How much money does it take to travel the world. How much does it cost to travel every month? Analysis of own income

Tasha Roubet is a licensed Master of Social Work from Missouri. She received her master's degree from the University of Missouri in 2014.

The number of sources used in this article:. You will find a list of them at the bottom of the page.

If your ex-boyfriend asks you out again, it can embarrass you. Perhaps you thought it was over and were happy about it, or, conversely, you missed him. Remember, it doesn't matter how you feel or felt about him, chances are he had a hard time asking you out on a date because you already have a history in common. The most important thing to remember is: do what you think is right for you, while, if possible, remain a good person.

Steps

Determine what you want

1. Think about your feelings. In matters of the heart, it is important to rely on your intuition, especially when it comes to giving someone a second chance. Consider how you feel about the situation and this person. Before taking any further steps, determine your feelings for him.

   • If, on a subconscious level, this situation causes you anxiety or anxiety, take it seriously. Dealing with feelings that flare up can be difficult, so don't make hasty decisions if your heart tells you to be careful.
   • Sometimes it's hard to pinpoint your feelings right away, without thinking. Get out in a quiet place and try to understand what your subconscious is telling you about a date with your ex. What does your intuition tell you? What do you feel: joy, sadness, tension, nervousness, enthusiasm, or delight? Try not to doubt this instinct. If it's positive, maybe the guy deserves a second chance. If it's negative, you should politely refuse his offer and move on.

2. Review your previous relationship. Take time to reflect on what happened between the two of you in the past. Why did you break up? What do you feel about him now? How did you feel about yourself when you were together? There are a million reasons why people break up. Think about why you split up and decide how you feel about it.

   • The most important thing in this situation is to take a realistic look at what really happened between you, and think about your attitude to this issue.

3. Determine if the same obstacles still exist. Any breakup always has a root cause. Think about why you broke up and decide if the situation has changed. Have circumstances changed enough for your relationship to be successful this time around?

   • You may have broken up because you didn't have enough time for each other, but now your work situation has changed and now everything will work out. Or you broke up because he cheated on you - in this case, you need to decide if you can forget it and start trusting him again.

4. Think about your future. It's important to think about the present, but you will also need to decide what you want from life in the future, and think about whether you see this person in the picture you created for your life. You need to make a decision that suits you best, not just him. Therefore, think carefully about what you want from life, and whether you see in it the very person who will be there while you turn your plans into reality.

   • Can you imagine it in your life forever? Are you going to move to another city to study there? Will he accept it? These are the questions to ask yourself.

   Tell him about your decision

   1. Be honest with him about your feelings. This is true whether you want to be together again or not. Make sure you both understand what happened and why. Take your time and don't make hasty decisions.

      • Make sure you are in some quiet place where people will not overhear you and where you both will not be nervous or embarrassed.

   2. Explain that the first time you separated for a reason. It is very important to forgive and move on if you have a relationship question. However, if the problem of those times has not been resolved, you may not be a good match for each other.

      • If you are still upset about what happened between you and are not ready to consider getting back together, clearly explain the reason for the past breakup and express your concerns about the same situation happening again.

   3. Discuss future expectations. If you've forgiven your ex and decided to further develop your relationship, it's important to voice your expectations. Otherwise, you risk stepping on the same rake again.

      • Talk about what you hope to change this time and clarify your feelings.

   Make a decision

   1. Accept the offer if you want to go out with him again. In this case, remember that you need to let go of the past and focus on the future together. Perhaps both of you want your relationship to develop less rapidly than it did the first time.

      • If you do, make sure he understands your intentions, especially if you're really giving the relationship a second chance. It is important to be as honest as possible, as he is probably confident that he knows about your feelings, especially towards him. Honesty is the key to any successful relationship.
   • If he was the one who broke up and realizes that he’s lost, try being “touchy” a little to see if you want him to come back. Otherwise, it may seem to him that you are under his control and he can get you when he wants, without making an effort. Therefore, you do not need to agree immediately.
   • Just because you said no doesn’t mean you cannot be friends.

   Warnings

   • Remember, if he dumped you and you spent many days crying because of it, think about how you felt and understand that it can happen again, even if you like him.
   • Just because you both still have feelings for each other doesn't always mean that everything will work out. Try again if you think it's right for you, but if you do, don't expect instant results. Be prepared to work on the relationship, and keep in mind that things can collapse and burn out again.

