Money

How am I financing this trip?

How much do you need?

How much is enough?

How long have I been saving?

Do I have concerns about money.......yes I do and I really have no idea how much is enough.

Let’s start with what I can answer or do know. January is a 3 paycheque month in other words one “bonus pay”. January 30th is my last day of work and I also get paid that day. One month after I start my travels I get one last bonus from work. Fingers crossed on this one I should be receiving a good chunk of money from a health spending account. After I move out of my apartment I will receive my damage deposit back. I will also sell a lot of my possessions.

Eventually I will have advertising on my blog and will receive some revenues from that. I have in the past and will again do online surveys. Both the advertising and surveys will not give me a lot of money but, when you just need 10 dollars for a hut on the beach and 10 dollars for food for the day, an extra 50 dollars from the above will give you an extra 3 nights stay and 2 days of meals. You do need to change your lifestyle and way of thinking when travelling – minimizing drinking will save you a lot of cash, cook more or finding cheaper places to eat, travel to cheaper destinations, stay in hostels, buy the $1.30 loaf of bread rather than the $5 loaf.

Aren’t flights expensive? Not when you happen to get two new credit cards with bonus aero point miles where suddenly a flight to Australia cost you 58.80 and 40,000 points :)

There are many other ways to save money cut back on eating out, don’t buy a car, don’t go out for that 4 dollar starbucks coffee, get a set of hair clippers and cut your own hair.  

If you want to travel like this start today. In the end there will always be something else that will come up financially, and if you want this bad enough you will find a way.

Tuna Tom

Life is a long road with many crossroads but there is no going back only going forward.