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Stephanie Barry-Woods from StephMyLife on how to travel the world on a shoestring

As far as aspirational lifestyles go, Stephanie Barry Woods is ticking all the boxes. In spite of looking as accessible as having all your teeth replaced with diamonds, a chat with Stephanie reveals it’s actually quite the opposite.

Cork-born Stephanie and her husband were in £40,000 worth of debt (mostly accrued from Tim’s student loans in the UK) when they decided to start saving to travel. They set themselves a goal: Clear the debt, and save €100,000, not an easy feat whilst living in London on a wage of about £40,000-£50,000 each.

“A lot of people skip meals and drinks but they don’t even know how many subscriptions they have. We saved so much money swapping utility providers. We started a budget for groceries and entertainment.”

Stephanie and Tim didn’t want to scrimp on their social life since they’d be leaving their friends and family behind.

“It didn’t make…

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