You to Can Travel The World On $40 A Day in Minimalist Style

Travel The World

Travel the world. When we tell people that we traveled to 302 cities in 33 countries across 6 continents for our honeymoon, they generally assume we are millionaires–far from it. We just decided that life was too short, the world was too big, and the value of travel the world too great to wait until retirement, so we made it happen.

We started saving, researching, and honing our travel-hacking skills, and eventually found a way to explore the world for less than $40 per person/per day, all in!  Here’s how:

8 STEPS TO AFFORDABLY TRAVEL THE WORLD:

1. Evaluate Your Funds.

Divide your savings by $40 and that’s how long you can travel. Not enough? Follow our small-dose savings strategy (we are living proof of these numbers).

2. Small-dose Saving.

Save $10 a day for two years and you can travel for six months. Save $13 a day for three years and travel for a full year. Pick a pace that’s right for you and stick with it.

3. Mileage Hack.

Earn frequent flyer miles before your trip and fly around the world for next to nothing. We accumulated 430,000 miles (without taking a single flight) in the seven months before we left for our around-the-world trip; that covered every single long-haul flight we took during our two-year HoneyTrek.

4. Zero-Fee Credit Cards.

Travel with credit and debit cards with 0% foreign transaction fees and an ATM card that refunds ALL withdrawal fees. (You can save thousands with this one tip alone.) To further avoid any fees back at home, be sure to set every single bill to autopay and paperless.

5. Pick Your Countries Wisely.

There are plenty of beautiful and affordable countries to explore (Thailand, Indonesia, Bolivia, Mexico, Philippines, Nepal, Kenya, and Turkey to name a few). Lay a realistic and convenient path from one to the next.

6. Cheap and Free Lodging.

From house-sitting to couch surfing to homestays, there are numerous ways to find lodging around the world for free or next to nothing.

7. Avoid Buying Bottled Water.

Bring a SteriPEN water purifier and save nearly $500/person/year and prevent 1000s of plastic bottles from ending up in a landfill.

8. Barter Your Skills for Experiences or Goods.

If you can offer a service to a hotel/outfitter/restaurant (like improving their promotional photography, proofreading a menu, lending a physical hand, promoting them on social media, etc.), you’ll likely find someone happy to host you in exchange for your help.

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Travel The World

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