One of the most frequently asked questions about a trip around the world is how much money you need to prepare for it. Today we reveal all the cards, share our budget, as well as ideas on how to reduce it by at least a quarter. Complete guide for the upcoming expenses for those who are also planning a trip around the world!

Note: all prices are per person and quoted in US dollars (costs are usually in them). The final amount of the trip in rubles is calculated based on the exchange rate at the time of this writing - 56.5 rubles per dollar.

Transport

The biggest waste of travel around the world is transport. The more countries planned in the itinerary, the higher the final cost of the tickets.

On a trip around the world, you either travel slowly and cheaply, or quickly and relatively expensively. We chose the second option. Of course, you can hitchhike around countries, canned on buses on 20-hour journeys, or sail for half a day on ferries, but this is good for those who are not limited in time. We want to complete the trip around the world in six months and have chosen an airplane as the main means of transportation. On rare occasions, there will be buses, but usually within a country.

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The financial issue is one of the most pressing when it comes to travel, especially long ones. Few can imagine how you can drop everything and leave for several years to travel around the world. That is why it was interesting for me to post this guest post about the guys who have been on the road for a year and a half, and their incomes are quite ordinary, they do not earn fabulous money there, but are available to the majority. So why does someone go, and someone only dreams? But let's get away from philosophy, let's see in practice how much money can go, and what we get for this money, moving from country to country.

What is the post about

If your heart calls you - do not be afraid and do not resist.

This article is intended for those who are interested in the practical part of travel. For those who need to assess their own desire and its correlation with the possibilities. We will tell you about life and money on the way by our example and by the example of our continuing (on this moment one and a half year) round the world trip.

Of course, it's worth starting with the fact that budget travel- a piece that is becoming more famous and more popular in Russia every year. Many travelers make routes, inconceivable in terms of duration in time and space, not only with a small budget (Valery Shanin and his "Round-the-world trip for $ 280" through 14 countries), but also practically without him (Vladimir Nesin and his travels barefoot: according to the traveler, the only one a fixed amount is a pension of 7,000 rubles a month). It is worth mentioning Anton Krotov, the creator of the Academy of Free Travel, author and co-author of many published useful guidebooks on how to travel with minimal costs.

All in all, the world is full of great romantics, practical travelers who share their experiences. And if the question "to go or not to go" is limited only by money, we recommend looking for information about the above and other free travelers on the Internet - their experience inspires action.

V national park"Sequoia", USA

Money at the time of launch (what we had)

Now, about our approach. There was no thorough preparation for the trip around the world. It took us about two months from idea to implementation. All figures are given below for two.

• money for obtaining an American visa (the only one made before departure) 11880 rubles,

• money for the first tickets: Moscow-Irkutsk train 11,600 rubles, Irkutsk-Harbin airplane 222 EU,

• work in freelance mode, based on which we were able to plan a monthly budget of 30,000 rubles (for two)

• a small margin for various contributions, which we planned to spend (and spent) at the end of their term when going beyond the planned budget and in case of unforeseen expenses.

The good thing about budget planning and cost tracking is that you create a kind of zero-point, a bar against which you can assess your own strengths and the possibilities of staying in a particular country. Of course in different countries and these possibilities are different, but a limited amount per month helps to be more vigilant.

For example, here is the statistics that we managed to compile due to this vigilance:

Expenses that include almost everything - travel, accommodation, food. Calculation per month for two (visa fees are indicated for one), validity period: late 2013 - early 2015.

• China- 24-26 thousand rubles (including a tourist visa for 1 month - 1200 rubles);
• Laos and Vietnam- 20 thousand rubles (both in the first and in the second country for Russians, a visa is not required if the period of stay does not exceed two weeks);
• Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia- 15-20 thousand rubles (Cambodian visa US $ 25);
• Indonesia- 26-28 thousand rubles (25 $ US - a visa with a stay of up to 1 month, to stay longer, a tourist visa in Bali was renewed)
• Australia- 400 $ AU at the rate of 1 $ AU = 33 rubles (Australian tourist visa for a period of stay up to 3 months 145 US $);
• USA- 30-35 thousand rubles, the exchange rate at that time was 35 rubles per dollar, including the cost of gasoline and a car, the visa was paid back in Moscow, and the period of stay we were given at the border - six months.
• Mexico (Guadalajara)- 30 thousand rubles (visa-free regime with a stay of up to six months - upon entry or exit, you must pay a customs fee of $ 28 US).
• Mexico (Cancun)- 30 thousand rubles at the beginning, and it was here that we saw the growth of the dollar exchange rate, in connection with which the monthly expenses in terms of rubles increased greatly to 40 thousand.

