Countdown to India - our move is getting real!

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00:01:23: Hello and welcome to the podcast today.

00:01:25: I'm your host Emma Lovell, And i am excited because in two-and a half weeks...I AM GOING TO INDIA!

00:01:33: You might have heard me talking about it.

00:01:35: um you might say yeah you've been before emma but this is actually my longest trip in India.

00:01:42: Um..i did say we were moving and honestly originally It was gonna be six months.

00:01:47: then it's going to four months.

00:01:49: The way the world has worked out, it's going to be two and a half months.

00:01:51: But that's a long time!

00:01:53: It's a lot of times as family is being away for too long And we really will you know... Be living there.

00:02:00: We are packing up our house.

00:02:02: so all these photos and things behind me if your watching this video Will be packing those things away Our personal items and getting the house ready As if its an Airbnb.

00:02:13: We have people coming stay With our cat having a holiday like lots of things that we've had to put in place uh, In order to get ready for this trip.

00:02:23: So I wanted To go through a bit more Of that today because We are getting A lot of questions and one of the biggest Questions i get is Are you in india now or have You already been?

00:02:30: no?

00:02:31: I announced This a few months ago Because i wanted to tell people That it was coming up.

00:02:35: i wanted To prepare People that we wouldn't be here.

00:02:37: i also Wanted to make sure people knew that um our home Was available too.

00:02:42: Uh rent out And that Also if people were interested in meeting Up with us in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal or Bhutan.

00:02:49: Well we won't be in Sri Lanka or Bhutana but the company I work with Indus Bound who is my travel partner of almost ten years will be celebrating ten years in January.

00:02:58: they've been around for longer that i've been part of the business for nearly ten years which is crazy.

00:03:03: um more than half of my business life which is just wild anyway.

00:03:08: um They worked there.

00:03:10: so we will be visiting India.

00:03:11: We'll also be going to Nepal during this trip and exploring a lot more of India.

00:03:17: So why India?

00:03:21: I do like to answer these one because people are, it's pretty wild in Outrageous.

00:03:25: if you've known me for any sort amount of time You'll know that i love india very much.

00:03:28: It is my favorite country In the world!

00:03:30: I have tattoo on My arm.

00:03:31: That says Atiti Devo Bhava means guest Is God And its kind of an unspoken motto Of India.

00:03:38: so Guest Is God meaning they welcome The Guest.

00:03:44: incredible experiences of my life over there.

00:03:46: So it feels like a second home to me, so whilst it feels And I just felt like we needed an adventure so my husband had applied for a job earlier in the year and might have meant moving overseas, it didn't work out.

00:04:05: Well i'm not gonna go back to business as usual.

00:04:08: This month is October.

00:04:10: We celebrated ten years on The Gold Coast.

00:04:12: Everything's ten years.

00:04:13: this was a bit crazy but only realising now.

00:04:15: So we need to celebrate Ten Years On The Gold Coast.

00:04:18: We've been at our home, owned this house For eight years.

00:04:21: this month My Husband got the Job at SeaWorld and we moved up.

00:04:26: And he started a few days later around the seventeenth of October, so sixteenth of October I think we moved out.

00:04:32: um So it's been ten years.

00:04:35: He's been at Sea World Ten Years on The Gold Coast eight years in this home like It just goes so fast!

00:04:43: Its wild Um...and so its like.

00:04:45: if nothing changes Nothing Changes.

00:04:47: We feel very grounded At Home and wonderful here.

00:04:50: Why not go have an adventure?

00:04:53: Yes, it means my son will be out of school.

00:04:55: so but now because its a shorter time he's only going to miss five weeks.

00:05:00: He is thriving and doing great there.

00:05:03: I'm making him an activity book that we'll do based around India.

00:05:08: got the idea from Bali which i am gonna buy as well fun fact for go to Bali on the way not in my bingo card And then we've got a few other books around India.

00:05:22: that, because we have been before.

00:05:24: We've actually been twice as a family.

00:05:25: so I have been eighteen times and the longest time ever spent there was two months.

00:05:30: So in twenty twelve i spend two month's their doing the pleasure thing MCing a conference, the Air Cargo India Conference in Mumbai going to weddings of friends.

00:05:42: Going skiing and Gulmag in Kashmir.

00:05:46: Going to visit a charity near Chennai in the south of India I was visited a room to read which is an organisation that started in Nepal and i went and read two children in Dharamsala, the mountain area there.

