, right?

We're setting travel notices with our banks, right?

So if you have a credit card or debit card

that you're going to be using abroad,

letting them know what countries you're going to

and when packing.

Yeah, just like jamming all of our stuff in a suitcase.

I would say packing is relatively,

I would say that the level of difficulty

that our packing requires depends on

what kind of airline we're flying.

Yeah, we're always flying like the most budget,

crazy cheap airlines, you know,

like the ones with like seven kilograms,

which is like 15 pounds worth of like available stuff

you can bring.

So we're cons.

When you're bringing big microphones like these things

and cameras like that, generally that's not a lot.

Yeah.

It's not a lot of extra space.

We're definitely rearranging a lot

and re-wing our baggages like down to the wire

even right before we're flying.

Right before the flight.

What do we do?

Aerolo.

I'm buying it right before we hop on a flight.

I'll use the wifi at the airport before we leave

to get a SIM card to buy a SIM card.

Like an e-SIM is what we always buy through

Aerolo or U-Biggie, U-Biggie for Japan,

South Korea, New Zealand, I would use it again.

Maybe even Taiwan.

Taiwan for sure.

And then Aerolo for almost everywhere else that we go and.

You can even install the e-SIM like when you have wifi

or on your regular, you know,

phone before you leave the US

and then just don't turn it on until you land

in the new country.

Yeah.

So we'll have that SIM paid for, installed

before we even step on the flight to head there.

So that way when we land, we just turn it on and bam,

we got data right away.

If we're lucky before the flight, we're visiting a lounge.

Yeah.

I will in that lounge be signing up for whatever

the local transportation slash food delivery app is.

So here in most of Southeast Asia, it's grab

and sometimes Uber.

What's the other thing that we used here before?

In South Korea, it's cacao in Japan.

I have no fricking idea.

I've never really used like a taxi app there.

I'm sure it exists, but I haven't found one.

Never really had to.

I think in Australia, we've used Uber and DD before.

Yeah, DD's great as well for a lot of Europe.

So I'm just like doing a quick Google search

or ending up on Reddit again, ending up on Reddit

to be like, hey, what's the taxi app for here?

And it'll normally tell you right away.

Yeah.

So like basically using the wifi that you have

to download all the relevant apps

that you think you might need.

So like Uber, Grab, DD, and then like searching

for those things, Google Translate, which I love,

and Google Maps, we use a lot.

Something that I find really helpful too

when we do have access to wifi

before we get to a new country is downloading the maps.

So I don't know if you know this,

but like something that I recently learned

is that Google Maps has an option

for you to download a map of the entire city

or the area that you're going to be staying in,

which is really clutch in situations

where you don't have service or you don't have data,

you don't have wifi, and you need to find directions

or you need to know where to go.

So you can download the maps and use them offline.

Yeah, absolutely.

And same with Google Translate,

you can actually download the language

of the place that you're heading to beforehand,

which is also very, very handy

for times that you don't have data on your phone.

Yeah.

So when they're around, we're taking part

in all the food.

Priority passing it up.

Yeah.

And if we're lucky enough and then

we're downloading all these things,

we're getting all of like,

especially if we're taking a budget airline,

we're downloading YouTube videos,

we're watching or downloading things on Amazon video.

So we have things to watch.

We're also packing a bunch of food

because most of these flights that we do,

even if they're like 10 hours, don't include meals at all.

And maybe this is just a me thing,

but I like to-

And we're cheap as hell.

And maybe this is just a me thing,

but right before we get onto the flight,

I like to make sure I have certain things in my pocket.

So like, I'll have my AirPods and my earbuds,

the ones that you can plug directly

into the TVs if they have them

and have like my passport handy.

Cause I don't know, for me, like when I get on the plane,

I just wanna shove my backpack under the seat

and just have all the things with me

cause I don't want to have to shuffle around

or just be the person that holds up the aisle

as people are coming through.

So I just like to have those key things in my pockets

and a USB charger.

For sure, for sure.

And this big old battery pack that we have with,

we bring with us literally everywhere

to be able to charge our phones and our laptops

while we're on the plane.

So we're on the flight.

It's generally like a 10 plus hour flight

to somewhere else, usually with a connection

on the cheapest airline that we could find.

So we're watching our Amazon Prime downloaded videos

or our YouTube videos that we downloaded

before we hopped on and then...

We don't watch the same things.

Eating countless protein bars and or spam musubis

that we brought with us on the plane.

Usually also bringing our own water

because for example, we just flew this like 10 hour thing

with scoot airlines and they just like won't provide water

to you on the plane.

You have to buy it.

So we'll pack all that stuff, having a good time

on the plane and then sometime on the flight,

they're gonna come around with the entry cards

that you gotta fill out.

And then we just fill those out with the information

of when we're getting in and when we're leaving.

Then we land.

Usually right after we land,

I'm turning on my Ubigi or AeroLo eSim,

making sure that I have data,

checking the prices of Uber slash DD slash Grab

or whichever service we're using

or more often than not, we're taking a train.

So I'm using Google Maps to find the train route

as well as how much it costs.

Get in, get through immigration,

show them all the paperwork that we had to bring

and then picking up a little bit of cash at the ATM,

usually like 150 US worth after we land.

And then picking up a train card,

like we've shown in all of our three days in X videos,

picking up a train card.

The places that we're in has easily accessible

public transportation, that's what we're doing.

We're always getting a train card and topping up

to make sure that we have enough

for to get wherever we need to go.

Yep, exactly.

Or grabbing a taxi through one of the taxi apps.

