Where do these jet setters afford all their travel?

[Anonymous]

I'm not a jett setter but I'm sure some friends would loop me into this group of people. I've always stayed with friends when I've traveled. This summer will be my first time staying at a resort! I also save, save, save and I don't expect to stay in some 5 star hotel. One of my best friend's is always sad about how she hasn't traveled anywhere in her 20s, but her priorities are all mixed up. She wants to stay at 4/5 star resorts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not a jett setter but I'm sure some friends would loop me into this group of people. I've always stayed with friends when I've traveled. This summer will be my first time staying at a resort! I also save, save, save and I don't expect to stay in some 5 star hotel. One of my best friend's is always sad about how she hasn't traveled anywhere in her 20s, but her priorities are all mixed up. She wants to stay at 4/5 star resorts.

I would rather not travel if I had to cheap out and stay at a friend's home.
pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not a jett setter but I'm sure some friends would loop me into this group of people. I've always stayed with friends when I've traveled. This summer will be my first time staying at a resort! I also save, save, save and I don't expect to stay in some 5 star hotel. One of my best friend's is always sad about how she hasn't traveled anywhere in her 20s, but her priorities are all mixed up. She wants to stay at 4/5 star resorts.

I would rather not travel if I had to cheap out and stay at a friend's home.
pathetic.

Had the time of my life though! It’s not for everyone. But I’m so glad I did it in my early 20s.

[Anonymous]

While we wouldn’t say that we travel enough our friends would. Dh and I are late 20s and prioritize travel above all else. We have siblings who do the exact same and our parents always think we are spending much more on hotels and airfare then we actually are. For example, we recently spent about a week and a half in Europe for 450 round trip and traveled to Asia for 600 round trip (and these are not budget airlines so it can be done for cheaper).

We live in a tiny older apartment with cheap rent for our hhi (hhi is 220+bonuses with housing costs including utilities at 1500). It is what you prioritize your spending on. For us, an apartment and cars are not important. We travel to Europe or Asia three times a year and take a number of weekend trips within the US (think Colorado, New Orleans, Boston). We always try to travel over a day off if possible (example Veterans Day) to save days. For international travel, we are lucky that we have free places to stay around multiple US airports and search for places with the best flights and use that airport. We rarely travel out of DC since it’s more expensive. We do stay at Marriott/Westin type hotels but ususally the cheapest prioritizing the best area so we can save money walking everywhere. We also choose our destinations based on where is on sale and always go off season. We have been so fortunate to have great luck with weather even when everyone tells us it will be miserable. We both understand that after kids we won’t be able to take advantage of this- hence why we plan to travel even more in the next two to three years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some people work from home and can therefore work from anywhere. I have friends who have traveled for up to 3 months at a time this way.

Last year I spent a 4 day weekend in the Caribbean in February, a week in Orlando (Disney), another long weekend in New Orleans, and then 4 days/3 nights in Paris.

1) Caribbean trip - flew business, using miles. Paid $150 total for two nights at a beach resort since I split the room with a friend. Spent the other two nights staying at a friends house there.

2) 5 nights in Disney using Marriott points. Took DD and paid under $200 R/T per person and we got upgraded to business both ways. I would have used miles but the flights were too cheap. Daily access to the parks was using a friend of a friend's passes. I paid for meals and other incidentals.

3) New Orleans trip in July during Essence fest. 4 nights, flew down using miles. Split the room with a friend using a discounted rate. Spent about $300 on lodging.

4) Paris trip with DD in October. Most schools were in session (she was on break) so flights were cheap from NYC. We took the bus to NYC, stayed with my best friend, flew direct to Paris. Stayed in an AirBnB right in the heart of Paris. We were a block from Notre Dame and walked to the Louvre leisurely in 20 mins. Flights were $825 once you factored in assigned seating and carryon bags. Flew back to NYC to my friends place. Airbnb was $99/night for a studio apartment. So $1250 for two people once you add on the Greyhound tickets for a 5 night getaway in NYC and Paris.

I spent about 2K total on lodging and airfare for 4 trips and two of those trips included my child.

And I'm in Atlanta for the weekend because I've always wanted to visit and had a Delta credit that I needed to use.

Wow. I'd rather stay home than take most of these trips. A week in Orlando? Put me out of my misery.

So don't go. Easy.

You’re not including food, souvenirs, drinks, etc. you didn’t include admission passes (Louvre and notre dame for example). You stole from Disney iseing a friend’s passes and since they are fingerprint connected how’d you do it anyway?

This tells me you don't know how the passes work. We're talking travel expenses. Keep up.