Frugal Travellers

Hi, we're Lee & Mandy, the Frugal Travellers. We met in 1996 trekking in Nepal & have been to 118 countries.

Our videos show how easy it is to travel the world independently on a budget.

We retired in 2017, in our 40s, to travel full-time, and share how to live on less than US $25 each per day.

Keep watching for practical information & prices to inspire you to put on that backpack and see the world for yourself!

LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT & join us as we wander the globe!

To find out more, follow us on Facebook & Instagram, & check out our travels at:
frugaltravellers.com


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Hello fellow Frugal Travellers 👋 We hope you are enjoying our Pakistan series 🇵🇰♥️
We've received several comments asking why our videos are so far behind... the simple answer is because I video so much everywhere we go! 😂😁
We thought we'd do a poll asking YOU what you prefer, and t will be so interesting to see how you respond!
Thank you for being part of the Frugal Travellers family 🙏🤗♥️
Pakistan Travel: www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 39

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Such an awesome birthday present for Lee... 6 million views on our Frugal Travellers YouTube channel! We celebrated by going to the Auckland Museum and the library, and walked part of the way home along the waterfront... a frugal birthday indeed 🥳🤣

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments & support... we couldn't do this without you 🙏🤗

#celebration #celebrate #celebrations #6million #birthdaypresent #birthdayboy #birthdaygift #milestone #frugaltravellers #frugaltravel #travelvlogger #budgettraveller #realitynotglamour #findingjoyinsimplethings

1 month ago | [YT] | 100

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A huge thank you for our channel reaching 40,000 SUBSCRIBERS 🥳🎉 Thank you so much for your Likes and your wonderful Comments, and for being part of our Frugal Travellers family 🙏🤗

We couldn't have done this without you! ♥️♥️

Keep watching as our new PAKISTAN series starts this week. We are so excited to show you our experiences in this incredible country 🇵🇰

#thankyou #youtubemilestone #celebrate

2 months ago | [YT] | 85

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Free in flight WiFi on Air New Zealand all the way to Auckland. 🎉🎉
The flight was delayed almost 4 hours but they made up for it by giving us extra meals and copious drinks too. ☺️
Very comfortable for a night flight in economy class thank you very much. 😍

2 months ago | [YT] | 89

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Yayyyy, celebrating another incredible achievement 🥳🎉 Thank you so much for the wonderful LIKES and COMMENTS and SHARES... thanks to your support we have reached this amazing milestone!

Words can't express exactly how grateful we are, so please know that we're sending you a huge virtual hug from beautiful Perth Australia 🌏 🤗🦘

Also, here's wishing you all the very best for 2025! 🥳😍

Mandy and Lee
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#frugaltravel #celebration #thankyou

2 months ago | [YT] | 74

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Hello Frugal Travellers family! We are so pleased to let you know that the first INDIA video will be showing this FRIDAY at 11am PORTUGAL TIME 🇵🇹.

Yes,we decided to change the DAY & TIME as Saturday's Premieres haven't been doing very well.

Fingers crossed this new day & time will be more successful, and that our INDIA 🇮🇳 series will catapult us into being global phenomenons 🙏🤣

How's your week going? I hope it's better than mine as I am having problems trying to receive a package, as the delivery company doesn't seem to be able to read a simple address 🥹🤯

Oh well... let's see if my supplements actually turn up before we fly back to the UK next Friday!

Wishing you all a happy Tuesday!
Mandy and Lee xx

5 months ago | [YT] | 110

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Hello fellow Frugal Travellers 👋 It's been one of those weeks with its ups and downs, but I'm so happy to be able to say that I've just finished the last Maldives video!

It's set to Premiere on Saturday at 9am Portugal time... and in even better news, Lee has been well enough to finish the first India video!

That will be posted next week, so keep watching for both of these new videos 🤗🙌

Thank you so much for all your wonderful comments and best wishes.

