Misconceptions of the Passport Bro

Fellow PPB Andre from the Love Crossing Borders Podcast has this line where he says “The passport bro movement is not about looking and lurking for women around the world, it is not about finding a wife, it is about finding yourself or acquiring yourself a new life.“

I resonate so well with this because there’s a misconception out there that the passport bros movement is solely focused on women. As with any heterosexual male, there are many factors that contribute to their overall quality of life and women just happens to be ONE of MANY.

In all honesty, if you put me anywhere on gods green earth, I’m going to try and make some cheeks clap. We are natural born cheek clappers. It’s in our DNA. It’s a mis-categorization to say that passport bros travel abroad just to get laid. What makes going abroad different then? Before I get into that, let’s do a little detour.

First let’s clear something up. This is not a guy thing. The most savage people I have met in my life were women. One time I was on a 12 hour bus ride from Phuket to Bangkok in Thailand and I sat behind three British girls. For 12 hours these girls were talking about their dick conquests and my gosh were they conquering. I’m talking “shag a guy, then go back to the bar and shag his mate.” “Had to go to the hospital because my rectum tore from anal.” These girls collected more bodies on their “holiday” than the Iraq and Afghanistan war combined.

I remember I was at a beach party in Bali and there were two Australian sisters competing with each other to see who can sleep with the most guys that night since their hotel was nearby. The list goes on. Now, there is nothing wrong with being promiscuous, but I just want to emphasize the fact that getting laid while traveling is not just a male thing.

Let’s get back to it. One thing Andre also mentions is some of the common behaviors that vacationers and travelers do like filming everything and everyone that is not so common with real passport bros. I have been to nearly 50 countries and I don’t take out my phone unless it’s something mind-blowing like the Burj Khalifa, or a beautiful sunset - I’m just enjoying the moment and keeping my phone in my pocket. Tourists who come to the U.S. exhibit the same tourist/vacation behavior (go to Time Square and you’ll see).

One thing to note is that there are various categories of people who travel abroad. Here are some key ones:

1. Travelers

2. Vacationers

3. Sex Tourists

4. Retirees

5. Investors

6. Passport Bros

7. Etc.

Passport Bros at its core are those who are looking for a better quality of life. Yes, I help my coaching clients become more confident so they can attract women but we work on so much more than that. Secondly, it just makes financial sense if you have a job that allows you to be remote. When I lived in the U.S., my rent was $1,300 a month and when you added groceries and bills, my costs were nearly $2k just for food, housing, and utilities. Once you add car payments, gas, insurance, and the rest on top of that I was facing nearly $3k in costs every month.

Most of the places I lived at over the past years did not go over $1k when it came to housing, food, and utilities. For example, I was living in the city center of a city in Poland paying $500/month on rent and utilities, ordering Uber eats every day for every meal ($400/month), paying $25/month for the gym. I was able to keep my cost of living under $1k. I didn’t need a car (great public transportation abroad) or car insurance. Since I was working for a U.S. company, I was able to save way more money than I otherwise would with the same income had I been living in the United States.

Due to the lower cost of living and increased monthly savings, I was able to do more with my life. In the U.S., I had to think “I need to budget if I want to do [x].” Whereas now, if I felt like doing it I could. I’d take weekend trips to places like Italy, Iceland, Spain, etc. My costs were even cheaper when I was living in Thailand and Bali. Hopping on a flight to Vietnam, or Singapore could be a 1 minute decision not a plan for 6 months decision.

I know Passport Bros who were able to save enough money to buy a house back in the U.S. only because they were able to save so much money by living abroad.

Another factor is less stress. I didn’t have to worry about involuntarily being a victim to a mass shooting or road rage. In a lot of places I didn’t have to worry about cleaning because it would be included with my accommodation. Laundry in South East Asia ran me about $3-5/week on average. Where in the U.S. can you live in the center of the city, have cleaning, and have other people do your laundry (your mom doesn’t count) for under $1k? If you believe that, let me introduce you to my friend who’s a Nigerian prince. He just needs you to send him $5k and he will give you $50k once he gets access to his inheritance.