And now let's talk about the most burning question: our ways of earning... As practice shows, not many people believe in the possibility of making money on the way. Often, this disbelief becomes the cause of a "requiem for a dream." We are surprised when we pass by young, drunken homeless: “Hands in place, head in place! Why won't he find a job to live a normal life? " The most important thing is to remember that if there are no physical limitations, then you are unlikely to disappear, wherever you are. And even with limited health, the brave in spirit find their calling or seek it. The most difficult obstacles are in the mind, which means that it is only in our power to “remove” them.

We have long been addicted to the "freelance" regime. He has two significant advantages - mobility and the ability to search for a case in spirit; and one drawback - the amount of money earned directly depends on the time spent on work. We list below everything that we use - something bigger is going from grains.

Our ways to make money

Copywriting

From the very beginning of our journey, we had several partners, for whom we wrote custom articles. The payment ranged from 600 rubles to 25 $ US for an article with photographs, or 10 $ for the copyright of articles on our site.

Programming, administration, SEO

The source of work is regular clients or clients who come on the basis of recommendations. A week of work brings on average US $ 200, a month can be up to US $ 1000. Once at a time it is not necessary, the amount of money depends on the "success" of the project, as well as on the time invested.

Link exchanges. Advertising on sites

Passive income, which practically does not require time - 80-100 US $ per month.

Photographing

Private photo sessions. It brings good profit, but not often due to our elusiveness. Photo sessions with different conditions from $ 100 per hour (here you need to take into account that the photographing itself is followed by hours and days of post-processing).

Illustration, design

Clients come on recommendations. The cost depends on the project. A significant disadvantage is that a suitable space is needed for work: a table, the ability to "expand" with a graphic tablet - it is difficult to implement with constant moving, but possible at moments of rest from the road.

Guide

One of the most interesting types of earnings is carried out on the spot. This opportunity opened up for us only in Mexico, but we can try to continue. The working day of the guide (depending on the tasks) from 50-150 US $.

Paid Videos

Recently, our beloved partner suggested making a video specifically for a specific project. These are three-four-minute motivational videos, collected from our material.

Sound streams

An example of a not very successful attempt :) For a year and a half, the sale of sounds on the stock brought $ 5 US, and even this money turned out to be a problem to bring into reality.

Sale of printed photos on foam board

Unsuccessful attempt. We made a photo shop on our website. Everything in mind: with a catalog, with beautiful pictures, with a basket. There were several orders, unfortunately the delivery fails. We could not find a good performer - across the cities of Russia, photographs printed on foam board were delivered broken and broken. I had to abandon the idea.

Soundaround.me project

Our project is non-commercial, but around it there are some suggestions for our readers that may be pleasant to them, and at the same time support our idea. In practice, this is more moral help, but it is no less important. For example, registered postcards brought in a total of 2,000 rubles in a year and a half (from each postcard sent, about 10-50 rubles remain on the project's account, depending on the country of departure).

Voluntary donations - support coming from our friends and relatives, for a year and a half, about 15 thousand rubles.

Where does the money go when traveling?

Of course, in our case, the averaged mode is most convenient. Constant movement does not contribute to excess income, so we try to avoid excesses in spending. Of course, sometimes we do not deny ourselves certain joys, but now we are not talking about them. The next step is to highlight the main cost items on our way.

Based on the set monthly budget, we, guided by the mood, balanced in terms of spending. For example, if the hitchhiker released the funds provided for movement, we could spend them on food, if we slept in a tent, we could drive part of the way. by public transport etc.

Food

The most constant main waste. More than half of our budget, since proper and timely nutrition is the key to good mood and health.

There are countries that are completely cheap and abundant in this regard. There are terribly expensive ones. The smallest amount recorded per person (one meal) is in Laos, the city of Luang Prabang - in terms of bales at the rate of 2013 - 20 rubles. The most expensive food we found was in Australia. For example, a gallon (frozen, because it is overdue by an average of a week) milk in the bush (Australian desert) - from $ 5 AU. I don't even want to talk about the cost of cafes and eateries.

Transport

Our 1993 Honda Civic, USA

Internationally, we try to use all types of transport, choosing the most optimal for the price. There are only six flights on our way so far, the cheapest of them is 40 US $ for two from Malaysia to Indonesia, and the most expensive from Melbourne (Australia) to Honolulu (USA, Hawaii) is 800 US $ (also for two).