00:06:04: I made friends...I did overnight buses!

00:06:08: I stayed in hostels.. I stayed five star hotels.... I stayed at friend's homes..... I went to incredible engagement parties and receptions Just wherever the wind took me, I did a ten day vipassana which is a silent meditation.

00:06:28: and I was there for two months, so yeah this is going to be the longest time i've ever been in India which is really exciting.

00:06:33: And look forward to many more!

00:06:35: The funny thing is we'll get home end of Jan then start back at school...and on the second of March I'm heading conference and exhibition.

00:06:51: And so that is, um... That will be on again in March uh.. In Delhi.

00:06:56: So this'll be my third time being the emcee The co-anchor who I work with a local anchor as well which is awesome!

00:07:04: Um....so it'd be really fun to do that and then i will be doing another recce after that With one of my gorgeous clients Nikki Ellis whose retreat we will be intending in November.

00:07:15: December.

00:07:16: We'll be joining her first ever retreat, which I've helped her as a Retreat Consultant.

00:07:21: It's been really fun!

00:07:22: She has got her second retreat booked for November twenty-twenty seven in India.

00:07:26: so if you are interested get it because she is already getting bookings.

00:07:30: but we will going to recce some new areas and experience of things.

00:07:34: And i might even do a little fortieth girls trip Because In Twenty-Twenty Seven this girl is turning forty.

00:07:41: So Of course I would have an Indian Trip As part.

00:07:46: I might work on that as well.

00:07:48: Anywho, let's talk about this trip.

00:07:49: um i did have a little bit of a cry on Monday and a freak out.

00:07:55: uh not a freakout but just like a reality check of like...I was talking to my assistant and I said it's three weeks yesterday so we need to start preparing.

00:08:04: what does the business look like?

00:08:06: What things do we need put in

00:08:07: place?".

00:08:07: And I've been batching some emails.

00:08:12: We didn't do things like.

00:08:16: we'll probably put an out of office on just in case, certainly on weekends.

00:08:21: Because I don't know yet what my capacity is going to be and if you heard the last podcast episode then understand that i'm very mindful about it while my team will continue.

00:08:29: things there are... how settled we're going to be in that sort of thing, so I just want it open.

00:08:37: So as much content especially newsletters and social media posts like always on business stuff making sure you know what were doing or upto will be batched.

00:08:48: then make a content plan for every week podcast every week and newsletter to you, I really want to take you along the journey.

00:08:56: And i hope you'll come with me um and enjoy that of what it's like in real time.

00:09:00: doing this so...I do think there is a book in the future!

00:09:04: Certainly part of a book.

00:09:05: Um..i do have on my cards we had The Art Of Pleasure.

00:09:08: There will be an art of retreats ,and there will be another art of travelling with children.

00:09:13: So uh traveling with kids?

00:09:15: um well they've got big stamp on their front says don't but no i'm joking I'm very excited to be doing that, so all of those things.

00:09:22: So i really should have made myself an agenda um...to go through.

00:09:26: why did i cry?

00:09:27: because it is just real and there's not a plan anymore.

00:09:31: the flights are booked um..and so the nerves kicked in as like at the reality.

00:09:35: but i'm not going to be my hour!

00:09:37: Not gonna be here for seventy five days and him as a boyfriend, the longest time I've been away from Australia is eight weeks and The longest time my son's been away for Australia was five weeks.

00:09:57: But before that...I lived overseas for thirteen months so i did a season in Canada.

00:10:03: I lived in Mexico and studied exchange And right Before I met My partner who now my husband?

00:10:12: I Did four months overseas traveling UK, USA all around Europe.

00:10:19: So this is kind of normal for me but it's a bit different when you're taking your husband and child along too.

00:10:26: You are living arrangements so your galavanting has to be a little bit different.

00:10:30: But we've tried still have some openness in that My husband and I sat down on Friday morning last week because the flights aren't booked!

00:10:39: When were going?

00:10:41: and the flights are going up.

00:10:42: And I had been speaking with a travel agent, i've been looking at myself... It's just gonna go up-and-up-and up!

00:10:49: The route wasn't as simple as it usually is.... It is peak time for India.

00:10:54: November to January.

00:10:56: that is wedding season so a lot of people coming from Australia going back for weddings not so much the other way but like.

00:11:04: well there's a lot more people coming in going.. It's also their best travel months because its winter India is hot and hotter, so it's just not quite as hot.

