An Irish Travel Blog
By a Full-Time Traveling Couple
Cost-effective travel, honest experiences, and expert travel guides to Ireland, Asia, Australia and beyond.
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” — Mary Oliver
Join Kevin & Kate, a full-time travelling couple from Ireland on their adventure around the world, sharing honest experiences, budget travel tips, and plenty of Irish craic along the way!
Read Our Full StoryAbout Happy Irish Wanderers
We’re Kevin and Kate, full-time travel couple from Ireland, exploring the world since 2022. We love planning our own itineraries, from epic overland journeys to multi-month explorations, discovering hidden gems and iconic sights along the way. Some of our highlights so far are:
- Cairo to Cape Town overland adventure by public transport – 9-month East Africa
- 3 months backpacking Central Asia – Uzbekistan, Tajikistan & The Pamir Highway, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan
- 30-day China by train itinerary – Self-planned journey from Beijing to Hong Kong
- 4-month India itinerary: Jaisalmer to the living root bridges in Meghalaya, via Nepal
- The extended South East Asia “Banana Pancake itinerary” – Hanoi to Bali
- A complete lap of Australia campervan road trip
- And of course, lots of travel to the best destinations in Ireland!
We focus on providing expert travel insights for all these destinations, offering itineraries, travel tips, and honest insights you can only get from truly knowing these countries inside out.
Allow us to help you plan your own journey with confidence by combining travel budget strategies with touches of luxury, so you can stretch your money further while still enjoying the very best each destination has to offer.
Through our real travel stories, first-hand destination guides and practical travel tips, we bring you the highs, the mishaps, and everything in between that comes with full-time travel around the world — always with a bit of Irish humour.
Top Budget Travel Tips
Want to know how we saved enough money to travel the world full-time? Here’s our tried-and-true list of effective, no-nonsense budget-friendly travel tips for couples to kick-start your journey.
- Simple, practical ways to save daily while travelling
- Budgeting without missing out on fun experiences
- How to stretch your travel funds further with proven strategies
- Real stories and lessons from our own travel experiences
Support Our Journey
We pour our hearts into writing travel content and sharing our world adventures.
If you find our content helpful or simply enjoy following along, then please consider buying us a refreshing pint to support us!
Buy Us a Beer 🍺Sláinte, and thanks a million for your support!
Kevin & Kate