In countries where intercity transport(over long distances) the road was not used. These are: Australia, America and still Mexico. In Asia, from China to Indonesia, trains, buses and even airplanes were used. Interestingly, a bus on Java Island from Jakarta to Bali turned out to be the same cost as the flight, while direct travel on the ground takes several days (if without stops) - a test not for the weak!

Tent

Without a tent, we would not have ended up in the wild hot springs in the mountains of the United States.

When you know that your home is with you, you become less dependent on circumstances. It is not scary to stay in the mountains or jungle for the night. And even if you don't feel like sleeping in a tent, its mere presence adds confidence when bidding for a room.

Second hand, recycle and local production

Where there are good second-hand shops, use them. In other places, it is a pleasure to try on what the locals wear - in Latin America, and in Asia, too.

Workarounds to attractions

Archaeological site of Uxmal, Mexico

No, we are happy to support the country's economy or the fortune of a private owner ... when we can afford it and does not present us with a choice like "eat or look at ...". In other cases, we try to take everything available to the maximum, it does not matter what blocks the path: a fence with guards, jungle or mountains - sometimes you have to strain physically - but it's worth it. This is our way - we do not call on anyone to break the law :)

Healthy lifestyle

We are not ardent opponents of anything, no. The fact remains that alcohol and cigarettes are almost always expensive, but they are completely unnecessary (sometimes they even increase any risks). It is even more economical to be vegetarians, but we have mastered this Level only partially and from time to time :) This can also include the rejection of any "snacks" such as chips - this is absolutely beneficial in all respects.

Summarizing the above

Our life on a long-term journey in the material plane is very similar to the usual life in one place. All the same thoughts: where and how to make money in order to travel and live as you like, according to your heart.

We are now preparing for the next part of our journey: the journey through South America on a motorcycle. During the six months of stopping in Mexico, I managed to learn a lot of new things, finish old projects, come up with and implement new ones. I managed to earn a little, although the missing amount for the purchase of a motorcycle, but at least something. It is possible that after some time there will be a person among the readers who knows the companies who need advertising. Perhaps this way we will find ourselves partner friends who are ready to provide some of the equipment (helmets, protection, etc.) on the South American route in exchange for advertising a product or brand.

We love to dream:) And no less than that, we love to make our dreams come true. This is the only way to live! We believe that long-term travel is one of the keys to learning about life, interesting and rich.

Let your travels last exactly as long as you want and only run into surmountable obstacles!

National park"Sequoia", USA

We will be glad if we inspire by our example!

Read, watch, listen to us on the following resources:

• http://soundaround.me Our travel site for thoughtful stories

I am often asked - "Lyova, how is it that you can?" Usually people are interested in two things: where do I get so much vacation from, and where do I get so much money. Vacation is simple - that leaves me time to travel. As for the money, I honestly never counted how much I spend on my trips.

But I think it's time to figure out how much such a life full of travel costs me ...

In order not to go far, let's take 2017 as an example. Over the past year, I was on the road for 138 days, and managed to visit 15 countries (including several trips to the United States):

Those of you who actively follow my blog know that it is atypical, so I will not take it into account. After all, I definitely cannot afford to have such a break every year for the winter holidays.

Since I love flying to Asia and Europe, and for that I have to cross the oceans, airfare is one of the most important expenses. Here for me - with their help I made five transoceanic flights in 2017. Moreover, he did it in business, and even in the first class. (Miles is the best way to fly Business Class.) Hard to forget with their double beds on board.

But for the rest of the flights I paid with honestly earned money (and therefore, I flew mostly economy!). I am a loyal customer of Delta, and if I already buy air tickets, I try to fly with Delta or their Skyteam partners. For the past couple of years, they have been tracking the dollar equivalent of flights spent throughout the year. I went to look at this at the end of 2017, and I saw this:

It was sometime in November, and Delta counted me $ 4,826. In fact, this number does not take into account taxes and fees (say, about $ 700), and in my case, there was still an upcoming flight to Buenos Aires, which cost one and a half thousand dollars. In the end, I figured that I spent somewhere around $ 7,000 on flights.

Then I thought that this could be easily checked, and it was useful to add up all the tickets purchased for 2017. It turned out a little more - somewhere $7,500 .

This does not include domestic flights. There weren't that many of them, though in 2017, and I also took some for miles. But I decided to count them together with the rest of the costs "on the spot".

