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At 1 a.m. on Jan. 1, as others fade from ringing in the New Year, Joel and Christie Daniel will have lifted off from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, on the way to their new life traveling the world and documenting their experiences.
“We wanted to get as close to the new year as possible,” Joel Daniel, 40, said. The San Clemente couple were in Arizona on a last visit with family before flying out. “We wanted to start 2019 with this. Every minute of 2019, we want to travel.”
When they touch down, they’ll be in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, and will head to Las Terrenas, a resort town on the Samaná Peninsula on the island’s northeastern side. There the Daniels plan to visit local beaches, Bonita, Cosón and Las Ballenas, and whale watch, hike and get a taste of local food and drinks at restaurants along the water.
“I’ll videotape from the time we exit the plane, to getting the taxi, to finding the bus station to Los Terrenas,” Joel Daniel said.
The couple, who for years have sold and appraised real estate in Southern California, are beginning 2019 doing something both are passionate about and hope will become a new career.
In the last few months, they sold all their belongings, closed their business and sold their cars to make the adventure a reality.
The Daniels want to stop off in a new country each month. In February, they plan to head to the Yucatan Peninsula, in March it’s Costa Rica, then Panama in April. In May, they expect to head to Europe, starting with Greece.
Destinations are a mix of places both wanted to experience. Up until now, their travel has been limited to the United States and Mexico. They only speak English and will rely on Google translate.
Everything they learn will be documented on their website, 2travelinglovers.com, where they said they will also post videos and give tips on products and traveling items they find useful along the way – using affiliate marketing through Amazon they hope to make some income with their blogging during their travels.
At each spot, they want to visit places not typically documented by tourists. They said they will dig into local culture and give tips on food and restaurants, find secret beaches and places to hike deep into tropical jungles and forests. They’ll also look for perfect honeymoon spots and give suggestions on making that special occasion even more romantic.
“We’re not staying in populated places,” Christie Daniel, 51, said. “We plan to spend all our time with locals, showing their way of life, culture and local recipes. We want to give a day-to-day experience of what it’s like to come from the U.S. and travel to some of these places, some of which are Third World countries.”
The Daniels thought up their plan in early 2018. Christie Daniel had been appraising real estate for 18 years, and Joel Daniel had been selling it for a decade. They worked from a home they rented near the beach in San Clemente, but realized the demands of the industry really didn’t make them happy anymore.
“It was stressful,” Joel Daniel said. “We were burned out. We were tired of not doing something we loved.”
So, they began hatching ideas on what to do during daily walks on the San Clemente Beach Trail.
“Most all of the travel bloggers were all 20-somethings, not many were in their 40s and 50s,” Christie Daniel said. “Our take will be different. The blog of many people in their 20s are staying at hostels, backpacking and hitchhiking. We are staying at nice Airbnbs that don’t cost an arm and a leg. Our goal is to educate couples in their mid-40s to mid-50s on beautiful places in the world that don’t cost a fortune and are a little more on culture rather than Americanized.”
The couple has spent eight months working on the travel plans. Even on Monday, Dec. 31, they were doing final preparations.
The Daniels plans to return home in December to visit family before launching out to Asia in 2020. Both are optimistic about their new year’s venture.
“Maybe more people will realize you don’t have to be a multi-millionaire to do this,” Joel Daniel said.
“You need to do what makes you happy,” Christie Daniel added. “We want to slow down and take it all in.”
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