According to facebook, it seems like a lot people I went to uni with are now taking a few years doing this, and it looks awesome.
My question is - how the f*** do you manage it moneywise?
By the time flights, accomodation and other expenses are thought of, for a good 6 months it must be upwards of 5-6k. If I put aside as much money as I could (i.e. gave up Albion etc) for a year, by the time I paid rent and food here, I wouldn't have that kinda money to be completely self-sufficient for half a year. Which has always led me to believe that the people who do it are all rich kids who's mum and dad have somehow been conned into thinking its an important part of their upbringing and funded it.
I'm sure thats not universally the case so can someone please let me in on the secret?
I'm the same, I've literally no idea how everyone pays for it!
According to facebook, it seems like a lot people I went to uni with are now taking a few years doing this, and it looks awesome.
My question is - how the f*** do you manage it moneywise?
By the time flights, accomodation and other expenses are thought of, for a good 6 months it must be upwards of 5-6k. If I put aside as much money as I could (i.e. gave up Albion etc) for a year, by the time I paid rent and food here, I wouldn't have that kinda money to be completely self-sufficient for half a year. Which has always led me to believe that the people who do it are all rich kids who's mum and dad have somehow been conned into thinking its an important part of their upbringing and funded it.
I'm sure thats not universally the case so can someone please let me in on the secret?
Went last year during my gap year. Went LA, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand. Went for just over 4 months in all. Wouldn't bother with LA, we only took it in as a stop over to break up the journey for four days.
New Zealand is a must do, at least 6 weeks, absolutely amazing place. Australia is VERY expensive on the whole but worth seeing and Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand were very cheap and all had amazing food. I booked a 3 week tour through south east asia with STA which was worth it and also booked my flights through them. Other than that I would avoid them like the plague, sort your own visas etc I have had many friends refused entry to various countries because STA have messed their visa's up.
I afforded it by working 3 months before I went and 3 months when I got back. Budgeted roughly 50 quid a day including accomodation with the exception of days where we did expensive activities eg white water rafting, sky diving and bungee jumping. Well worth doing.
See I make that budget 6k (50 quid per day * 4 months)! I could personally never have raised that sort of money in 3 months work, or even 6 months really - let alone when paying for living on top of it!
Not a dig, just incredibly jealous! Spose its something you gotta do before you get too stuck into rent/bills etc...
I'm the same, I've literally no idea how everyone pays for it!
If I could recommend anything to anyone, it would be a stint travelling abroad, it completely changes your outlook on life for the good
I want to travel through Cambodia on the top of a train. That sounds bloody marvelous.
I'm the same, I've literally no idea how everyone pays for it!
. A $25 dollar room in America was about £10 back in 2002, but now it would be more like £25
Spose its something you gotta do before you get too stuck into rent/bills etc...