00:11:13: It's like really nice to travel cold at night in some areas but hotter or warmer on the day.

00:11:19: So there are a lot of people coming and going.

00:11:23: We had pushed the trip back couple times.

00:11:26: I originally thought we'd be going in October.

00:11:28: Then i got offered a speaking gig And that was good to do.

00:11:32: Okay well go after The Day After.

00:11:34: So we had booked planned for eighth November and potentially stay longer.

00:11:40: We really think it's important to be back for the first week of school.

00:11:43: For my son if It was like Over-the-terms in the middle of the year, wouldn't matter.

00:11:48: but because it is that coming back after Christmas break?

00:11:52: It's kind of a good time to come back.

00:11:53: so we decided Come make sure way back in time.

00:11:58: Anyway, I would just sat down and we were really and we did use chat to BT And we just went through.

00:12:03: I've done really important work this year with an incredible.

00:12:07: What does she want?

00:12:08: I don't wish it was colors of like a finance money manager.

00:12:12: Anyway, her name is Jane Tweedale.

00:12:13: She's been incredible helping me with my bookkeeping and just getting a system going for my business expenses.

00:12:19: We've cut a lot of things out.

00:12:21: we'd just have such an organized understanding now Of when things come out where they go this great little spreadsheet in the note.

00:12:28: It's awesome.

00:12:29: I mean should be like Business One-O-One but it's not.

00:12:32: And things change all the time.

00:12:34: But we've worked on that a lot together.

00:12:36: so decided to like apply that to our home finances.

00:12:39: and whilst we have done a spreadsheet of few years ago, We haven't been updating it.

00:12:43: And things change so often.

00:12:46: So It was how much money do we have?

00:12:50: What's the reserves?

00:12:51: what is the emergency fund... ...what are decisions we need make and actually coming in.. ..and going out?

00:12:59: When you're talking about two months away and trying to make budget there's all these hypotheticals, but when you've only got three weeks to go.

00:13:08: You're like well we know the known expenses and we know what we need to spend.

00:13:12: And When it came to us Like really?

00:13:14: We just need to get the flights in the accommodation booked.

00:13:17: The other thing is because I have my business partner In India.

00:13:20: they are a travel company.

00:13:21: um...we Have an arrangement There where They're going To be Covering A lot of our sort Of bigger costs In india.

00:13:29: That's Just Through experience and things like that.

00:13:32: So what we needed initially was our Airbnb?

00:13:34: Um, so yeah I have a business arranging with them.

00:13:39: That's just get there!

00:13:47: Book the airbnb for first few weeks then two weeks of travel which is all Sorted and organized through the retreat with Nikki Through Nicky's her essential being retreat.

00:13:58: We've already got that planned.

00:13:59: staying with friends in Mumbai looks like now we might go to Chennai.

00:14:02: There was a big special event on for Australia there And then will probably get into Paul.

00:14:06: so he sort of knew that middle bit, and that was That's all kind of organised.

00:14:10: It was just the first few weeks, and I wanted to keep it super open.

00:14:13: So you're gonna be in Delhi.

00:14:14: our base will be.

00:14:15: deli will come back from Delhi, I also have wonderful friends in Mumbai.

00:14:19: so we'll go this first time or probably might try and get to Mumbai another time as well during our trip.

00:14:24: We will see how things go...I feel like the times going really fast even though we had so much time!

00:14:31: So it was just getting the flights booked.

00:14:32: but when were looking at them they're very expensive and not good routes And i played around a little bit of flight jenga and ended up spotting was like we could go by a Bali or Vietnam, Philippines on Malaysia.

00:14:46: Or I don't know.

00:14:46: some of the routes were like you have to stop in Bali and then you'd go to Singapore with Bali than Vietnam somewhere?

00:14:51: And iI was like oh so because Bali kept popping up.

00:14:53: I went well why don't we do a return to Bali... ...and then a Bali-to India Return!

00:14:58: I had friends who go from India to Bali often and it's like there must be direct flights.. ..And then Virgin Australia popped up who if you know I'm a platinum frequent flyer member.

00:15:10: um The flight was out of the Gold Coast because I was like, well if we're only going to Asia.

00:15:15: We might be able fly outta the gold coast it's weak and flyout of Brisbane which is an international airport but Gold Coast now also has International as certainly for Bali.

00:15:24: And where there's the lounge?

