I am taking a day trip to Denver because the plane ticket only cost $50.It’s end of February, I land in the mid-morning and fly back home around midnight.What should I during my trip?
Why don't we have a general for akiya homes? For people who got one, thinking about getting one, etc. Tips, tricks, general japan real estate discussion, whatever. Are akiya homes still cheap and available? Any good deals you saw recently?
>>2824484I have $200k, how many houses can I buy and how to get all this paperwork? I want to live in one and rent the others.>>2824648>maybe someone even died in thereWhat? Someone died in every house. Is this an American thing to worry about?
>>2858324>They, unlike houses in other countries, always LOSE value over time.Anon, I.... Akiya's will lose value since they have little to begin with, if you go to sell it anyone who looks at the house history will laugh their ass off the instant they realize you slapped some paint on a Akiya. Most countries have housing value outpace inflation unless you buy a literal shack in bumfuck nowhere that has severe braindrain like west virginia.>>2860086Just go through Realtor.com or the like, Gaijinpot may have some resources as well. >I want to live in one and rent the others.Keep in mind a lot of renter rules have been propped up in Japan, so unlike the USA where you can buy a house, section out the rooms, and call it an airbnb/vrbo; won't be as easy.
If I ever make more money I'll buy an actual house in Tokyo, near the airport. You can get something nice for like 200-300k.
>>2860161>near the airportWhy the hell would anyone who knows anything about property ownership do this to themselves? This board has to be full of people who are like "Yeah home ownership is easy you just pay the bill after some haggling and boom done! that's it."Buying near an airport is a generally bad idea unless by "near an airport" you mean at least +10km away.
>>2824976the problem with midwest houses is that they are in the middle of bumfuck nowhere. japan is too small to have america's sheer scope of bumfuck nowhere, a few hours from anywhere and you're in a reasonably large city no matter where you are, often by public transport too.
I don't see a lot of threads about south America, Africa on /trv/.Brazil dominates the continent, is it geographically isolated or can you go through Brazil in transit back and forth? Does anyone transit Guyana through the Brazil land border? How far can you actually get up the Amazon and is that a viable route?When it's the tourist season, which places to normie Americans ruin?How's the place doing currency wise, is Venezuela back on the itinerary?
>>2857573Are the hotels and restaurants good there, or is it more a rental home & market groceries kind of place? The dullness of the terrain is its biggest turnoff for me. I'm not happy without my hill climbs and scenic vistas. Trudging a rural road through empty farm plots just doesn't cut the mustard any more. And there are so few population centers in Paraguay, meaning a dearth of possible places to explore. Peru definitely seems the SA country most worth exploring for lovers of rugged nature mingled with Third World shithole villages. Colombia & Venezuela are too volatile. Chile & Argentina too expensive. Brazil & Paraguay too flat.
>>2859045>Are the hotels and restaurants good there, or is it more a rental home & market groceries kind of place?In my experience yes, the hotels are very good in my experience. I recently stayed at 2 in Asuncion which were very luxurious despite being $40 a night and sadly I was cheap in CDE and spent $25 a night and got what I paid for and $35 a night for a hotel in downtown Encarnacion for a middling experience (everything worked and was clean just not recently renovated or high end). Restaurants are sadly not my forte, I personally love buffet por kilo and asados/asaditos its not high end eating but its always delicious and worth the money if you like meat and starches. Also yes, Paraguay is not a place for adventure like most people think. There are trails and mountains (Yaguaron, Alto Parana, Itapua), beaches, forests etc but there are caveats. First, almost everything is privatized so if the name of the place doesn't have Senatur tied to it then its a toss up on the quality of the experience. Second, paraguayans do not advertise their country for whatever reason so you need to actually talk to people to know where to go and what to see.>is it more a rental home & market groceries kind of placeIn a way, yes. It is far as fuck away from everything. It is not a place to set up a base and use as a launch pad to go other places since it is isolated by latin american standards. Paraguay is a place you go to disappear from the world. For example, every day on the morning and nightly news you will not hear a single thing about the world, just Paraguay. No Argentina, no Brazil, and no USA unless its something extraordinary
>>2857341Yeah I chose São Paulo mainly because of the ease of traveling there and that I like a city vibe + want to get good vegan food. But I also understand it's not the best city for tourists in terms of things to do + safety, so I'm going to try and balance it out with a Paraty excursion. Maybe we'll also check out somewhere with caves
>>2847624Brazilian women have fake tits/fake asses at a crazy high rate. Some are well done, some are horrible.
