Category: Cost of Living

When travel becomes a passion, saving becomes an obsession. Stories of getting out of debt, saving money, reducing the cost of living and retiring early in Italy.

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Cost of Living Italian Life

Not Taking a Bath, On a Bath

Cost of Living

To Smeg or Not to Smeg?

Cost of Living

2020 Italian Tax Breaks & COVID

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Cost of Living Italian Life

Moving to Italy | Month 5 | We Decided Where to Live!

Cost of Living Italy

COVID-19 Impact on Italian Healthcare

Cost of Living

Why We Moved to Italy | Healthcare Costs

Brandy Shearer in Sardinia, Italy

Welcome to ALOR! I’m Brandy Shearer.

Born in Iowa, raised in Ohio, I found myself, and my husband Italian Photographer & Artist Paolo Ferraris in New York City.

After working for InStyle, HBO, Food Network and eventually becoming the Executive Producer of Discovery Digital Studios, I took a flying leap into the world of consulting in 2013.

As self-employed nomads, Paolo & I launched ALOR (the Art of Living on the Road) in 2014. As our lives evolved so too has ALOR.

In 2016 we set our sights on retiring early and moving to Italy as artists. By 2019 we attained financial freedom, and in April of 2020 we moved to Italy! We’d love to hear from you, let’s connect.