00:15:26: the lounge, Virgin Lounge there whereas at Brisbane Airport we don't.

00:15:30: And it meant that we could fly out on a Sunday night so Matt can work on Sunday and leave on a Saturday night to have extra time.

00:15:38: It was pretty crazy because an astrologer told me I would go in November but I thought I'd be better off going on the sixteenth because then Matthew gets to work.

00:15:45: But now i'm flying out of the Gold Coast.

00:15:47: So we booked that!

00:15:49: I booked flex fares which means also got my frequent flyer bonus for business class upgrades a year on a flex ticket.

00:15:57: Now unfortunately for Matt and Finn, they only had one seat available in each plane.

00:16:02: so I'm sure Finn will come sit on my lap and i'm sure Matt and I we'll swap at some point as long as they let us.

00:16:10: but you know may as well take the perk otherwise they'll disappear.

00:16:13: um So I am getting that awesome bonus.

00:16:17: uh.

00:16:19: And then We're gonna spend a night in Bali.

00:16:22: so that was not on the bingo card or plan but because of like it's at ten thirty.

00:16:26: And this is thing with all connections, we'll probably end up stopping.

00:16:30: where would you like to stop?

00:16:32: I'd love to go to Philippines visit my VA and see her next year as proper trip... Or do we go to Vietnam?

00:16:42: I've been talking to a friend of mine who likes to get back there again But then Bali came up and it was just easier to do a return-return.

00:16:53: So, uh... And on the way back we were going spend two nights three days!

00:16:58: I keep saying if you're planning your trip to Bali just keep it simple.

00:17:01: It is beautiful place.

00:17:04: Just have nazi goreng Coconut water.

00:17:08: Enjoy the lovely hospitality of the wonderful Balinese people.

00:17:11: Get some cheap massages.

00:17:12: Take advantage at The Kids Club in the pool or hotel.

00:17:15: That's it.

00:17:16: And because I'm a very high member on the bookings.com website, and i am a genius level three sounds amazing...I got free upgrade with one hundred dollars to a garden suite.

00:17:29: so we have like a living room in our hotel.

00:17:31: it's five minutes from the airport.

00:17:32: in kuta.

00:17:33: some people are like oh kuna blah i'm driving five minutes form your from the Airport and being in your hotel, especially after an overnight flight.

00:17:41: The flight is at twelve twenty AM out of India which a lot of the flights are coming back this way unfortunately.

00:17:47: so we may not have slept very well.

00:17:49: We get to drive five minutes And we're in our hotel on holiday relaxing with the kids club.

00:17:55: Thank you very much because Finn will sleep Matt and I won't or Not Well Anywho.

00:18:03: So we'll have to do visas.

00:18:04: That's the only new sense is with two visas and entry card.

00:18:06: so it does add a little bit more expense but We also get to stretch the expense.

00:18:10: This is the thing about booking travel hotels you can book.

00:18:13: I use bookings calm.

00:18:14: You don't have to pay till right near the event.

00:18:18: You're spending money, you don't spend until you get there?

00:18:20: You've got a plan.

00:18:20: if he could don't spent it But flights which has huge expense.

00:18:25: Now for us as a family It's close to six thousand dollars.

00:18:28: You have to spend that money before you go And you have to send it when you're ready to book.

00:18:33: And that's just a cost, so it was just looming.

00:18:38: we had there and now they booked Indigo which is an Indian airline.

00:18:42: I've signed up as member for them because internally in India basically always use Indigo So kind of bummed.

00:18:49: i didn't sign-up like five years ago because I fly internally a couple times every trip.

00:18:55: So we could have been earning points, but any who signed up need my husband and so will be earning point.

00:19:00: We'll be flying from Bali to Delhi.

00:19:03: Just one night in Bali on the way there staying at The Novitel.

00:19:07: it's literally in the airport But its lovely.

00:19:10: with that booking hundred twenty eight dollars!

00:19:13: We get lounge access.

00:19:16: once you go back into the airport can literally walk there for five minutes at ten thirty at night and then we leave it eleven thirty next day.

00:19:24: Perfect!

00:19:27: And on the way back to hotel is two nights, two hundred sixty seven dollars for three hours.

00:19:31: I was just like... It's so good!

00:19:35: So yeah that we get.. Then i've booked an Airbnb in Delhi.

00:19:38: there was one that kept kind of coming up.

00:19:39: a few that came out but looked nice ended up....I read some other reviews showing photos that weren't quite true.

