How much money do you spend on traveling? So start by listing all prepaid expenses, suggests Cassandra Brooklyn, the head of travel. If you look through my previous posts you can find “ways to save money while traveling” but I still receive regular questions about money BEFORE traveling.
Want to travel the world as a family, like we did? Obviously if you’re a high-roller, there’s plenty of ways to spend your money in the great USA, but it is possible to have a blast and not break the bank.
On my first RTW trip, I traveled around the world for for 3days (months) through countries and I spent USD $1985. Then I decided to keep traveling. And even with rising global food costs a decade later, people stilltravel on similar budgets—yes, so many elements impact a travel costs that you can still travel the world for the same price as a trip years ago (more on how that’s possible later).
Let’s dive into the good stuff. The following tables and charts further outline my around the world trip costs including the country-by-country expenses and budget. Just want the cold hard costs? See full list on alittleadrift.
Creating an accurate anticipated budget for your world tour is an important step—you certainly don’t want to plan for a year but run out of funds in month eight! (more…)