It breaks my heart when I hear people say they’d like to travel but they can’t afford it.
Or worse, they’re older people and they say they WOULD have liked to travel, but they didn’t because of financial constraints.
Many people just can’t travel, because of obligations and responsibilities, their health condition, priorities, and dozens more reasons. I get that. And I understand and respect that not everyone even wants to travel.
What I want to make the case for is that someone who would like to travel, and who otherwise could, but isn’t mainly because they believe they can’t afford it, might be overestimating the costs and thereby depriving themselves of fantastic experiences.
My perspective emphasizes long-term travel — months or years at a time. But much of what I’ll tell you applies to shorter trips, too.
I’m writing this from my own personal experiences traveling in Southeast Asia and Europe for three years (and counting).
I lived in Southeast Asia for 16 months from the end of 2016 to spring of 2018. Then I broadened my horizons to Europe, including Spain, Portugal, and the British Isles. I’ve also spent part of the past three years in…