>>2859719Vegan food is rarer (and costs way more), just go with the vegetarian options and say you have an allergy to dairy and red meat (due to heart problem) to avoid salads with egg/meat. That'll give you way more range on food and places to eat. Best places for tourism is where the locals do tourism stuff. Dress like a local and you'll be fine. No chains or fancy watches.
I've never flown on a plane or traveled to another city before. I just booked a cheap ticket to Chicago in April. Should I book a hotel now or wait until later? I've heard that some hotels will bring prices down two or three weeks before arrival.
I'm planning a trip to japan in april, departure and return both from Tokyo. I'll be there around 12 days, what should I visit? I have the skytree already on the list. I am willing to take the bullet train to other places.I am a single woman. Meeting people would be nice, I kinda wish locals could show me around the place.
>>2858729Maybe Saudi Arabia would be a better destination for you. Retard.
Go to the old edo district and get yourself super authentic grill eel. it’s a little difficult to get out there. But it’s worth it, plus the train ride goes through the suburbs, soo you’ll get to see how the average person lives. It’s a great experience.
>>2858788I miss unagi.
>>2858288There's plenty of free/cheap things to do especially visiting shrines and parks. Since you're visiting in April, you should go and see the sakura. In particular Shinjuku Gyoen and Ueno Park are pretty, though very crowded.Shibamata is nice for a traditional vibe. There's shops that old people run where you can get souvenirs such as tea cups.If you're fluent/semi-fluent, then I recommend picking a random train station, doing some research, and exploring. I did this for Sawara and had a wonderful time.
Take the Yamanote Line loop and get off at some of the lesser known stations, wander the neighbourhood.I used to look up "organic coffee cafe" as a random way to find a cafe within walking distance and explore
why the other thread get yeeted?food, places to stay, places to go
>>2858950Why don't you want to be a dancing monkey teacher? Are there a lot of Russians and Ukrainians in Saigon now?
I’ve noticed that young girls are super possessive of their BFs/husbands. Is this a good or bad thing. I take it from all the fb stories of the guys sneaking off to KTV/provinces.
>>2859870still need degree papers for that which i dont have >>2860036what a dancing monki teacher? >Are there a lot of Russians and Ukrainians in Saigon now? no, they in nha trang and danang
>>2860066>still need degree papers for that which i dont haveWork for some shitty local English center in the provinces for $12.50 an hour under the table. Get your TEFL on the website Bridge TEFL. Takes about a week if you're slow, but do it quickly so your tourist visa doesn't run out and strand you in Cambodia.>what's a dancing monkeyThe job I just described.>>2860058Asian romance is mostly transactional, especially in poor countries. A family trades their daughter to the richest men she can snag, then her prerogative is to make sure he only spends his money on her instead of the next several girls in line. A lot of girls were sent to Saigon with the express purpose of locking down a businessman. They know what it means when he "goes out for a drink with his coworkers" because that's how she landed him. Ironically that's why there's such a stereotype about westerners cheating on local women. They assume we all do it because that's what they would do if they were white.My BIL is good-looking with a cool bartending job, and he's juggling four girls at all times. He takes them home to meet his mom and everything. I love the guy but he's absolutely ruthless.
>>2860163>My BIL is good-looking with a cool bartending job, and he's juggling four girls at all times. He takes them home to meet his mom and everything. I love the guy but he's absolutely ruthless.Fucking amazing.
so I can get around 2000$ (not including plane tickets so this is all in the country)I want to stay a month or 2 and it needs to be between start of July and end of august that's the only time I can travelIm going solo and its my first time to travel internationally alone I don't want any fancy stuff also Im gay and want a country where ill be enjoying it there and not be oppressed by country or people I'm thinking of Japan but I think they're racist idk what do you guys think(also want to try alcohol but its not a necessity so its okay if not available but it needs 18 years old allowed to drink without a parent or anyone)
>>2860120go to San Francisco and get topped or something, i dunno
>>2860120Become a flight attendant; fly for free. Your work obligations is essentially part time (76~ hours a month), but you can pick up more. Since you're so young, get into a mainline (American Airlines, United Airlines) for the better contracts and union protections (United is in the middle of negotiations, but some say they are asking too much since they want the "best of the mainlines" while being the worst of the mainlines/best). American Airlines also doesn't have 24 hr reserve where your reserve days the first however many years you'll be low on the totem pole and get pickup flights (sometimes with just a few hours notice, but you know ahead of time your reserve days). American and other airlines have 12 hr reserve. Regionals pay less late career, but have faster home base of choice out of the initial training (like LAX). Short term might suck, but if you compare all their payscales, you can make decent money in the end. It's just very seniority based. Also, mainline you can fly internationally for work instead of mostly local. How much you'll be able to explore/adapt to time difference is up to your tolerance. For the oldfags reading, if you feel it's too late for that financial ramp up in payscale, look into regional. A lot of these companies are in the same network with other airlines.
