Posted: 12/7/2012 December 7th, 2012
Finishing off the week of reader stories, we head across the pond to England and meet Trish, a 35-year-old teacher. Not delighted with her life in England, she sold everything she owned, gave herself a budget of 10,000 GBP ($16,000 USD), and set off traveling the world with only her backpack to her name.
Nomadic Matt: tell me about yourself.
Trish: I originally come from Ipswich, a small town in east Anglia about an hour’s drive from London. I have been traveling now for about five months through Australia and Asia.
I was living a normal London life. I had a charming job teaching stunning five-year-olds in a respected private school in east London. I got paid well and rented a modern two-bed apartment or condo 10 minutes’ walk from work. I tried to clear up for five years, but I rarely had money left at the end of the month and so the dream of a lot more traveling became a lot more and a lot more distant.
Life was good…just not GREAT. So after much procrastination, I made a decision to sell my house, give up my job, and sell all my ownerships at automobile boot [trunk] sales. I gave myself a budget of 10,000 GBP. After five months of traveling, I still have nearly a third of my original budget left.
I’m now traveling in Thailand, and my backpack is all I have to my name.
Did you plan any certain trip or just wanted to travel?
I just knew I wanted something different from life, but I had no clear idea about the type of trip I was planning. I love learning about different cultures and so I looked into countries I had always dreamed of visiting.
I looked into getting a round-the-world ticket, but the cost and the enormity of the research and planning afraid me. I got bogged down by the minute details, and then it became too big a task so I made a decision to start with Australasia.
I had been invited to check out a pal and her family in Australia, so I made a decision to book a return flight to Brisbane and then stop off on the way back in Singapore and work my way up through Asia.
I also knew I wanted to travel differently than the normal backpacker once I got into Asia by doing some Couchsurfing, volunteering, and house-sitting so that I could get a feel for the country I was visiting.
How did you research your trip?
First, I wanted to know what you had packed and the sorts of items that would be helpful to carry around. then I became interested in how you budgeted for your trips. My budget didn’t seem that big until I started to look into ways in which you could travel for cheaper. I researched how I could use HelpX to volunteer my labor in return for a bed and food.
As a teacher, there are lots of opportunities across the world for someone like me to show English, so I thought I could make my money stretch that way. I liked reading your stories about what you’d learnt while traveling. They inspired me to write about my own feelings.
Were you terrified before you went on your trip?
I was terrified and ecstatic at the same time. It took me a long time to actually just book the flight and make it real!
Once I did that, life got busy and I had “to do” lists coming out my ears! I think this is because I made a decision to go the whole way and detach myself from my old life. It wasn’t just about traveling for a few months or taking a sabbatical and returning to my life — it was about starting over and having a different view about being a permanent traveler.
Through your website, I recognized you as someone who had made a success of traveling indefinitely. I wanted to be able to do the same. I have lots of ideas about how to, but I haven’t actually had enough time to put plans into action as I’ve been traveling and doing stuff each day considering that I started in August!
How did you save for your trip?
I sold my house and valuables so that I was debt-free. I’m using that money for traveling. I put a budget aside for my traveling and once it’s gone, it’s gone.
What about life on the road has shocked you the most?
धेरै कुराहरू! I’ve found you can live with a lot less clothes and things than you thought you could. You always make pals and meet people wherever you are. You rarely, if ever, feel lonely because of all the people around.
Lastly, the goodness and kindness of the people in the country in which you’re traveling.
Never underestimate the power of a smile and hand gestures! everyone has been really friendly and helpful.
With such limited funds, how do you stay on budget when you travel?
I always research accommodation and compare prices. I normally use hostel sites as well; I look on Hostelworld.com to compare reviews and ratings. I work out how much I’m ready to pay for a room, bed, and comfort.
So far, this technique has not let me down, and I’ve stayed in some really charming and inexpensive places. I try to choose places with complimentary Wi-Fi, a common area, andमेरो सामानको लागि राम्रो सुरक्षा। खाना खानाको लागि जान्छ। जहाँ उत्तम सडक / बजार खाना कहाँ छ भनेर थाहा पाउँदा स्थानीयहरू कहाँ जान्छन्। म अहिले कहिल्यै रेस्टुरेन्टहरूमा खान्छु किनकि तिनीहरू भर्खरै पकाएको स्थानीय खानाको लागि तिर्ने रकम तीन गुणा छन्।
म धेरै पिउँदिन, तर यदि म बाहिर पिउँदिन भने, म सामान्यतया स्थानीय बियरमा अडिग छु किनकि यो सस्तोमा छ।
कस्तो कुरा जुन तपाईले सोचे कि एक चुनौती हो त्यो हुन सक्दैन?
मैले बिभिन्न गन्तव्यहरूमा यात्रा गर्दा र म भाषा बोल्ने क्रममा कसरी गलत हुँदैछ भनेर सोचिरहेको छु र म भाषा बोल्न सक्दिन, E.G., बस भाँच्दैन वा ट्रेन आउँदैन। मैले सिकें कि म सामना गर्न सक्दछु र यो संसारको अन्त होइन।
सबै कुरा अन्तमा सबै आदर्श बाहिर जान्छ, र त्यहाँ सधैं कोही कोही छ जो मद्दत गर्न चाहन्छ। मैले सोचें कि म एक्लो छु तर मँ नभएको छु। त्यहाँ सँधै तपाईंको मार्गमा छ।
तपाईं जान चाहने व्यक्तिहरूको लागि कस्तो सिफारिसहरू राख्नुहुन्छ तर उनीहरूले सोच्न सक्दैन?