So then.

Whichever method that we're getting to our hotel.

Whichever.

Whichever.

Whichever.

Which, wh-

However.

However, we are getting to the hotel.

Like you're the queen of England or what?

Whichever.

Is that what, is that a British accent?

Whichever.

Whichever.

Whichever.

People are gonna be hearing us breathing into their ears.

So sorry, so.

Whichever.

Sorry about that.

Whichever.

Anyway, anyway, whatever route that we're taking

to get to our hotel, either, you know,

in a taxi or on the train,

this is actually where I love using Google Translate.

So I think one of the questions was, you know,

what's the use case?

When do you actually use Google Translate?

I use it for a lot of different reasons.

All the time.

On the actual, and on the way,

like as soon as we get into the country,

even on the flight, I like to just search.

What are some of the like basic phrases that I should learn

that I should know when I'm in a new country?

So for example, we're in Vietnam.

They have a way for you to listen

to someone pronouncing it.

So thank you, in Vietnamese is.

Cam Un.

Cam Un.

Cam Un.

Cam Un.

You know, I think we're like, we're in Hanoi.

So we can just like, let's just show them at a restaurant

how we would use Google Translate.

Let's just like, take a break here.

We'll go and do that.

And then we'll come back and finish this up.

Okay.

I mean, there's one like right outside.

Okay.

Okay, so let's say that I'm interested

in whatever this performance is

that we can't read right now.

But I don't know any of the, I can't figure out

like when it is or what it is

or how to get tickets or whatever.

So what I'm going to do is I'm going to go in here.

I'm going to hit Vietnamese from the front

and then English for the translate to hit the camera button.

Okay.

And then all I got to do is just point it at the side.

Okay.

So it looks like we figured out

that this is a dance show done by Hwang Hwang Mai.

There's people artists.

There's like choreography.

And it looks like the thing is happening on November 22nd.

So a couple of days ago.

But, so Google translate,

this also works mostly on menus and restaurants.

Kind of like anything you can think of

that's in a different language.

And also, and also you can just take pictures of things,

translate them later.

You can translate websites by just taking a screenshot

of them and then putting it in Google translate.

It's awesome.

We use it for almost everything,

including live conversations and translating those.

It's really cool.

Okay. I hope that helps.

Okay. So that was super fun.

So it was a nice little break.

I mean, it's such a multifunctional tool

and we take it for granted so often.

Cause it's just great.

And we use it to like communicate

with the person who's running the restaurant

to ask them how much it costs or there's just so many,

there's so many uses for it.

And especially that like camera option

where it can just live, translate, whatever it's right.

It's just...

We've used it so, so much in Japan and South Korea.

And, and what has amazed me is actually

how many people there use it too.

Like we've been to coffee shops in South Korea

where I can't speak Korean and they,

they will bring out their phone and start tapping.

What would you like to order?

Would you like a small, would you like a medium?

What kind of, would you like milk in your coffee?

You know, all these different things,

all these different ways that we can communicate

with people through this little app.

Yeah. Like the barber yesterday when he asked me like,

what do you want for your hair?

And he like didn't speak English

and I don't speak Vietnamese, unfortunately.

So I just like typed in the thing

and held it up to him and he was like, oh, okay.

And you showed him a picture.

Yeah. And then I showed him a picture

but I just like typed in like leave it long on top

and short on the sides.

That's something that just handed it to him

and he was like, oh yeah, I know how to do that.

Yeah.

And it just like, it solves all these problems

that used to be just the language barrier was too high

to possibly solve in any reasonable way

and Google translate just solves them.

Yeah. Instantly.

That's incredible.

Yeah. I would say it's like the best use.

I mean, there's so many uses for Google translate

but that brings us to, yeah,

we finally arrive in the new country

and we get to go get food.

I think is usually what we usually do immediately

after arriving, which is what you just saw there.

Yeah. Cause we're starving

cause all we've eaten are crappy protein bars

for the entirety of the flight.

Spam was the bees.

Spam was the bees are a nice treat

but we don't always have them.

Yeah. So hopefully that was helpful.

That's like kind of how we approach our start to finish

when we're going to a new place, what we do.

And yeah, if you have any other questions,

please leave them in the comments below.

We really enjoy tackling all of your travel related questions.

Yeah. Cause like when you said like fun and air quotes

for those things, I actually do consider

all of those things really fun, weirdly.

And I think that's part of the reason why I love travel

is solving those problems over and over again.

Everywhere that we go to is kind of like putting up,

you know, like putting the puzzle together.

Every time is like getting all these pieces

that are important to our lives

and making them work, no matter where we go,

such as like finding a place to record this podcast,

you're finding a place with real internet to upload it.

Yeah, it's like kind of just like become a part of our routine.

And I don't know, I love routine.

So they're kind of heartwarming.

Yeah. So if any of these questions didn't cover

like the things that you needed to know

or you want us to like go deeper into them, just ask.

But we're going to come back to you guys all

on travel Tuesday and we're going to show you exactly.

The final, final verdict.

All of the best deals that we can find.

And it might just be the shortest episode ever

where we show them be like, there's no good deal.

Or maybe we'll be proven wrong.

Yeah, I'm hopeful there will be so many good travel deals

that we have found and we can come back and share with you.

But I don't think they were so happy.

So for next week, ask your questions for travel Tuesday.

Yeah. Ooh, that'll feel weird.

Ooh, yeah. Will the jingle still apply?

Travel Tuesday. Yeah.

It just sounds wrong. It just sounds wrong.

It just sounds wrong. It just sounds wrong.