00:19:49: I'm gonna try and get my colleague to go visit the place.

00:19:51: so there is a benefit of working with a travel company in having people on the ground, but i know this area well.

00:19:56: it's called horse castes and its HAUSKHAZ.

00:20:02: Its like really funky boutique cosmopolitan area.

00:20:06: also got ancient monuments heritage listed monuments and buildings around it.

00:20:12: It's got a lake called Deer Lake, its like a little forest.

00:20:15: And then this kind of little... I don't know.

00:20:20: Little area that is apartments and restaurants and rooftop bars and cafes and little shops and little tattoo shops all these funky stuff.

00:20:30: No cars are allowed in the village areas.

00:20:33: So i wanted some way we could walk around comfortably.

00:20:36: The other benefits?

00:20:37: I have friends who leave ten fifteen minutes away.

00:20:40: So it's kind of like South Delhi and I would highly recommend that area, but i'll share more once we're there.

00:20:46: um...I have been here in and so it was like okay..i know the air i know what it looks like!

00:20:50: And especially for Matt just to be able to walk down the road and get a coffee when he feels like it?

00:20:55: But were gonna have this full-blown two bedroom apartment.

00:20:58: Looks like a

00:20:58: mansion!!

00:20:59: It is

00:20:59: crazy!!!

00:21:00: Um....and so we booked out through Airbnb.

00:21:03: I usually use bookings dot com ,but it was three hundred dollars.

00:21:07: we're just going to do save all the perks.

00:21:09: The other thing that is when I use bookings dot com, i've probably mentioned it before giving you all my hacks here are used shot back.

00:21:16: so go via shopback does meant record this.

00:21:20: um any who?

00:21:21: Um I go through shot back.

00:21:25: So You got a shot back first.

00:21:29: sometimes It's like five percent for bookings.com sometimes it's twelve percent.

00:21:34: they've also got things like Viator, a bunch of other agoda and all these different hotel websites Expedia but I find that ilikebooking.com from my genius level.

00:21:45: But you're getting ten-twelve per cent on your bookings.

00:21:49: so even our Bali Bookings we are getting fifty dollars back on hundred twenty eight and two hundred sixty seven dollars.

00:21:57: But it's so nice because you go in stay, then get a bit of money back from your holiday for doing one extra step.

00:22:02: So I count that as income.

00:22:04: Thank You very much.

00:22:05: We bought a suitcase the other day.

00:22:06: we're gonna get six dollars back.

00:22:08: every little bit counts right?

00:22:12: And...so Then..we have five year visas.

00:22:15: Visas are planned will have to do an entry card both for Bali & India.

00:22:19: The entry cards usually within the seventy-two hours vaccinations, I'm all up to date.

00:22:25: I was only there in March.

00:22:27: Matt and Finn need No, not their visas they're vaccinations.

00:22:36: So that's something that's important.

00:22:38: I don't know what else to plan.

00:22:39: okay the house there's so much to tell you That was a big.

00:22:44: yeah It was really really lovely having the conversation with Matt talking about all the finances and just kind of being like ok we ready to do this.

00:22:51: We have made our home available for short-term rentals.

00:22:56: fingers crossed for us.

00:22:58: There's girl who is starting a job and might take the place for five weeks, which would be incredible.

00:23:05: But I've had other inquiries for two weeks in three weeks before that period, which is crazy and awesome!

00:23:11: We have three separate bookings for three weeks but we still have some weeks available in January and December including the Christmas week.

00:23:18: so if you are interested in a Gold Coast holiday at a very reasonable rate please do send me an email.

00:23:22: emmeratmlovel.au.

00:23:24: You'll see the social post on my Instagram or if we are connected on Facebook, I've done a post there.

00:23:29: but otherwise send me a note and i will give you all the details for that.

00:23:34: But as part of that um We just have to make sure...we have our friend who's going to be helping with the key Cleaning?

00:23:41: We're sort of asking people to do their best but we would do have a cleaner available Um As well as a lovely friend who said she can come in and reset the house If we need it.

00:23:50: And then um We'll just be packing away our personal things.

00:23:55: so I don't want to strip it completely bare.

00:23:58: but like you know these thingy don't even think about all the medicines.

00:24:01: i'm not gonna leave those out.

00:24:03: Food will take anything.

00:24:04: that's long life too.

00:24:06: my in-laws have a holiday house and we're taking things over there.

