A TOOWOOMBA woman has swapped a life of debt for a life of travel and wants to encourage others to do the same.

Meagen Collins and her partner Tom Williams have visited 23 countries in two years and earn a living from travelling the world and podcasting the secrets of their lifestyle.

The couple started a travel blog called the Five Dollar Traveller to show people it is possible to travel and live on $29 a day.

Ms Collins said it was surprisingly cheap to travel full-time.

"We rarely stay in dingy hostels and normally we find amazing accommodation at a very good price or for free," Ms Collins said.

"Our favourite country so far is a toss up between the Philippines and Greece," she said.

In 2011, the couple discussed settling down and two years later they had saved enough for a house deposit.

After deciding not to live a life of debt, the pair changed their minds and started travelling the world.

Ms Collins said she wanted to encourage other people to travel full-time.

"I used to sit in an office for 60 hours a week and was way too tired to do much more than sleep afterwards," Mrs Collins said.

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