What does /trv/ use to squeeze the value out of what airlines and hotels already charge you?
>>2859751Platinum earning is great for me because I have to travel a decent bit for work so I’m constantly earning 5x on flights and frequently on hotels. The credits are a little annoying but I don’t have much difficultly bashing them out. The refresh made the card more valuable for me.
>>2859635I just use a Schwab card to avoid international fees and call it a day.
I have CSR. Will get about $2500 of value out of the card cuz i was already using most of the new benefits for 2026. Haven’t used The Edit yet tho. Anyone used it?
>>2859635>Buy Amex>Buy gold>It's eligible for the bonus points>Gold goes up>Sell>Free points + Fee covered It's always a risk, but that was the easiest free value in a long while. Might do the same with another bank next time the world is bullish on something else
>>2860071>I just use a Schwab card to avoid international fees and call it a day.I use to think this was good until I realized ATM fees make up <1% of all my expenses abroad. Besides with exchange rates it's a non issue. How much are you guys gooning and getting cash out for it that it even comes close to being over say, 10 USD a month in ATM fee's?Chime, revolut , and most other fintechs basically do exchange rates just as good, only shit banks will actually charge a % fee on top of the purchase price.
>do digital nomad since start of the year>map out year through trv threads>blast for the first 6 months>go to Philippines get feel sick nearly every day from the smell of car exhaust, poop on side streets, constant lack of hygine>get really sick and leave after 1 month as it's as bad as what I imagine Detroit is like >over the past ~6 weeks have had nothing but feeling tired all the time not leaving my airbnb/hotel outside weekends>get depressed feeling like I am wasting the opportunities I have>decided to stop after Halloween festivals begin heading home>3 weeks later feeling more motivated, happy, and going back to the gym again>ready and eager to go back out but flight prices are mental right nowWhy didn't anyone tell me that having a 'home base' to return to is a normal part of this lifestyle? How do you keep yourselves motivated abroad? I feel trying to plan events each month around my travels would be the best bet.
>>2842322>see rent for 1100/mo >go in to see about 3-4 month lease>2200-2000/mo>decide to go to prefurnished place>all domestic violent and section 8 nogs>try airbnb month leases>every USA host has insane rules that make Chang or Po's rules seem reasonable while being expensive
>>2841886>hatw2cop?
Where can I DN in august that isn't hot as balls?
>>2852397Returning to America in February feels good? WTF, this is one of the worst times of the year to be stepping off the plane in America with nothing definite lined up. Hopefully you have some people you can stay with, or else you'll be blowing your money on motels & fast food at a dumpy highway interchange, trudging the cold streets with the down & outers while you wait for the temp agency to get back to you. Working without a car in most of America isn't even feasible.
>>2860083American SW is GOAT in feburary what are you on?
Doing a big road trip in the US mostly focused on outdoors shit but when I'm in SoCal I feel I can't pass up on LA so I want to spend maybe 4-5 days there.I want it to feel like I'm in a Mars Argo video or RHCP video and like the 1990s or early-2010s Lana del Rey vibes. Best way to do that? And just general shit to see and neighborhoods to visit? Any hidden gem hoods?
>>2859372Through other friends or work was always one of the best ways.
>>2859372They do if you jestermaxx and drive a strange car. Selfies, people asking about the car, and people asking if we were influencers and one tatted up chick who asked if it was a movie car.
>>2859202What can you do in Phoenix?
>>2859202>come to Phoenix bro, it's just like LAsaid no sane person, ever
>>2859477This shit is so lame.
I'm going with my momD1: Taipei (arrive at 5:20 AM so it's a full day)D2: TaipeiD3: Taipei (day trip to Jiufen and elsewhere depending on time)D4: TaipeiD5: Sun moon lakeD6: Sun Moon lakeD7: Alishan rec area (via private car from sun moon lake) SLEEP in Shizhuo tea hills areaComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Looks good, enough variety without moving house every day.>arrive at 5:20 AM so it's a full dayMake sure to account for the time difference, your mum might not be fully fit for the first two days.>JiufenCan be very crowded, just FYI.>Tainan/KaohsiungThey are close to each other so you can do them as day trips if you want to stay in one place longer.
