Yes, there are too many backpackers who "sponge off of others." Irritating people. I am not advocating this. Work for what you receive. Use money. Volunteer. Play a musical instrument. Fix things. Teach skills. Whatever you want, be creative! Receiving a meal for your effort is no different than receiving money for the same action, it just cuts out the middleman (money). There are more ways of interacting with people than money or freeloading.

Clearly this forum has no interest in the perspective of real travel experience and only wants to misinterpret unexpected perspectives. So I shall bother all of you no more and return to my world wanderings.

Enjoy your travels!

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For me are two points often completely not named, for those longterm with less cash travellers. I`m NOT adress that to someone in that thread, too othalan seems to have to have a way to handle his trip at least for the cashflow.

Hospitality

Personally I did always feel guilty, if people in the 2nd/3rd world did offer me free food - and I wasnt able to give something valuable back.

They provide food for us travelers and are not able to travel themselves. Because they work to survive and pursue their modest goals.

I dont feel comfortable to receyve, as someone who has so much more, as someone who can really earn cash at home.

Selfishness

If people are proud to travel longterm with less cash they are always a bit selfish for me, if he is between 25 and 65 years and is travelling longtherm.

We in the 1st world have a pension system, we have health care, are proud of our social system for the disadvantaged.

If you travel longterm, you dont spent cash for others, not for your own pension, not for your local health care.

At age you arent able to pay your bills with your pension, you will need social assistance.

if you get serous sick your health care has to pay cash, where you never give something back.

Here I mean travelling from 3years upwards, where it starts to really hurt at our pension income at age.

Alternatives

Many did save bucks, travel with a bit cash, and are able to give the local economy something back like: visiting Restaurants, Hotels, Activities, Tours, Sightseeing from time to time. Are travelling with considering their whole lifespan, travelling 2-3 years.

Others already have a plan B.) have calculated their pension and plan to live at age at the 2nd world.

Others have a Plan C.) and will start a business out of their journey later, writing a book, offering tours and so on.

Not to use a Smartphone and Tec during a journey looks a bit like a stone age advice. Currently I did watch a overlander girl, who lives out of their Social Media Income while travelling the world by 4x4. Guess she earns more than me and most of us here.

Guess that Girl shows us, how we "travel hungry" should manage it. Personally I would always love to Vlog, but it was too much work (or too less travelling). Today, when looking back - I`m not shure, if that classification was the best one. Because it must be a dream to be able to travel anywhere as a kind of a own business. Even if it is really hard work.

Surfy

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