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Sure you can. Travel needs not be expensive. If you don't stay in expensive hotels and eat out all the time, don't go drinking/partying every night its not di

Sure you can. Travel needs not be expensive. If you don't stay in expensive hotels and eat out all the time, don't go drinking/partying every night its not difficult to travel on very little money. Move to a new country with a work permit, get a short term job, maybe working in your hostel, or at a bar, or even as general labour and save up enough to make your next hop.

eyko 15y ago
I think you'll find it's not that easy to move to a new country with a work permit, unless you have a lot of money in your bank account (which is one of the first checks the embassies do), or you're of the wrong nationality (try entering europe being african). Yeah, try telling a starving child labourer in Honduras or South Africa that money will not solve any of their problems. Maybe you can travel hitch-hiking and getting to stay in people's places… I've done that in some parts of europe, but there's nothing like a pillow of cash to help you through the day.
- sanswork 15y ago
  If you're young and from the right countries it's very simple. It's called a working holiday visa. Usually gives you around a year to work and live in the destination country.
lhnz 15y ago
I am being downvoted above but isn't travel expensive? It has to be simply because of the fuel costs involved. In my eyes, 8 years of constant travel would be expensive. Compare that to 8 years of working on the same spot.
- sanswork 15y ago
  Travel can be very expensive. It can also be very cheap. It might be nicer to fly from point A to B but odds are there is a cheaper bus ticket available. A 4 star hotel is very nice to stay at but a 0 star hostel will often cost you less than $15 a day. Working in a bar will easily cover that, your food(buying cheap from local sources and cooking for yourself), and allow you to save for your next bus/boat ticket or where absolutely needed a short haul flight.
  - lhnz 15y ago
    You see, that's my point, as soon as you have to cut the costs of other parts of your life you've clearly started doing something which requires large amount of money...
    - matthewlyle 15y ago
      What costs are you cutting? No, vacationing in 5-star hotels for 8 years would not be cheap but that's not a necessity for travelling. You probably don't rent a 5-star apartment at home.
      - lhnz 15y ago
        People are talking about buying less stuff, and going out for drinks and nice food less often. These are costs that would be decreased. My thought was that: you have to make concessions beyond what you would normally have in your life and that, to me, is proof that you are undertaking in a luxury which you can not easily afford. Which brings me to my original point: when it's clear that the ability to travel requires money can somebody then genuinely advise others that more money doesn't solve a problem?
        sanswork 15y ago
        You're also often lowering your level of income by getting rid of steady employment which is where the cutting down on things comes from.
- ryusage 15y ago
  From what I've heard, travel costs are shockingly cheaper once you get out of the US.

eyko 15y ago

I think you'll find it's not that easy to move to a new country with a work permit, unless you have a lot of money in your bank account (which is one of the first checks the embassies do), or you're of the wrong nationality (try entering europe being african). Yeah, try telling a starving child labourer in Honduras or South Africa that money will not solve any of their problems. Maybe you can travel hitch-hiking and getting to stay in people's places… I've done that in some parts of europe, but there's nothing like a pillow of cash to help you through the day.

sanswork 15y ago
If you're young and from the right countries it's very simple. It's called a working holiday visa. Usually gives you around a year to work and live in the destination country.

lhnz 15y ago

I am being downvoted above but isn't travel expensive? It has to be simply because of the fuel costs involved. In my eyes, 8 years of constant travel would be expensive. Compare that to 8 years of working on the same spot.

sanswork 15y ago
Travel can be very expensive. It can also be very cheap. It might be nicer to fly from point A to B but odds are there is a cheaper bus ticket available. A 4 star hotel is very nice to stay at but a 0 star hostel will often cost you less than $15 a day. Working in a bar will easily cover that, your food(buying cheap from local sources and cooking for yourself), and allow you to save for your next bus/boat ticket or where absolutely needed a short haul flight.
- lhnz 15y ago
  You see, that's my point, as soon as you have to cut the costs of other parts of your life you've clearly started doing something which requires large amount of money...
  - matthewlyle 15y ago
    What costs are you cutting? No, vacationing in 5-star hotels for 8 years would not be cheap but that's not a necessity for travelling. You probably don't rent a 5-star apartment at home.
    - lhnz 15y ago
      People are talking about buying less stuff, and going out for drinks and nice food less often. These are costs that would be decreased. My thought was that: you have to make concessions beyond what you would normally have in your life and that, to me, is proof that you are undertaking in a luxury which you can not easily afford. Which brings me to my original point: when it's clear that the ability to travel requires money can somebody then genuinely advise others that more money doesn't solve a problem?
      - sanswork 15y ago
        You're also often lowering your level of income by getting rid of steady employment which is where the cutting down on things comes from.
ryusage 15y ago
From what I've heard, travel costs are shockingly cheaper once you get out of the US.