This Month's Haul: June

[Schlep]

hey, lets hack and cut up sentences to be funny =D

grow up.

no, you don't understand. I come up with about half that every year just for a metal festival in atlanta each year. If I can do that in school with no job, everyone on this board can do so with in two or three years.

In the real world, some of us pay to go to school.

Hell it can even be done for free if you are smart about it. You can co-op for your major while in college, get a job in another country that will pay for your move (this does happen, highering people from the US makes companys feel special and is good PR), do religious mecionary trips, work for someone like FedEx or UPS that flys around the world, agree to teach english in another country, or join one of the armed forces.

Those all suck and aren't realistic at all for most people.

The list goes on and on if you JUST want to travel. However if you want to fly first class and stay in a big hotel and pay a guy named Abooba to rub your back, yeah, you're going to need a lot of cash. But that shit is bullshit pampering and a huge waste of money to go to another country to get.

Jesus christ you're stupid. Plan out a trip to Europe for a month where you visit 4-5 countries. After you get done with all of the travel (plane ticket, train passes) and the cost for the hostels, you're not left with too much for food or entertainment if you're limiting yourself to $2500-3000.

Stop using false dilemma bullshit.

[Razor Ramon]

fuck, Jack Kerouac wrote a book about this! It's a classic and everything.

He sucked something fierce, though. I guess traveling is far more interesting than reading about it.

[Yoshi]

and pay a guy named Abooba to rub your back

I'd rather rub a pair of Aboobas.

[Diff-chan]

you'd be a nut

to argue with the butt

POTY imo.

He sucked something fierce, though.

Incorrect.

[Vasteel]

Jesus christ you're stupid. Plan out a trip to Europe for a month where you visit 4-5 countries. After you get done with all of the travel (plane ticket, train passes) and the cost for the hostels, you're not left with too much for food or entertainment if you're limiting yourself to $2500-3000.

Stop using false dilemma bullshit.

My brother just spent 3 months touring Europe for $1200 bucks. So yeah, it can be done. In South America, you can't eat and drink $20 US dollars in a day, guaranteed, and that includes the tip.

Every couple of years I spend a month or two traveling the US for no better purpose than to do it. I rarely leave with more than 75-100 bucks, and I do just fine, I often even manage to bring a cool book or record or something home with me when I return.

Cheeks is right, it can be done if you want to see the real world and not the Carnival cruise lines version of it.

[Schlep]

Ok, let's add this up.

~$800 for a plane ticket
~$900 for hostels
~$300 for Eurail Select Pass
~$50-100 for local trains
~$300 for food

So I was off by about $200-700. This also includes nothing more than being there. I'm sure I could hitchhike across Europe and sleep on park benches if I wanted to, but I don't.

[Yoshi]

You can do a lot better than $900 for hotels. The plane ticket is the only thing you absolutely can't avoid.

[Schlep]

$900 is $30 per night, which is the going rate at most places for a 4 person room. You can get one for $20 a night that's like, 12 people to a room, from the sites I've come across.

[Fe 26]

grow up.

you first, sun shine

In the real world, some of us pay to go to school.

and?

Those all suck and aren't realistic at all for most people.

Just because you don't want to do it that way, doesn't make those options suck or unrealistic. One of my best friends in highschool has already seen 5 different countries. He is the son of a brick layer (in a small town in MS, not a big city where that would pay well) and didn't have as much stuff as the rest of us. He doesn't have a fancy major either. He is in school right now for youth ministry. His major is ten times easier than mine or just about anyone here, and yet he as already seen several countries. He did so by doing missionary trips. None of the countries are hell holes. He always learns a lot and has a lot of fun on those trips. I think he even has a hot girl friend in brazil because of them.

Me, my school can get me a co-op job in all sorts of places. I'm hoping I can get high enough marks this year to go some place like Germany or Japan. Maybe England or some place like that.

These options are realistic for everyone, BUT they aren't realistic doing things the way you want to do them. See this is a lot like that thing with me and dating hot girls. This isn't just about the end goal, its also about doing things on your own terms. And you, like me, probably have every right to be aggravated and upset. Doing things on your own terms can make things very hard, if not impossible. You can't always get what you want, or do things in the way you want.

Jesus christ you're stupid. Plan out a trip to Europe for a month where you visit 4-5 countries. After you get done with all of the travel (plane ticket, train passes) and the cost for the hostels, you're not left with too much for food or entertainment if you're limiting yourself to $2500-3000.

Stop using false dilemma bullshit.

I'm not stupid (at least not about this). You are the one making traveling expensive for yourself. You made the list of how you want to do this. You chose each thing that will make it hard for you. Not me. I've never said anything about it being easy and cheep to go on road trips across all of Europe. Traveling doesn't have to be hard, but the way you want to do it, most likely will be.

There isn’t anything wrong with that, but you need to realize that you are the one that is making it that way.

[Vasteel]

You can do a lot better than $900 for hotels. The plane ticket is the only thing you absolutely can't avoid.

You can even do that if you plan well enough in advance and are willing to make a few compromises- you can get near enough for $200.