Here everything is simple for me - there is no way (or desire) to calculate every penny spent. Therefore, I estimate that staying abroad average costs me $ 200 daily... This includes overnight stay, food, travel, etc. There are cities and countries that are more expensive, others are much cheaper. But in general, in my opinion, on average, it turns out that way.

For example

Of course, you can travel much cheaper. For example, I always prefer to stay in centrally located hotels. The number of stars does not bother me much, but the proximity to the center is yes. I often go to expensive restaurants, especially when traveling with gourmet friends. How, for example, to go and not try there?

And in general, you can choose initially inexpensive countries - so I know there are guys who can spend a whole month somewhere for $ 500! But I do not like to save a lot on trips. At the same time, I don’t think that I’m spending a lot of money. Although probably no one thinks so.

In short, to understand the approximate costs in this way, we take this $ 200 and multiply it by 138 days. It turns out $27,600 ... I just saw it, and it seemed like a lot. But nothing can be done.

So what comes out? My total annual travel budget comes out - somewhere $35,000 ... At the current exchange rate, this is just over two million rubles.

Do you think this is a lot? Did you expect more? Or less? Perhaps, if I did not spend that kind of money on constant travel, I could afford to live somewhere in the center. New York, but not (which, on the other hand, are closer to the JFK airport!)

"Not to be greedy is already wealth, not to be wasteful is income."
Cicero

One of the most popular questions we are asked is how much money we spent on a trip around the world.

But still, we want to emphasize again that for you, the main question should not be how much we spent, but how much you will spend when you yourself go on a journey.

In this article, I decided to analyze the factors that influence the formation of the cost of a round-the-world trip.

Hopefully, the information below will help you understand at least where to start planning your trip around the world budget. And for someone it may be a discovery that great travel is much more affordable than it might seem! Let this be the first article in our blog on how to plan an enjoyable, long, safe and cheap travel... We hope you find it useful.

Poll results

We conducted a survey in which we asked an intimate question: how much does it cost to travel around the world. Not that many responses were received (199 in Russian). It is also necessary to take into account the specifics of our audience. Among our readers, on the one hand, there are many IT specialists with big salaries and big requests, on the other hand, there are many hitchhikers and hikers, as well as fellow travelers-bloggers.

There were only six answers in English, so I did not include these results in the graphs.

Thanks to everyone who took part in the survey and shared it with friends!

So, let's look at the most general result (on the horizontal axis, the price of one year of active and interesting round-the-world travel per person in US dollars):

As you can see, most people believe that one year of a round-the-world trip will take no more than $ 20,000, while many are ready to keep within $ 5,000. Therefore, I decided to increase the zone to $ 20,000, and it can be seen that the most popular answer options are about $ 10,000 (a nice round amount), $ 3,000 and $ 6,000.

Around the world experience... Let's see how the result depends on whether the respondents have been around the world or are going to.

It turns out that those who are going to travel around the world are the most optimistic group =) Which, in general, is both logical and correct. We have few answers from people who have traveled, but their answer is no longer a forecast, but a result. Most spent $ 10,000 or $ 20,000.

Floor... The estimate of the cost of traveling around the world by women is generally higher:

Income... As income levels rise, the estimate of the cost of traveling around the world also grows:

Age... The most optimistic assessments are given by the oldest and youngest survey participants:

Analysis of own income

Oddly enough, the cost of travel is no longer dependent on the average price of hotels in Asia or flights across the Atlantic.

It depends on how much money does a particular traveler travel with.

So the first thing.

Consider:

• How much money do you earn per month / year.
• How much of this money can you save.
• How many months / years are you willing to raise money.

Voila, there is a certain amount.

There are many articles-advice on how to increase this amount (for example, not to buy unnecessary items), I will not spray on this topic.

This amount is your reality, it determines your travel style, whether you will hitchhike and sleep in a tent or fly in a helicopter :)

Priority selection

On a long journey (say, more than two months) - this is a very important question.

The choice is usually trivial: time or money.

Let's say you have a list of places you want to visit. You can either skip it quickly using buses / airplanes / hotels or slowly savor it by hitchhiking and living for weeks in different places on work away or couchsurfing.

This will greatly affect the final cost of your trip.

Photo: getting ready to board a regular flight from to.

But the most important thing:

stay positive for any style of travel!

Strict planning

Expenditures

Let's consider what the cost of a trip around the world consists of and roughly estimate the amount.

Transport

The most expensive thing is, of course, transport. Especially intercontinental flights. As a rule, they cannot be avoided, there are a few cases when someone managed to overcome the ocean by air or hydrostop.