00:24:10: um... You know, basic tea sugar milk stuff not milk, we can't leave milk.

00:24:18: We could live long life in the cupboard for them which would be nice!

00:24:21: I'm going to leave some toiletries out in the bathrooms and obviously make sure that towels are all available.

00:24:26: but there's a bunch of toiletries you have in your bathroom like stuff as back stock or fragrances.

00:24:35: so... The biggest part will be packing up our entire wardrobe.

00:24:40: So all three of our wardrobes i want to take.. i wanna make pretty much clear apart from the top, top shelf.

00:24:46: So and we will be... We have one room in our house that'll be locking so things will go in there.

00:24:52: but we're very fortunate!

00:24:54: We have my in-laws place so we will take things over.

00:24:57: um..so I'm not worried And honestly The valuables are pretty much going to be with us.

00:25:02: Um But you know?

00:25:05: We will making sure valuables uh In the other house.

00:25:09: so don't worry at all.

00:25:11: Everyone is really someone through out network overly worried.

00:25:15: We have a lovely neighbour downstairs who's offered to have a key, we have wonderful friends who all live within five minutes.

00:25:21: so anything that is wrong with... and also has the property manager.

00:25:24: where you live in an AirBnb apartment it isn't an air bnb So yeah but its just interesting.

00:25:31: when you start looking around your house things are like oh gosh I've got to pack them up!

00:25:37: And i'm sort of this weird limbo about what if we hit October?

00:25:44: life is still going on.

00:25:46: Matt's still working, I'm still working...I'll be working well in my way and Finn has got school.

00:25:51: so there are things we need to do normally.

00:25:53: but then i also just kind of want to pack up and go.

00:25:57: and that was where it got upset on Monday because like..i am not here yet!

00:26:01: And once were there ill feel fine cause whats done its done.

00:26:04: But while we're here all the what ifs have gotta do this or that some things can't do And so you sort of in again this limbo.

00:26:14: So it's an interesting Headspace to be and there's in between but trying to take each day as it comes and not get overwhelmed, and certainly with the business things like I said i'm trying to batch content um so that i'm not feeling pressured while on there and Then try to think about what is a realistic strategy for me?

00:26:35: So I think I can commit to a podcast a week.

00:26:38: I will commit to at least one reel a week telling you what's going on, carousels of photos.

00:26:45: I think sometimes like overthink... Like i'm not committing to which I have done in the past.

00:26:48: going a real day.

00:26:50: it's just too much and my wonderful friend Sally Prosso recently did The Camino and she did a reel every single day!

00:26:56: And I was just like hats off because it is-it takes time um..and sometimes like it's a big day and you're like I don't even know where to start in terms of highlights.

00:27:07: so Commit to anything other than a podcast week and an email-a-week letting you know what's going on And then socials kind of just.

00:27:17: You know I might be spamming some days because there are awesome things happening, and i might not feel like showing up by the day.

00:27:22: So I'm Just gonna see how we go.

00:27:25: My wonderful business retreat me happy.

00:27:28: We are in the final week Of The founding membership so that is also feeling Like a little bit of pressure for Me.

00:27:35: It's the founding member.

00:27:36: rates end on the thirty first of October.

00:27:38: So if you are interested in as a retreat host, a retreat supplier or venue I do think this is a great time to join.

00:27:45: but The world continues.

00:27:48: on the first of November that business will continue and continued to grow.

00:27:53: But when your in sales campaign week it feels like ah.

00:27:56: so i've kind about these two deadlines looming.

00:27:59: for me nobody else worries about, but for our family and from my business it feels like a lot.

00:28:06: So I'm just trying to lighten up with that and know the business will continue.

00:28:12: so what can we do before we go?

00:28:15: Awesome!

00:28:16: And what has to be done before you go?

00:28:18: certainly things around the house have been done But anything digitally online phone calls...I'll be doing this there or using my Australian number on the Wi-Fi because I do not want to be paying roaming.

00:28:35: That will end up being crazy, it's five dollars a day.

00:28:38: so we just don't really need to spending that much extra money.

00:28:42: It is not like a crazy amount but its unnecessary.

00:28:45: So if you need it then turn it on.

00:28:46: otherwise wi-fi awesome and might be nice switch off occasionally.

00:28:51: But also i'll have an Indian SIM while were there Also arranging ill having bank card through my company over there, so I'll be able to use the Bank of India or Indian bank.

