Jeremy

Jeremy founded Living the Dream in 2008 to chronicle his long-term trip around Asia. Since then he has been on two long-term trips, visited 69 countries, and is just getting started. He is now on a Lifestyle Design quest to build businesses to pursue a life of travel.

Hilton Bonnet Creek Review – A Luxurious Disney Hotel Stay

For our weekend at Disney, we had a hard time deciding between staying at a full-fledged Disney resort or off-property for a discount. We opted to split the difference and use points to stay at the Hilton Bonnet Creek– an independently operated hotel that is located just off Disney property (but still close enough for a short drive to the parks).

As it turns out, we had a really nice stay at this one and some of the hotel’s amenities really made up for the fact that it was not an official Disney hotel!

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20 of the Best Korean Food and Drinks You Must Try

Korean food culture is seriously no joke. You may know about kimchi, barbecue, and bibimbap, but this country’s cuisine is as varied as it is vast.

During our visit to the country, we made it our mission to try a new item in almost every meal- and accomplishing this goal was quite easy. We are not exaggerating when we say you could eat out for two weeks without having the same thing twice other than banchan (included sides). We cannot make that claim in many countries!

To help you get an idea of what you should try when visiting this delicious country, this guide was born.

This one is set up to discuss the dishes themselves, but at the end of each section we give one or two restaurant recommendations where you can find a stellar iteration!

Be on the lookout for these dishes when eating through the country, or consider booking a food tour in Korea to taste many dishes as well!

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How to Visit Disney Without Spending a Lot of Money

When it comes to sharing spending reports when we travel, it would be one thing for us to simply say how much our trip was and be done with it. But we don’t believe that gives the full picture. To dive down deeper, we started this series about how to visit a destination for the bare minimum.

For those who are looking to visit Disney World without spending a lot of money we, unfortunately, have some bad news for you: this one is expensive.

Very expensive.

Our trip to Disney was among the most expensive on a per-day basis of any trip we’ve ever been on. While we splurged a fair bit, we have to say that the minimum spending you’ll have isn’t that great. This one breaks down those figures.

Note: All quoted figures are based on our visit to the park in late 2019. Disney prices change regularly. While we intend to update this post periodically to reflect current prices, please note that it is likely that quoted numbers may be different.

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How to Plan a Weekend Disney Vacation as Quickly as Possible

We always had a Disney vacation on our radar, but due to Angie’s travel schedule we had to make this one a last-minute impulse. By the time we ended up booking the vacation, we had just about one week to get all of the details put together for our three day Disney trip.

It was not fun.

As you will soon be made aware, the number of details that go into crafting the perfect Disney itinerary is massive. So massive that you could likely spend a year researching and still not get the perfect itinerary. But we only had a week, and we were in a rush.

So if you are in the same boat as us when putting together your Disney trip, we have a simple answer for you (especially if you do not have kids): give up control.

Seriously!

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