Some people live paycheck to paycheck. I live trip to trip.
The world calls my name, and I love it. Places I & # 39; ve never been, exotic places with unpronounceable names. Water so clear you can see the shadow of the boat, rippling on the sand at the bottom of the sea. An Bustling cities flashing in the night or forested roads wandering deep into nowhere ... I want them all. I want to breathe the air, walk the paths, meet the people, and eat the food .
Unfortunately, that all taking money. And since I have a limited budget, getting money together for the next adventure is always on my mind.
Here are 3 steps that get me on the road. Use them to fast track your next journey outward.
1. Make it real.
Suddenly this trip is urgent, pressing. It & # 39; s part of what you need to do do, to be who you really are. And it 's do - able!
How make of real.. How many of the language do you prefer to go?? Compare hotels, apartments and hostels. Put a local news site on your toolbar .
Immersion begins now.
2. Get real with money.
You need a realistic financial goal - not one that will leave you stranded or one that will scare you off.
Eating trip has three basic money requirements: getting there, staying there, and living there. "Getting there" is usually the largest expense, but even if you fly, you can often get better deals if you stay focused. You can fly into a European hub on the international carrier, for instance, and then take a low-cost airline to nearby countries. Play with it!
"You can do it. You just can not have it, you can be cheap, even free, depending on your choices. Stay in hostels, or in an old convent with nuns? have to do the research.
Nights out for drinks, buses and rental cars are all part of living there, there is living there, as you live somewhere else. Growing a local in an apartment and cook some meals at home. Grocery shopping can be an adventure in another culture!
3. Make friends with your savings.
"Money I do not get to spend." It & # 39; s "the trip I & # 39; m getting ready to take." It & # 39; s for you. Own it.
Name your trip - "Bali for New Years", for instance, or "Eastern Europe with Jack and Ellie". Make a spreadsheet, or better yet, get an actual ledger or a notebook, and put colored tabs on it. Keep track of You may want to design a little for each area, each time you save, or finish one and start on the next - that & # 39; s my usual system.
The money you make in overtime, or pick up from babysitting for your neighbor & # 39; s kid on a Saturday - that could be one night in the over-water bungalow. When you stay home and eat cereal instead of going out with friends, and put the money into your account - that 's dinner on the beach.
Check out the newsletter. Check out the newsletter. Check out the newsletter. Check out the newsletter. Check out the latest information of Romantic dinner on the beach - check. You get the idea.
You may want a new car. You may want a new car. You may want a new car. Or out for mid-week dinner and drinks - every week. And those are good things. But you probably can not do all of them, and still go on that fabulous trip.
If it & # 39; s between dinner out tonight or vague travel sometime, we & # 39; l l probably choose going out tonight. But if it & # 39; s between dinner out tonight, and hitting my hotel goal tonight when I put that $ 25 into my trip savings, I may very well decide to stay home and eat cereal!
And before you know it, you & # 39; ll be off to live your adventure in a whole new place.
