HaHa said:Me too, but then I would mostly travel to see and do things. Some travel more to hang out in a cheap place. Hippies used to live in Goa on $3/day.
And that $3 a day is now $16.60 with inflation.
HaHa said:Me too, but then I would mostly travel to see and do things. Some travel more to hang out in a cheap place. Hippies used to live in Goa on $3/day.
Would that be calculated by the American CPI, the Goa CPI, or someone's imaginary hedonics-adjusted CPI?GTM said:And that $3 a day is now $16.60 with inflation.
How bout bicycling? You take the bicycle on the train.. . . Yrs to Go said:You can take a train, but then what do you do once you get to the train station? Walk? Hitchhike?
MJ said:How bout bicycling? You take the bicycle on the train.
That's how I normally get around now and I own a car.
I just came back from my father. I did a fast 41 mile RT ride.
MJ
Honkie said:I posted in the over 20k bracket, but we do spend less some years if we can't get away as often for whatever reason.
Honkie said:I posted in the over 20k bracket, but we do spend less some years if we can't get away as often for whatever reason.
. . . Yrs to Go said:Some posters in the thread where working a $50/day budget (which I'll never be able to do). I figure I could probably do some good long trips on $20K, though.
Lancelot said:I wonder what the Philippines could do for my net worth 8)
Lance
On a domestic route, all the major airlines give you a free domestic ticket on a bump as far as I'm aware; this may even be the law. However the tickets used to be supremely easy to use and now they're a bit harder to use but still very flexible. My UA ticket I'm about to use offers free date changes for example--where else can you get that?sailor said:Most airlines give you money vouchers ("Delta Dollars").
The amount depends on much overbooked the flight is and how important (First Class/Business Class/Elite status) people are booked for the flight but don't have seats.
I've been given several $400 and few $250. They are good for a year from the date of issue.
If you are into frequent flying "flyer talk" forums are excellent resource ( http://www.flyertalk.com/ )
Honkie said:YtG / HaHa
Yes both the wife and I work. This year we have been away for a total of 4 weeks, 2 in UK, 1 in Florence and 1 in Sydney, plus 3 weekends of 2 or 3 days, so you could say that the 15k so far has lasted about 35 days. However, the flights have been a large proportion of the cost and we often travel with a third adult plus our child. When we travel with the third adult, we need two rooms rather than just one.
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Lancelot said:Funny thing is, for me, Thailand is like a job in that my living expenses are so low that my net worth has increased about 25% since retiring. I also love to bargain and paying less is an enjoyable game for me.
I wonder what the Philippines could do for my net worth 8)
Lance
Lancelot said:I wonder what the Philippines could do for my net worth 8)
Sheryl said:Lance,
Excuse my ingnorance, but would you or others with experience there care to expound on living costs and conditions in the Philippines? We were just talking to someone yesterday who has bought a lot of property there and plans to ER soon. Of course he has a Fillipino wife with family there, but I'm curious about attitudes, expenses and conditions for the everyday ex-pat.
Sheryl said:Lance,
Excuse my ingnorance, but would you or others with experience there care to expound on living costs and conditions in the Philippines? We were just talking to someone yesterday who has bought a lot of property there and plans to ER soon. Of course he has a Fillipino wife with family there, but I'm curious about attitudes, expenses and conditions for the everyday ex-pat.
Thanks!
ESRBob said:Hey, Lance, good to hear you're doing well out there in SE Asia.
I relate to this point -- I always thought of a Plan B in a really inexpensive mode in a place like Thailand was the way to restore net worth to a battered portfolio. It's my ace in the hole.
Another possible Plan B for some people (this clearly isn't right for everybody) is to live in some sort of monastery/ashram/kibbutz where your living expenses go to effectively zero because you do some work there as your room and board contribution.
Living large in Thailand sounds good, though, too!
btw, Lance, unless the laws have changed in the last 15 years, just don't try to exit the country with a Buddha statue -- we tried this and found out that it was deemed a cultural artifact and were ushered into a small room at the airport with hundreds of other buddhas which were confiscated at the airport. Its a scam, of course, any image made last week would qualify for the ban. Loved everything else about Thailand, though.