But still, the price can be made affordable if you monitor prices / discounts and buy tickets in advance.

When calculating the cost, you should immediately see how much long flights will cost in total. As a rule, these will be one-way flights.

We once considered the so-called round the world tickets, which are offered by most airline alliances, but they turned out to be unreasonably expensive and the process of buying and confirming each flight was a chore. Later, the refusal of such tickets was justified, because the entire route had to be flown in a year.

It is impossible to take into account the costs of smaller movements =)

Prices change, plans change during the trip, as I wrote earlier.

Everything happens here for travelers by fallback method... As the money runs out, we move from the plane to buses and hitchhiking.

An example of a calculation, or an arithmetic problem for a second grade student.

Visas

This cost item is small, but inevitable. It very much depends on your citizenship and the list of countries you are going to visit.

Let's say our backpacker spent $ 400.

Lodging

There are three options:

1. Spend the night on couchsurfing or by appointment. Is free. A great option for long trips. Requires experience and skills ("wisdom"). Where it did not work out, we spend the night in a tent or in a cheap hostel.

If you haven't signed up for Airbnb yet:

Let's say that a French backpacker traveled for a year to inexpensive countries and on average paid $ 8 per night at the dorm:

$ 8 * 365 (days in a year) = $ 2920

Food

Surprisingly, food is usually not expensive.

Especially in warm countries, where one meal costs US $ 1-4.

In addition, you can cook yourself, sometimes you will be fed by those you meet on the road, sometimes you will feed them.

Let's go back to our backpacker, $ 2 "seems to be" inexpensive:

$ 2 x 3 (meals) x 365 (days) = $ 2190

But then again, you can eat cheaper than some French backpacker.

The costs are related to the fact that all equipment must be purchased to start, if it was not purchased before the start of the trip.

You may need a backpack, tent, camera, comfortable travel clothes and shoes, and other things that are not always necessary in everyday life. And it's all worth a lot.

Equipment has three negative properties: break, get lost, as well as the fact that it can be stolen. In this regard, costs increase: you need to repair or buy a new one.

Our backpacker bought himself a backpack (200) + a sleeping bag (100) = $ 300. Friends gave him a tent and a cushion. In the course of the play, his shoes were torn 2 times, plus a bunch of clothes worn out and leaked, and he spent another 300 on repairs and buying new junk.

Total $ 600.

Bars, alcohol, cigarettes, goodies

We are not monks, we are not blessed travelers. Our goal is not only to drive through certain points on the globe.

Means, there is a way for everyone to spend money on something unnecessary: alcohol, cigarettes, discos, etc.

There are backpackers who only hitchhike, but at the same time the money saved is spent on beer. Although here,. This is very individual.

Here it starts to work for the calculation limitation principle.

Let's say we bet $ 1 per day - that's $ 30 per month, or $ 365 per year. It's a can of beer, or ice cream, or some fruit every day.

For a Western European backpacker we bet $ 3. (According to our observations, they drink a lot.)

Or $ 1068 per year.

Tickets for attractions and tours

The blogs of our compatriots are full of notes on how to get through for free. But, unfortunately, this is not possible everywhere, not everywhere we want to take a steam bath and put ourselves and the workers of the local tourism industry in an uncomfortable position.

We have with experience around the world, expenses are significantly reduced because we are less and less attending banal tourist places from the guide and spend more time communicating with people and nature, searching for beauty in the everyday life of other countries.

We also travel more on our own than on a tour.

Let's limit $ 100 per month. In general, it will not be enough. None, Machu Picchu and others.

Total $ 1200 per year.

For the French backpacker, we will introduce a limit of $ 300 per month. He, as befits a bourgeois personality, will pay for "trekking", diving and riding in a hot air balloon.

$ 3600 per year.

Medicine

V distant countries there is a great danger of getting sick, including unprecedented exotic diseases, as well as getting into an accident or getting injured.

It is very popular to buy cheap insurance that costs less than $ 100. She has enough coverage to cure a runny nose. If a tourist has an accident, there is enough coverage to pay for 1-3 days of the hospital.

That's why very important to have !

Moreover, the one that provides a large amount of coverage and includes various extreme sports (motorcycle, bicycle, hiking, diving, etc.).

Please add the cost of insurance to the estimate.

Also, in an amicable way, before leaving, you need to do vaccinations from various dangerous infections (yellow fever, typhoid, tetanus, etc.)

