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Those people aren't flying internationally. If you spend hundreds on an airline ticket then you wont care abbot $5

• chrischen 10y ago
  Tell that to hostel-ers around the world.
  • disordinary 10y ago
    I spent several months backpacking around Europe, through Russia, and then China, and a friend of mine is pretty much a professional backpacker well into his 30's. It can be tough, and you take odd jobs when you can get them. But realistically $5 is not going to buy you a nights sleep in a dorm, it might buy you lunch, it will just buy you a coffee in some airports. Not worth the risk for the money on offer. Knowingly being a drug mule, on the other hand, pays better.
    • PhantomGremlin 10y ago
      Knowingly being a drug mule, on the other hand, pays better. Just be careful you don't wind up in a Turkish prison. Then, what you need to do to escape is to kill the chief guard and walk out the front door wearing his uniform: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film) No thanks. Not the life for me.
    • chrischen 10y ago
      You can get hostel beds for $15-$20 in Hong Kong, even if it doesn't get you all the way, it's a significant chunk, so little bits from various places will add up.
      • disordinary 10y ago
        You can get a hostel for $25 in most places, seasoned travelers are not going to be taking unknown packages around. The people that do that sort of stuff are the people going on their first trip overseas.