There’s a world of ways to travel through retirement.

The joy is figuring out what yours could look like.

There’s a world of ways to travel through retirement.

The joy is figuring out what yours could look like.

So, What Does Retirement Travel Look Like for You?

Is it about a month in one place, moving to another country, a few months overseas each year, selling everything and becoming a slow nomad, maybe finally taking that bucket-list adventure. Or mixing it all together?

Retirement gives us all something we’ve rarely had before: more than just freedom to choose where we travel, freedom to choose how we travel.

At Next Stop Retirement, we’re exploring those possibilities. Discovering what works for us, sharing what we learn, and hopefully helping you think about what might work for you.

About Us

We’re Dean and Pauline, an Aussie couple who’ve been travelling together for more than 30 years — and as retirement gets closer, we’ve found ourselves thinking about travel in a completely different way.

We’re no longer just asking where should we go next? We’re exploring how we want to travel in this next chapter of our lives.

Next Stop Retirement is where we share the places we discover, the different ways of travelling we explore, and the lessons we learn along the way — including the times things don’t quite go according to plan.

We don’t have all the answers. But we’re having a great time asking the questions.

About Us

We’re Dean and Pauline, an Aussie couple who’ve been travelling together for more than 30 years — and as retirement gets closer, we’ve found ourselves thinking about travel in a completely different way.

We’re no longer just asking where should we go next? We’re exploring how we want to travel in this next chapter of our lives.

Next Stop Retirement is where we share the places we discover, the different ways of travelling we explore, and the lessons we learn along the way — including the times things don’t quite go according to plan.

We don’t have all the answers. But we’re having a great time asking the questions.

Where would you like to start?

What the places we visit are teaching us about how we want to travel in retirement — including the lessons we didn’t expect.

Our honest guides and trip reports from the places we’ve explored — with the practical details and the bits that surprised us.

Practical thinking for over-50 travel: how to pace a trip, what’s worth spending on, and getting more from the time you have.

The destination is the setting.

The lesson is the story.

Every place we visit teaches us something: about the kind of travellers we actually are, what matters more as the years pass, and what we want the next trip to look like. These are the lessons we’re learning on the road to retirement, and beyond.

The destination is the setting.

The lesson is the story.

Every place we visit teaches us something: about the kind of travellers we actually are, what matters more as the years pass, and what we want the next trip to look like. These are the lessons we’re learning on the road to retirement, and beyond.

Practical thinking

For travellers over 50

The things we’ve worked out about pacing, planning, what’s worth spending on and what saves money without sacrificing anything that actually matters.

Practical thinking

For travellers over 50

The things we’ve worked out about pacing, planning, what’s worth spending on and what saves money without sacrificing anything that actually matters.

We’re figuring this out together

Why not join us?

Some of the best travel lessons don’t come from guidebooks. They come from other people who’ve tried something, changed their minds, or discovered an option they hadn’t considered.

We’re building a community for curious people approaching or living in retirement who believe travel still has plenty to teach them. Right now that conversation is happening in our Facebook group, and we’d love you to be part of it.

We’re figuring this out together

Why not join us?

Some of the best travel lessons don’t come from guidebooks. They come from other people who’ve tried something, changed their minds, or discovered an option they hadn’t considered.

We’re building a community for curious people approaching or living in retirement who believe travel still has plenty to teach them. Right now that conversation is happening in our Facebook group, and we’d love you to be part of it.

Watch us figure it out

You can find us on Youtube

The blog is where we work through the thinking. The videos are where you can actually watch it happen — the places, the moments, the conversations that don’t quite fit into a written post. Come and see what we’re finding.

Watch us figure it out

You can find us on Youtube

The blog is where we work through the thinking. The videos are where you can actually watch it happen — the places, the moments, the conversations that don’t quite fit into a written post. Come and see what we’re finding.

We'd been telling people for years that Kuala Lumpur was our favourite city in Asia. Returning after 12 years taught us something unexpected — not about the city, but about ourselves and the way we travel.

Read the blog post about this: https://nextstopretirement.com/what-kuala-lumpur-taught-us-about-travelling-without-kids/

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OUR TRAVEL RESOURCES
🏨 Accommodation: https://booking.tpk.lv/PFKto25K
🎟️ Tours & experiences: https://klook.tpk.lv/F05Yqlyi
🚗 Road Trip Car Hire: https://discovercars.tpk.lv/fCmR7Oja
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MORE FROM NEXT STOP RETIREMENT
🌏 Explore the blog: https://nextstopretirement.com
💬 Join our retirement travel community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nextstopretirement

ABOUT NEXT STOP RETIREMENT
There’s a world of ways to travel through retirement. The joy is figuring out what yours could look like.

We’re Dean and Pauline, an Australian couple exploring the many ways travel can fit into retirement — and sharing what we learn along the way.

Chapters
00:00 We're back in Kuala Lumpur
01:26 We arrived with a plan
02:19 Why our first visit was special
03:25 How the second visit felt different
04:46 I finally realised what had changed
06:43 How we changed our outlook
07:50 What we hoped to learn about our future travels from revisiting KL
08:39 Did KL live up to our memories? And the 2 things we learned

AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE
Some links in this description are affiliate links. If you book or purchase through them, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products and services we believe are relevant to our travels and audience.

We'd been telling people for years that Kuala Lumpur was our favourite city in Asia. Returning after 12 years taught us something unexpected — not about the city, but about ourselves and the way we travel.

OUR TRAVEL RESOURCES
🏨 Accommodation: https://booking.tpk.lv/PFKto25K
🎟️ Tours & experiences: https://klook.tpk.lv/F05Yqlyi
🚗 Road Trip Car Hire: https://discovercars.tpk.lv/fCmR7Oja
📱 eSIM / connectivity: https://www.klook.com/wifi-sim-card/?

MORE FROM NEXT STOP RETIREMENT
🌏 Explore the blog: https://nextstopretirement.com
💬 Join our retirement travel community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nextstopretirement

ABOUT NEXT STOP RETIREMENT
There’s a world of ways to travel through retirement. The joy is figuring out what yours could look like.

We’re Dean and Pauline, an Australian couple exploring the many ways travel can fit into retirement — and sharing what we learn along the way.

Chapters
00:00 We're back in Kuala Lumpur
01:26 We arrived with a plan
02:19 Why our first visit was special
03:25 How the second visit felt different
04:46 I finally realised what had changed
06:43 How we changed our outlook
07:50 What we hoped to learn about our future travels from revisiting KL
08:39 Did KL live up to our memories? And the 2 things we learned

AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE
Some links in this description are affiliate links. If you book or purchase through them, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products and services we believe are relevant to our travels and audience.

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Returning to Kuala Lumpur Taught Us Something We Never Expected

Where we’ve been

And what they taught us

The destinations are the settings for the experiments. Here’s where we’ve explored — with the lessons those places taught us.

Where we’ve been

And what they taught us

The destinations are the settings for the experiments. Here’s where we’ve explored — with the lessons those places taught us.