Further on Facebook / VKontakte they write that they urgently need to collect $ 100,500 for treatment, because the doctors did not manage to collect the victim in 1-3 days. In groups in Thailand and Indonesia, there are especially many such posts, because it is popular there to fall off a motorcycle. Let's say our backpacker bought it for $ 1000 a year.

Calculation for our backpacker

Class 0. European tourist. So our abstract French friend is going to spend:

6600 (transport) + 2920 (housing) + 2190 (food) + 600 (equipment) + 1068 (alcohol and snacks) + 3600 (tours) + 1000 (medicine) + 400 (visas) = ​​18379 $

Approximately 18-19k. Somehow it turned out a lot. Let's see how you can shorten.

Class 1. Greedy European tourist. No alcohol and cigarettes! We will limit the tours to $ 100 per month, we will take a simpler equipment, we will limit the consumption for food twice (i.e. eat mainly rice and pasta with vegetables).

6600 (transport) + 2920 (accommodation) + 1000 (food) + 50 (equipment) + 1200 (tours) + 1000 (medicine) + 400 (visas) = ​​13170 $

Approximately 13-14k. Is it a lot anyway?

Class 2. Thrifty traveler and beginner hitchhiker. We cut transport costs by half. We will halve the cost of accommodation and tours (it implies that we spend the night for free most of the time), we will delete some countries so as not to pay for a visa. We remove medical expenses (not recommended, but, in practice, this is often the case). We are not sick, we cross the road carefully.

3000 (transport) + 1500 (accommodation) + 600 (food) + 50 (equipment) + 600 (tours) + 250 (visas) = ​​6000 $

6k money. Is it real already?

Nevertheless:

Class 3. Cool hitchhiker. This means that we travel only for free, for example, we pay only 2 * 1000 $ for flights through Tikhiy and Atlantic Ocean and some ferries. We spend the night only for free, we do not take tours. We climb into the sights like a pirate, i.e. exclusively free of charge.

2000 (transport) + 0 (housing) + 50 (equipment) + 600 (food) + 0 (tours) = 2650 $

2-3k money.

Class 4. God of the hitchhiker. An almost unattainable ideal. To go through the seas and oceans by hydro or aircraft stop. As a rule, such a traveler knows how to please everyone and finds with everyone mutual language... Including the chief of the Matumba tribe in Africa, who speaks only the language of his tribe. He is also able to convince him to let him in for free on a train, plane, museum, spend the night in the house, give him a free visa. And to convince exactly the people whom he sees for the first time.

We put 1 $ of expenses for one day and how much is in the reserve, let's say another 400 dollars. (We hope to return the reserve home! But part of it inevitably goes to visas.)

That is, less than 1k of money.

This class of travelers contains a huge number of people: these are students who hitchhike to the Crimea and sleep like a savage. And also grandmothers crossing half of the CIS as a hare on trains. Moreover, these grandmothers could easily make a round-the-world trip almost free of charge, if they wanted. But why do they need it? They just want to see their granddaughter, bring jam and cucumbers, touch the holy relic with their lips, etc.

Very important: Travelers usually enter classes 3 and 4 not out of a desire to save money, but because they like this lifestyle. They love to communicate with drivers, look for appointments, they are satisfied with constant uncertainty, they are looking for adventure. If interested, you can read the books of Anton Krotov for inspiration.

Interesting to see which travel class did the survey participants choose.

It turned out somehow a lot of hitchhiking gods :)

To restore justice and get a more easily readable chart, I decided to remove those who were going to spend less than $ 365 (that is, less than $ 1 per day) and more than $ 30,000, then we get the following:

Factors shaping the cost of traveling around the world

If in the previous section there were objective things that are difficult to change, now we will try to consider what depends more on us.

Who are we traveling with?

This is a very important question..

If we approach the issue of travel in a philosophical way, we can say that a traveler pays for every day on the road in two currencies: ordinary money and his own internal energy. The only difference is that the energy itself is renewed (free of charge !!) when we sleep, have fun, drink wine, swim in the sea. If you run out of energy, you have to pay more money.

Everything is very simple.

There is no strength to wave your hand on the side of the road and wait for a passing car - go by bus, there is no strength to communicate with people on the list - you go to the hotel, there is no strength to look for a cheaper hotel, go to the one that was first caught.

The list of options for making travel more expensive is endless.

And here your companion is very important.

