Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 19:15     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
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.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 19:14     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
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
Post 10/04/2025 19:12     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
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
Post 10/04/2025 18:55     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
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
Post 10/04/2025 18:42     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
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
Post 10/04/2025 18:38     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
To be blunt, I'm an attorney, my annual bonus covers the trip.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 18:35     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
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
Post 10/04/2025 18:25     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
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
Post 10/04/2025 18:21     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
Points for flights. We charge all our tuitions (3 in college and 1 in private high school).
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 18:19     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
Credit cards, points, generational wealth
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 18:19     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
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
Post 10/04/2025 18:17     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
We live substantially below our means, save a ton, and use some of the excess savings on nice travel
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 18:15     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
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
Post 10/04/2025 18:14     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
Hotels in Europe are the same price as in the US.

So airfare is the main difference.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 18:12     Subject: How is everyone affording all of this international travel?
Please just help me understand.