00:29:06: So that will help us a lot.

00:29:07: otherwise we just used credit card.

00:29:09: um i know We try to keep things really simple.

00:29:13: So I hope i've covered a lot of things about how we're preparing, Things that you might need to think about or consider if you were planning To do an extended travel Or even live somewhere else.

00:29:23: Obviously If we are living for longer there would be other things.

00:29:26: and if You worried About the cat The Cat is going through.

00:29:28: my beautiful cat charlotte Is Going to stay with A girl from matthew's work.

00:29:32: She has two cats herself she Has An outdoor category area so he'll get to play outside but inside because we want to protect wildlife, and she's a vet nurse.

00:29:42: So if he does have any anxiety or stress or medical requirements, um...she is very well placed to do that.

00:29:48: so I did-did have a cry on Monday because i feel like a bad pet mummy leaving him.

00:29:53: but also..we've had in our life for eight of seven years.

00:29:58: We give him a very good life!

00:30:01: He will be just fine.

00:30:04: We have to do this and then we'll be coming back home to cuddle him.

00:30:07: If we were moving more permanently I would want to take him, so that would be a whole nother consideration we'd have to work on.

00:30:14: but yeah!

00:30:15: i think thats alot of the planning done.

00:30:17: So it feels like weird...I probably need a checklist.

00:30:21: um..i will get a packing list going because ive got things covered Timbuktu.

00:30:29: We're not going to, yes we'll go the mountains but anyway that we can't buy things.

00:30:34: and as much is it's annoying to have something you already have at home?

00:30:39: I guess me having to shopping in India.

00:30:41: so... You know..I'm not gonna pack crazily because its very much a modern world over there where we can buy what we need!

00:30:52: So yeah i will probably do an update next week And in terms of working with me, I'll be available for consulting calls.

00:31:01: So coaching calls and consulting calls whilst I'm there.

00:31:05: the time zone is five hours difference.

00:31:22: you know, if you wanted to do a trip in the future to India Sri Lanka and Nepal.

00:31:29: Bhutan.

00:31:30: I hope that our trip inspires you.

00:31:32: And we can very much help you with the planning for that.

00:31:34: so i will be showcasing some incredible destinations and some incredible experiences.

00:31:39: So I really hope that I sell out for you!

00:31:41: Then we would love to plan your luxury travel experience In India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka or Nepal?

00:31:48: So um...I'll be working on visiting locations.

00:31:52: highlighting those locations crosses over all of my businesses.

00:31:56: So this is the beauty of The Pleasure Life and the ecosystem that I've created, you know?

00:32:02: My pleasure work...my MCing..I can do it anywhere!

00:32:06: My course…The Pleasure life is available….My book is available anywhere.

00:32:10: And then retreat consulting—I could do that anywhere.

00:32:14: Of course a lot our work now in South Asia.

00:32:18: Then our Retreat Be Happy.

00:32:21: It's Global Retreat Directory so kind of perfect.

00:32:26: Anyway, these are always way longer than I planned them to be but there was a lot to tell you!

00:32:30: Um...I welcome any questions.

00:32:33: if you want to send me some questions um i'd happily answer them on a future podcast and I would love too hear from you in here what you uh enjoying about hearing or what you wanna hear more off.

00:32:46: But I will basically try my set of timer and do like twenty-twenty five minutes.

00:32:53: If you're enjoying the length, then stay with me.

00:32:55: Thank you!

00:32:56: I don't know if i'll be having guest episodes...I would love to but it is hard at the moment to schedule in meetings and bookings.

00:33:04: so um yeah..i might just be doing solo episodes about our experiences and whatever's coming up in our pleasure world and i hope that is fruitful and helpful for you.

00:33:16: thank you for listening.

00:33:17: ..thank listening to the Emma Lovell show and all that's happening in my wild world.

00:33:22: And coming on this very beautiful leisure life journey with me, as I say hope I've inspired you a little bit too.

00:33:28: maybe think about your own adventure?

00:33:30: Uh...and i'm here if you are serious about planning it.

00:33:33: That is exactly what I can do without our leisure life course or with my consulting course.

00:33:38: so uh..a coaching call to talk through What It Might Look Like for You To Do This With Your Family.

00:33:43: Take You Through How We Planned It Organized It um...I am Here For That.

00:33:47: So Big love to you, thanks for being here and see ya next time.

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00:34:25: so please.

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