He (she) can replenish your strength with a kind word, hugs and other things, and also reduce his irritability and sour face. A fellow traveler carries part of the general equipment in his backpack, runs to look for a hotel when he is no longer strong. Conducts correspondence on couchsurfing.

The choice of a travel companion determines not only how pleasant it will be to learn Big world but also how expensive it will be.

Traveling alone has a number of advantages, but also many disadvantages. This will generally be more expensive and more difficult.

The need for rest

The constant change of place and the mass of impressions can cloud our mind. With each week of the road, we become less susceptible to the wonders that new countries are opening up to us.

We become more distracted, lose things, miss the bus, etc.

I want to go home.

Therefore, on a long journey, you need to plan stops in pleasant, inexpensive places to catch your breath, relax, plan your further route, and sort out the accumulated photos.

In general, I think that properly planned rest stops reduce costs :)

For example, the bulk of this article was written when we were staying for one week with friends in Punta Arenas in Chile (thanks, Stasya and Daniel!).

An experience

In the process of traveling, we not only get to know the world, but also learn to travel. We analyze our mistakes, communicate with other travelers, read the Internet, and thus gain new knowledge and skills.

Most likely, a person who has already wandered the world a lot with his brain turned on, will spend less money than the one who first left his city. Since he knows how to buy air tickets and book a car at a better price. If this is a different style of travel, then he knows where to get up in order to quickly stop the passing car, how to spend the night for free (or cheaply), where to get cheap food.

When Marina and I went around the world, after a month we noticed how our expenses began to decrease rapidly. You can gain experience faster if you travel with experienced companions. (Or if you read our blog!)

Planning a trip around the world: seasons and holidays

A person who had to open some modern guidebook probably noticed that the story of a country often begins with its seasons. They are associated with the climate, holidays and other factors that make a visit to the country most favorable.

There are 4 types of seasons: low, high, peak, and transitional.

During the low season, visiting the country can be extremely unpleasant (for example, temperatures as low as -40, or eternal rains) or even pointless.

Although, there are also opposite examples.

Amid the sound of a downpour, we sorted out photos and wrote a blog, planning what to see in Indonesia. It was cold! And in the evening it was always sunny, we swam in the sea and enjoyed the sunset. Plus we tried parasailing at half the price.

Obviously during peak season (e.g. Christmas and New Year) prices skyrocket.

Around the world expenses are largely determined by whether you can plan logistics in such a way that everywhere get into a good season, so as not to fall on inflated prices and at the same time not to make unnecessary movements over long distances.

The cost of our trip around the world

This article was written when we spent more than a year and a half around the world, and it was coming to an end. And so we decided to roughly calculate our expenses. It will no longer be possible to determine precisely, since the bank in which we kept part of the money went bankrupt, and our financial history disappeared in it.

For the first year of travel for one person, we spent about $ 11,000.

The most significant expense items for the first year:

1. :) It took about $ 2500 per person. We did OWD, AOWD and Nitrox certifications, went on a dive safari, dived 49 dives.

2. Intercontinental flights: $ 2200 per person:

• Kiev -: 600 $
• Manila -: $ 800
• San Francisco -: $ 800

  How could you save

  I'll tell you right away that this amount can be significantly reduced, if you hitchhike or cycle, but then a trip like ours will take 3-5 years instead of 1.5 years.

  I repeat once again that such a hitchhiking and cycling trip is not a way of saving, but a way of knowing the world. A hitchhiker and cyclist notices what an ordinary traveler like us does not see.

  But we could not afford to delay the trip, we had other urgent matters. And the goal was to visit several parts of the world, to feel what life is like in different countries.

  How about travel work

  Someone will rightly notice that you can work while traveling.

  Can even return in the black in terms of money.

  I think this is a topic for a separate article. For now, I'll write that Marina and I quickly rejected this idea for various reasons.

  Firstly, we wanted to make a big change in the way of life for a while, to ventilate the brain, to have a rest.

  Secondly, we wanted to move quickly, actively, and spend all our free time on the journey itself, planning, parsing photos / videos, and blogging.

  Conclusions from the above

  If someone says that he traveled for $ 200 for 6 months, this does not mean that you can do that. Likewise, just because a friend of yours spent $ 8,000 in one month in the States does not mean that you can never travel all over the States with your modest salary.

  Your budget is very individual!

  You just need to collect as much money as you can and decide to hit the road.

  A truly round-the-world trip is more of an adventure, an adventure than a pre-planned act, because we have an equation in which there are too many unknowns, and, in the end, that's the beauty of it.

  Good luck in your endeavors!