How is everyone affording all of this international travel?

[Anonymous]

Please just help me understand.

[Anonymous]

Hotels in Europe are the same price as in the US.

So airfare is the main difference.

[Anonymous]

Far-flung destinations don't need to be fancy. The airfare is expensive, but after that it depends on whether you're slumming it or not.

[Anonymous]

We live substantially below our means, save a ton, and use some of the excess savings on nice travel

[Anonymous]

People can say what they want but the answers are as follows:

1) people make a lot of money
2) people go into debt

[Anonymous]

Credit cards, points, generational wealth

[Anonymous]

Points for flights. We charge all our tuitions (3 in college and 1 in private high school).

[Anonymous]

When you find cheap flights, just book them! You can always find reasonable accommodations, and you can skimp on meals.

Pro tip: take short trips.

And put everyone in your family on the same credit card account to accumulate points.

[Anonymous]

We have stayed in our smallish house for 25 years, we drive our cars into the ground and we send our kids to public school. Retirement savings, fully funding 529s and copious amounts of travel are where all our money goes.

[Anonymous]

To be blunt, I'm an attorney, my annual bonus covers the trip.

[Anonymous]

We are rich now, but I traveled more when i was poor. It doesn’t need to cost much. I was spending $10/day back in 1992…

[Anonymous]

OP, what income are you at? We subsidize with credit card rewards, so flights are mostly covered. But still spend up to $15k annually. We’re at $320k combined.

[Anonymous]

I don't. I've never left North America. I barely even do national travel! I went to visit my father this past May in Florida, and prior to that my last trip was four years ago to my mother's funeral.

Today a friend of mine who's out of work and claims to be stressed about money told me next week she's going to Idaho - I barely contained the urge to ask "How?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live substantially below our means, save a ton, and use some of the excess savings on nice travel

Exactly. We have a cheap mortgage so we can travel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have stayed in our smallish house for 25 years, we drive our cars into the ground and we send our kids to public school. Retirement savings, fully funding 529s and copious amounts of travel are where all our money goes.

Same.