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Phrasing that as spending $37 is so dishonest though. I bet everyone on this site could afford to pay for one month of vacation with two full months salary. Actually, I could stay somewhere really nice for 30 days if I was willing to spend 2 months salary on the vacation. [/quote]

He actually was very clear in the 7 blog posts he wrote about this vacation, that he was trading labor as a way to get to live in Hawaii for very little expenditure of cash.  As a retired person trying to spend very little money every year, he had plenty of time, and didn't want to spend money.  Thus, he looked for a "special arrangement" which would allow him to do what he wanted (construction work which he enjoys) in a new location he wanted to spend some time in!   His point is that there are OFTEN such arrangements to be made, if you are creative and have the flexibility to be willing to do something like this.

There's little chance someone who can only spend $30,000 a year for his whole family would be able to afford 6 weeks of living in Hawaii if he didn't manage to put together such a barter or exchange.   His blog post was just a reminder that if you are retired you have time instead of money, and you can do creative things with your time to be able to enjoy the life you want to live.

https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/12/15/high-cost-of-living-its-a-state-of-mind
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