गर! मैले मेरो सम्पूर्ण जीवनमा मैले धेरै महिनाहरूमा धेरै व्यस्त क्षणहरू पाएको छु किनकि मैले गरेको निर्णयको लागि मैले गरेको थिएँ।
सबै बहानालाई जान दिनुहोस्: पैसा, समय, अय्यूब, व्यक्तिहरूको सीमित दृष्टिकोण, र तपाईं आफूले चाहेको कुरा गर्न सक्नुहुन्छ।
अर्को सफलता कहानी बन्नुहोस्
यस कामको बारेमा मेरो मनपर्ने अंशहरू मध्ये एक व्यक्तिहरूको यात्रा कथाहरू सुनेको छ। तिनीहरूले मलाई प्रेरणा दिन्छन्, तर अझ महत्त्वपूर्ण कुरा, तिनीहरूले तपाईंलाई पनि प्रेरित गर्दछन्। म एक निश्चित तरिका यात्रा गर्दछु, तर त्यहाँ तपाईंको यात्रा को फस गर्न र संसार यात्रा गर्न को लागी धेरै तरिकाहरू छन्। मलाई आशा छ यी कथाहरूले तपाईंलाई देखाउँदछ कि त्यहाँ यात्रा गर्न एक भन्दा बढी तरिका भन्दा बढी छ र तपाईंको यात्रा लक्ष्यहरूमा पुग्नको लागि यो तपाईंको प्रोफेशन भित्र छ।
यहाँ धेरै व्यक्तिहरू छन् जसले विश्वभरि उनीहरूको साहसिक कार्यको लागि भुक्तानी फेला पारेका छन्।
माइकलले? महिनाहरूमा $ 14K लाई repted महिनामा बचत गरिएको छ
कसरी 22-वर्ष पुरानो लरेन उनको एपिक साहसिक को लागी $ 18k बचत भयो
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दुई सान डिग्रेट्स जितजेल उत्तराधिकारीहरू संसारलाई यात्रा गर्न डराउँछन्
हामी सबै बिभिन्न ठाउँहरूबाट आउँदछौं, तर हामी सबैलाई समान चीज छ: हामी सबै अधिक यात्रा गर्न चाहन्छौं।
कसरी एक दिनमा $ 50 मा संसारको यात्रा गर्ने
विश्व यात्राको लागि मेरो न्यू योर्क टाइम्स बेच्ने पेपरब्याक गाईडले तपाईंलाई यात्राको कलालाई कसरी मास्टर गर्ने देखाउनेछ ताकि तपाईं पिटेको मार्गबाट टाढा हुनुहुन्छ, र गहिरो यात्रा अनुभव हुन दिनुहोस्। यो तपाईंको ए z योजना गाइड हो कि बीबीसीले “बजेट यात्रीहरूका लागि बाइबल” भनियो।
धेरै धेरै सिक्न यहाँ क्लिक गर्नुहोस् र आज यसलाई पढ्न सुरु गर्नुहोस्!
तपाईंको यात्रा बुक गर्नुहोस्: लगइनिकल विचारहरू र युक्तिहरू
तपाईंको उडान किताब
स्लोबीकननर प्रयोग गरेर कम लागत उडान फेला पार्नुहोस्। यो मेरो मनपर्ने खोज ईन्जिन हो किनकि यसले वेब साइटहरू र विश्वभरि एयरलाइन्सहरू खोजी गर्दछ ताकि तपाईंलाई सँधै थाहा छैन कि तपाईंलाई कुनै ढु stone ्गा हराएको छैन।
तपाईंको आवास बुक गर्नुहोस्
तपाईं होस्टेलवर्ल्डको साथ तपाईंको होस्टल बुक गर्न सक्नुहुनेछ। यदि तपाईं एक होस्टल बाहेक अरू कतै रहन चाहनुहुन्छ भने, बुप्रदायिक र होटेलहरूको लागि तिनीहरू निरन्तरतापूर्वक महँगो दर फिर्ता गर्न चाहन्छन्।
यात्रा बीमा बिर्सनुहोस्
यात्रा बीमाले तपाईंलाई रोग, चोटपटक, चोरी, र रद्दहरूको बिरूद्ध सुरक्षित गर्दछ। यो केहि गलत छ मा मामला मा विस्तृत सुरक्षा हो। म विगतमा यो धेरै चोटि प्रयोग गर्नुपर्दैन किनकि मैले यसलाई धेरै चोटि प्रयोग गर्नुपर्यो। मेरा मनपर्ने कम्पनीहरू जसले उत्तम सेवा र मान प्रस्ताव गर्छन्:
सेभेरेडिंग (सबैको लागि उत्तम)
मेरो यात्रा बीमा (ती of0 भन्दा बढीको लागि)
मेडजेट (अतिरिक्त निकासी कभरेजको लागि)
तपाईंको यात्रा बुक गर्न तयार हुनुहुन्छ?
तपाईं यात्रा गर्न को लागी सबै भन्दा राम्रो कम्पनीहरु को लागी मेरो स्रोत पृष्ठ जाँच गर्नुहोस्। जब म यात्रा गर्दछु म सबैलाई सूचीबद्ध गर्दछु। तिनीहरू कक्षामा सबै भन्दा राम्रो हुन् र तपाईं तिनीहरूलाई तपाईंको यात्रामा गलत गर्न सक्नुहुन्न।