Screw. Inflation! February 2024 In Spain And France For Less Money Than 2023 🇪🇦🇫🇷

Here we go …

I made the final train reservations for our February 2024 trip to Spain and France on Friday. Everything’s booked—roundtrip flights from LA to Barcelona, lodging and intercity transportation. In a minute, we’ll list the total cost along with links back to the previous installments on planning this trip which help illustrate exactly how I did it.

Did what? Paid less for a month in Spain and France in 2024 than we did for a month in Spain and Italy in 2023.

But first … here’s what to expect from the newsletter during that trip.

7 posts from each of the seven cities we’re visiting (Barcelona, Girona, Montpelier, Lyon, Paris, Bordeaux and Toulouse) with urban and food photography, cost of living comparisons and general observations as they relate to Living The Semi-Retired Life.

10 posts that take a traditional personal finance or investing topic (think 401(k)s, financial planners, money market funds or accounts) and relate them to the non-traditional path you might be following or want to follow.

I plan to take actual grocery shopping trips in the US and do hypothetical trips to buy equivalent items in Spain and France to highlight differences in cost of living.

We had a lot of great content from Spain and Italy this past February. And we hope to do even better in less than four months!

This post — How To Afford Travel — was among the most popular.