Slow-travel blueprint: Singapore retirees stayed in eight cities so far in 2026 on $4,000 a month
A Singaporean couple is practicing 'slow travel' by living in different cities for a month at a time during their retirement. They have visited eight countries in 2026 while maintaining a monthly budget of $4,000.
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SINGAPORE – With just a large suitcase and backpack each, Alan Wah, 56, and Wendy Tay, 54, have made their home in eight destinations overseas so far in 2026.
The Singaporean couple kicked off their post-retirement slow-travel journey in January with a 27-day stay in Bali. The plan was to set up a base in a different place every month.
In February, they moved to Granada in southern Spain, after which they lived in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, in March.
They next moved to Porto in Portugal’s north-west in April, before joining friends for a tour of Morocco in mid-May.
Tirana, capital of Albania in the Balkans, became their home later in May. They returned to Asia in late June, staying mostly in Johor Bahru, before flying to Tokyo in September.
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