Hah. It is true that a lot of the people traveling are 'privileged', but probably not with 60k a month trust funds :) They are just privileged by where they wer

Hah. It is true that a lot of the people traveling are 'privileged', but probably not with 60k a month trust funds :) They are just privileged by where they were born, the value of their currency and the support they might have from family. A lot of the people I met when I did my traveling had little savings, had worked their asses off to save up for the trip and didn't have any employment lined up for when they get back. As software developers we are doubly lucky to have jobs that are portable worldwide and in demand, I did a little consulting on the way to help pay for things. btw if you have an urge to do this do it before you have kids - after that, well, not going to happen probably.