World Travel On $1,000 A Month Or Less

"I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list."
– Susan Sontag

Do you believe that it's expensive to travel? Have you
ever excitedly looked over a glossy brochure of your dream
vacation, only to discover that it will cost you thousands
and thousands of dollars for a single 10 day vacation?

If this has happened to you, I can understand. I too would
dream about traveling the world, but get disenhearted when I
saw those expensive price tags placed on travel.

But I have learned that travel is NOT expensive. You see,
travel agencies want you to believe that it costs a LOT of
money to travel. That way they can jack-up the prices of
tours to earn a bigger commission for themselves. They want
you to think that you must have money, a lot of money, to be
able to travel.

This kind of thinking does not help the majority of us. It
distances us from our dreams.

A fact that most people don't realize, is that world travel
can be down-right cheap. It can actually be cheaper, a lot
cheaper, than staying at home.

It amuses me that travel agencies try to SELL travel. They
try to get you to pay for things that you can do all by
yourself. They don't want you to know this, but -

You Don't Need Them.

What do people do when they travel anyway? They get a place
to sleep, eat, use transportation systems and spend money on
entertainment and a few miscellaneous things like laundry,
clothes and souvenirs.

What do you do at home? You pay the rent, buy your food (and
sometimes go out to eat), you drive or use the bus, and you
spend money on entertainment and a few miscellaneous things
like cable and utilities.

Travel costs are really the same damn thing as staying at
home; the big difference is that you'll be seeing and doing
a lot of different things.

Let me ask you this: If I were to offer you a place to stay
in your home-town, meals, entertainment for you of my
choosing, and have a strictly scheduled shuttle-bus that
takes you where I want you to go and when, and I'll only
charge you $10,000 a month for the BASIC package, would you
accept it?

Not only would you not accept it, but you'd

LAUGH IN MY FACE!

So why do travelers consistently do this very-same thing?
Why do they pay travel agencies a ton of money for the very
things they can do all by themselves, for a lot cheaper, and
for a lot more freedom and flexibility?

World travel is not expensive at all if you know how to do
it. You can travel the world for about $1,000 a month;
that's only about $33 a day.

How much do you spend on a normal day at home?

Here is an example of a single-person's average monthly
expenses in the United States (this is a modest estimate):

Rent: $800 a month
Food: $300
Transportation (gas, insurance): $400
Utilities (phone, internet, electricity, water,
cable): $300
Entertainment: $300
Misc. (clothes, gifts, doctor bills): $400

Total: $2,500

Now let's sum-up the average monthly costs of world travel
(when you know how to do it):

Hotels: $300
Food: $150
Transportation: $300
Utilities: $0.00
Entertainment/Site-Seeing: $200
Misc. (internet cafes, souvenirs, clothes): $50

Total: $1,000

Let's break this down by day:

Hotel: $10
Food: $5
Transportation: $10
Entertainment/Site-Seeing: $6.67
Misc.: $1.67

Daily total: $33.34 USD

World travel costs less than staying at home, and offers a
lot more freedom.

I'm sure you're thinking that I am grossly under-estimating
travel costs. But actually, the expenses above can be a LOT
cheaper.

Did you know that in some countries you can book a three-
star hotel for $10? Or that you can get comfortable
accommodation for as low as $0.50 to $6.00 per night? Are
you aware of the tens of thousands of people across the
globe that invite travelers to stay at their homes - for
free?

How about food? Full-blown buffets are offered for $0.50.
Lunches with soup, the main course, a soda and dessert can
be had for $1.50. Some companies will even pay you to dine
at their restaurants!

Transportation? How about taxis that go anywhere in the
city for $2. Inter-country buses for $20 to $50. Or
international flights at 80% off?

Remember, people actually live in the countries that are
foreign to you. In some countries the average monthly wage
is only $150 - but it is enough to live on.

If they're not paying thousands and thousands of dollars a
month to be where they are, then why should you?

In many places, with just $1,000 a month to spend, far from
living like a pauper, you'll be living like a king.

"I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling
abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend
afterwards at home." – William Hazlitt

Be Free,

Thomas Carroll
Lone Wolf Adventure