You are truly amazing, and I hope you know how much we have been boosted by all the love and best wishes that have flooded our way through these blimmin' difficult times.

Love and huge hugs,
Mandy & Lee
xx

#maldives #india #budgettravel

6 months ago | [YT] | 91

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Hello, fellow Frugal Travellers 👋🙌 Lee finally made it to Portugal on Wednesday and has been having some quality Tilly the cat house-sitting time... more like Tilly's been sleeping on Lee the whole time 😻💤😹

Lee's still having some stomach issues as tried re-introducing a few things too soon... turns out there's WAY too much fibre in my morning smoothies, so he's steering clear of them! No coffee or fried food either as they can also be a trigger.

He's going to go back to a bland diet for a week so the medication has a chance to kick in and continue healing his stomach.

It's wonderful to finally be together again 🥰😍. Situations like these make you realise just how incredible it feels to be well and healthy, and how important it is to be able to spend time with the people (and pets) you love.

I hope you've been enjoying the Shorts that I've been attempting to post daily. I'll be doing some polls this week to get feedback from you all 🙌🤗

Sending love and huge hugs from Lee and I, and of course, from Tilly the cat xx♥️🥰😻🇵🇹

#healthiswealth #togetheragain #housesittinglife

6 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 160

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Hello to our wonderful Frugal Travellers family 😍♥️ Just a quick update on a couple of things...

1). Lee's doing well and is planning to join me in Portugal soon

2). We've decided to slow things down with the channel for a while

Lee's stomach issues have made us reassess where we need to focus our attention, and we realise it's important to reduce stress as much as possible in order for him to heal.

So, that means no video this week, and no regular weekly schedule for a while. I'll schedule new videos as Premieres, so make sure you've selected Notifications to be shown when new videos are posted.

This also ties in with the fact that despite trying various things:

10 minute vlogs
15 minute vlogs
20 minute videos
30+ minute videos
AND
1 video per week
2 videos per week
3 videos per week

...our channel is barely growing, and it's only thanks to YOU, our regular viewers and subscribers, that our videos are even being watched. The screenshots show how low our viewing numbers have been for the past 4 playlists 😳🥹

We've had over 5 million views but our subscriber numbers still only increase by around 10 per day, which doesn't make for very encouraging growth.

I'm going to try a new tactic, and finally make use of the many shortform upright videos that are on my phone.

We'll start putting out more Shorts that will link to an existing video, which will hopefully introduce our channel and our story to a wider audience.

We need to get more people to see our content, to like it, and to engage with us.

Fingers and toes crossed that this works as I'm going to try it over the next few months.

So, a HUGE thank you for all of your wonderful comments and support, and we hope you know just how much you mean to us.

Here's to many more years of Frugal Travellers, and to our channel growing and reaching more fellow budget travellers!

Big hugs to you all, from Mandy and Lee xx🙏🤗♥️🥰

6 months ago | [YT] | 133

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It's been a crazy week... Lee's still in hospital and is still waiting for a diagnosis so needs to have more scans, and I'm at the house-sit in Portugal, hoping he'll soon be able to join me.

There's always something good in the midst of uncertainty... and this week it's reaching the incredible milestone of 5 million views! 🥳🎉

Thank you so much to all our new subscribers for joining us 🙏🤩 and a huge thank you to our regular subscribers who watch and comment on every video... we couldn't do this without you!

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SERGIO
Carolina C
Erica K
Karen Emm
Cindy Bruin
Alice O'Conner
Fatima
Serendipity
Jen Shea
Saving For Travel
Surf Siren
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SteveS
Planet Imo
JacMac
Michelle Fathers
ASB

and so many more of you 🥰 ♥️

We'll keep you updated with Lee's condition, and we would like to say a huge thank you for your kind comments and support. We appreciate it more than words can express.

Love and a huge hug,
Mandy and Lee XX♥️💖

#healthupdate #thankyou #5million #gratitude

6 months ago | [YT] | 98