How is everyone affording all of this international travel?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hotels in Europe are the same price as in the US.

So airfare is the main difference.

The hotels are cheaper in a lot of countries too. As is just about everything else. If you get there it doesn’t have to be an expensive vacation.

[Anonymous]

Points + bonus. Mostly the latter.

But I just tell people points.

[Anonymous]

I bundle it into work travel

[Anonymous]

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

Hopefully several trips.

[Anonymous]

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

I wish I could do that for my kid in college but there’s a fee to use a CC.

[Anonymous]

Im a single mom of 2 making $85k. My kids are 4 and 7 and they have been to 6 countries. Ive been to 25+. It's doable.

[Anonymous]

We make $320hHI and our mortgage is $3200pITI and no daycare costs anymore. We get flights in points most of the time and pay for hotels or rent an apartment. Often cheaper accommodations and food than the US

[Anonymous]

We forgo other things

[Anonymous]

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

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

3) people have family money

[Anonymous]

We didn’t upgrade our house. Still live in our starter home which could be bigger and have a garage, but instead we stay in it because it’s paid off, and it means we have more monar to travel.

[Anonymous]

I’m a yoga teacher and I travel internationally several weeks a year to teach at international resorts. It’s 7 days at various all inclusive all over the world, for myself and another adult. It’s a great way to see a lot of the world and meet interesting people. My friend pays the $1000 s and I teach 1-2 classes each month,’often right on the shore on a platform or other lovely spot. Full all inclusive benefits/alcohol/dining etc. fun way to make a second job work for you (same with the clothing discounts instructors get at vuori, lulu etc).

[Anonymous]

*each morning, not each month.

[Anonymous]

It is not necessarily that expensive, you choose how much to spend on accommodation, food etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im a single mom of 2 making $85k. My kids are 4 and 7 and they have been to 6 countries. Ive been to 25+. It's doable.

You must not be saving a lot of money? I am paranoid about being laid off and not being able to get another job for a few years and burning through all my savings or becoming so old/handicapped that I can't work anymore and have to live off savings. So I try to save 50% of my income.

[Anonymous]

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

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

3) people have enough family money that they aren’t aggressively saving for retirement