Category Archives: Money
Budgeting for Your Round-the-World Trip: Coming Home
On December 15, 2009, just a little over two months after landing back in the United States after our year-long trip, Jeff and I closed on a house, putting a solid 20% down. No, we aren’t rich. We didn’t discover that we were the long lost relative of a member of the royal family. We didn’t win the lottery, embezzle funds, or steal and pawn a gold Buddha. No, the money we used to purchase our house didn’t come to …
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“Special” Price for You
If you’ve traveled anywhere outside the developed world, you know that for you there is always a “special” tourist price, and by special I don’t mean discounted. If locals pay $5 for a taxi ride, you pay $10, though you’re probably quoted at least $15. Walk into a hotel and the rate you’re quoted is probably not the same rate quoted to the person in front of you or person behind you. You’re constantly being sized up. How much money …
Africa Budgets Posted
For all those who are curious about how much it costs to travel through Africa, we’ve posted country budgets for all of the countries we visited: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Victoria Falls, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. Just click on the tab at the top that says “Country Budgets,” and you can explore to your hearts content. For those who just like to know the big number, in our three months in Africa we spent $9,922.31. Did you like …
How to Save Money When You Don’t Have Much to Begin With
It seems like finances—personal, corporate, and government—are big news these days. I can’t click over to CNN without reading some story about the current financial crisis…or the custody battle of some celebrity. Obviously both topics that require careful consideration by the American public. But I digress, the quality of news on CNN is a topic for another day. Today I want to talk about finances, and in particular those articles that promise to tell you how to save money and …
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Budgeting for Africa
This the third in our three part budget outline. See Part 1 – South America and Part 2 – Southeast Asia. We’re currently planning on spending approximately three months working our way down the east coast of Africa, from Ethiopia south to South Africa. This leg of the trip has been the most difficult to nail down a budget for. There’s a couple of reasons for this. First, our sole experience in Africa has come from our amazing trip to …
Southeast Asia Budget
We were in the midst of outlining our budget for our trip in three parts (see Part 1 – South America) when a week-long vacation to South Carolina so rudely interrupted us. So now that life is back on its busy schedule, its time for us to finish the last two legs. Our second continental stop takes us to Southeast Asia, where we are planning on staying approximately three months. We’re breaking our trip down into two categories, every day …
Dinero, Dinero, Dinero. Budgeting South America
Well you guys did an awesome job on the Straw Poll (and please, continue to add in your estimates/experiences, we’ll keep a running tally). Since I’ve been analyzing data nonstop for the past few weeks, I ran some statistics on what you’re responses, looking at our “collective wisdom.” The theory goes that all of our collective knowledge should produce the most accurate results. We’ll see how that works out. Here’s what you all collectively said: Total responses: 12 Median budget: …
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Straw Poll: How Much Does a RTW Trip Cost?
This is a quick one. How much do you think it would cost to do a round the world trip for one year (if you stay out of Europe since that’s a money sinkhole these days)? Respond with a number in the comments and any further details you feel like adding. We’ll follow this up with a post detailing our budget plans and how they align with how the rest of you think. Did you like this? Share it:
