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Hi, don't be too harsh with Bertrand, he's only pointing out that compassion ought not to die and excessive payment could be spent in other ways. Lindsay.

I think I'd rather spend the extra £50k on the trip doing amazing on the trip..

Stuff like Hot air ballooning across the Serengeti, climbing Everest, going back to Antarctica, scuba diving, drag racing in the USA, Gorilla trecking etc etc etc

You get the idea...

There is no shortage of great ways to spend 75k GPB, but I don't think that very many would think that spending it on a guided motorcycle trip would be the best thing to spend it on.

That said, I suspect that they would only need a couple of people to make the trip work financially, so who knows, the world is a big place so maybe they'll find a few people. In fact, maybe someone reading this thread...

Er, you mean 25k, don't you Ted?

Too much blow there, young man?:D

The way I see it is that £75k would last at least 5 years, you may not end up doing any more road miles than you would in a 40 week Globebusters jobbie but you'd have one hell of a good holiday - don't forget to keep paying into the pension fund.

All comes down to whether you want to be told what you're doing or whether you're a free spirit.

You sound like your quoting out a travel catalogue, maybe for a 'bickpicker' tour company?

I would also aim to spend the surplus cash on booze and drugs, but I'd do it after leaving and then see what shenanigans occurred 'out there'.

Hi

Fo info we did one year and 66000 km from Alaska to ushuaia
s with a 25000 € budget !
very good margin for globe buster ...

See ya

I know I'm pretty quiet and conservative, but parties, buzz and drugs (especially drugs) are the latest things I would spend a whole "25.000 GBP free package" in if I had the time to travel. I don't know if that also makes me less adventurous, but for sure I hope it would make me less a "sophomore" in his "wild" gap year during his long stop in Byron Bay.

Not at all.. Who wouldn't want to do loads of cool stuff while you're in a country ?? Just because I'm not a "Gap yaaaah" doesn't mean I want to see some of the same stuff.

When going through Africa I was REALLY pissed off that I couldn't afford to go to the Safari parks or climb the mountains etc.

I couldn't justify paying £500 to go into a national park or £1000 to walk up a footpath to Kilimanjaro.



I could easily do a RTW for £25,000... Economical bike, camping etc.

For £75,000, I'd never come home :)

The point I made was offered as 'food for thought' and based on fact.

Linzi is spot on.
IMHO, anyone with the ability/luck/result of their hard work/ whatever- (I do not judge)- to spend £75,000 on a trip has the power and ability, should they wish to, to substantially reduce that amount, still do their RTW dream AND put something back whether before, during or after their travels. If GB have priced their tour at that amount- that's fine by me.

Motoreiter, I am not debating here who does what/where/how etc as this is down to each individual. I have personally invested a great deal of time pro bono as well as my own resources to help me do the projects I did. And no, I didn't sell my old bike to help contribute - it was my new Mercedes amongst other personal things if you must know.

Dash- my 9 year old computer, internet connection, PowerPoint presentations etc were some of the tools I used to help me achieve what I wanted to do.


I'll say no more here but I am always happy to discuss this subject with kindred spirits over a beer.:thumbup1:

Slag off a few 'adventure celebrities' on here and one of them might help you out!

I've been slagging them off for years and they still refuse to sponser me to f**k off !!

Is that you Charlie ??? Can I have some money ?? :cool4:

£75,000 £75,000 £75,000 great name that " wallet busters"
i have been trying that adventure travel guide thing, my experience so far THEY ALL LIE , THEY ALL HAVE A SECRET they are just dying to tell you , and they all think that your there MUM

Zebb

PS and you don't make any money beer