I'm going to be in Buenos Aires for two weeks in January for a grad student exchange ...Is there any natural beauty or super cool thing you would recommend that can be visited in 1-3 days, over a weekend? I have like $45,000 debt racked up on a student line of credit so am on a budget, but can make sacrifices if need be Patagonia (e.g. Lago Argentino) is allegedly expensive and also far as fuck from Buenos Aires, so as much as I love hiking not sure how to make that worksame thing with the Iguazu Falls - it is in Misiones province which apparently has a large Polish population (cool!) but is remotealso, > tips on how not to get robbed for being a gringo
How is the public transport in Buenos Aires? And how common is English?
>>2859302i've never taken the subway in buenos aires because the Ubers were so cheap and ngl it looked kind of sketchy haha. but I did take the Tren de la Costa to Tigre on a weekday and it was actually very relaxing - it wasn't super fast and you can tell the wagons were like from the 90s but it got me where I needed to go. i fell asleep and napped on it on my way back to buenos aires and it was a very good nap >how common is Englishnobody knows english outside of a few tourist hotspots like the san telmo market, which actually makes this country a great filter against low-IQ NPC tourists. on the other hand, you do have to deal with some annoying and usually ugly Spanish-speaking south american tourists , but you take the good with the bad
>>2859343>sun shining down on ESMAyeeeeeeeeah
>>2848267>Two weeksIf you are only spending two weeks then don't waste it going to Jujuy or Patagonia for 2 days. It's not worth it. If you can extend your trip then yes a two week Jujuy road trip is worth it.Basically if you want a lttle trip away I would do Tigre.I can give you the number on whatsapp of the water taxi I used when I was there (otherwise you have to use the big bus boats which take a while). I had an air b n b and the owner let me use his kayaks (he lived near by) and it was awesome. My gf and I Just kayaked all night and looked up at the stars. Otherwise you can do guided kayak tours. But yeah weekend trips from BA are sort of limited.You could go to Montevideo or Colonia in Uruguay though And a third option is a tiny town like San Antonio de Areco.>tips on how not to get robbed for being a gringoComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2859302>how common is English?not common
My fiancee works in healthcare and got a 2 year contract offer in New Mexico. It’s decent money for her but I’d have to find a job. COL is low…is NM really as bad as everyone says? Her offer is about 20 miles outside of Albuquerque. We’d probably live in the Albuquerque area. Are we making a mistake?
>>2854855IDK if that's really true if you're anglo (as they call white people there) and not part of "NM culture." There are after all a ton of PhDs at the labs there. But I've also met people who describe moving out of NM as their main life accomplishment.
>>2853937There’s plenty of greenery in and around Albuquerque and Santa Fe
>>2853935If you’re 20s and don’t have kids, do it. If you have kids and/or you’re 30s, don’t do it.
Do not move to New Mexico. This state is a poor, poorly run disaster. https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/two-thirds-of-new-mexico-doctors-considering-leaving-the-state-report-finds/article_3499639e-3aa4-4325-b0dc-f02cf32a0f48.html
New Mexico as a state is actually GOATed and has a lot to offerABQ tho... you need to romanticize the grime in my opinion.
> tell someone back home that i traveled to a SEA country> "really? did you go with your family?"> "no i went alone haha"> "oh why did you go?"> "just for fun, to do some traveling :DDD"> "oh nice nice haha"FFS this has happened almost anytime i tell anyone that i went to SEA and I cant tell if they are trying to get me to say something like "for sex" or just genuinely curious. like if you were interested why not just ask how it went or if i did anything cool or some shit like that
>>2854301China and Laos are cooler
>tell someone from back home i used to live in japan>they automatically think im a pedophile every time
"I went to see the Angkor Wat"People who don't travel will never understand the appeal, so give them the least refutable reason. If you went to shot show, tell them work gave you a few hotel package for walking around in their tshirt. Vegas? Cheap hotels, hoover dam.Pataya? Went to the beach. Russia? Went to see the spiral church thing.
>>2854323I don't hear you denying it. Everyone i know who went to Japan was there child shopping and came back with some child-looking 20 year old gf they met in a shop.
>>2856184>Everyone?Whites aren't as popular in Japan as you might imagine.
