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money- how do you do it
How do you finance it? I'm still trying to find a way to do it cheaper- aren't we all
I have been reading up on many people traveling far and getting lots of info from their blogs- Thanks all! but I got a question for a girl called Tiffany who confuses me totally. If you are out there can you please tell me your secret is?
I've read all your blogs, forums posts here and other sites and would just love to know exactly how you manage to travel to so many countries but nowhere can I find out how you manage to pay for all this over so long.
OK OK in advance I apologize as maybe I am being nosey and it's not my business I know but as I travel I keep running out of dosh struggling to keep to £600 a month - I find odd jobs to top up.
I read that so many people all over the world have fixed your bike and given you stuff and parts for free, hosted you etc etc so I guess that takes some of the pain out but what job or what else on earth can give you all those resources, (shipping alone is so expensive) over so long and give you the time to do it too? Or is it the bank of mom and dad? (if it is I'll be quiet!)
I struggle to make ends meet on the road so I would love to know your secret. Thanks
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Most people sell up or rent out their property or save up or work on the road. Others do it on credit and pay for it when they get home.
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While you are waiting for your specific request to be met you could refer to this sticky thread:-
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...-lifestyle-458
Post 3 more times and you could even send a PM to your particular "person of interest".
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ah ok I did not know that. thanks for advice
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hi planet
check out ian coates he traveled around the world for 14 years and he's 69 now and was doing it for £10 to £20 per day
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Quote:
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hi planet
check out ian coates he traveled around the world for 14 years and he's 69 now and was doing it for £10 to £20 per day
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That is a cool 70 grand right there, before buying the bike etc etc.....
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Hi,
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It would be so nice to get a real 'how to do it' especially if you don't have a house to sell or rent, not a lot of savings and are running on almost fresh air.
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Rent the cheapest room you can get, work hard, save 5000 Euro for two years around Africa insluding bike, visa, petrol and food etc, dont waste it on expensive smartphones or cars and then go. Sleep in your tent while traveling to keep costs down. Give talks and write articles for magazines when your back and start from the top again:
www.adventure-travel-experience.de/index.php?report=en_transafrika
Travel save, Tobi
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finance
OK here is the solution #1 you can make a fake charity like many others do or did and collect plenty of money and use it for yourself, option #2 make a great video intro and a good back up story and collect fund to help with the movie ( but don't really do the movie)
For me it was hard work and saving for my first RTW and the next one coming I will most likely have to sale my house .
PS: should I   myself for this post
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Re: money- how do you do it
John, you just got to go on your own. You will find people wherever you are, like it or not...
www.touringted.com
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John, you just got to go on your own. You will find people wherever you are, like it or not...
www.touringted.com
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I know what you are saying Ted. But it's nice to ride with someone.

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To buy petrol in Europe. Pull up at station. Wait. Get out a 20 Euro note, then ask someone to fill up the bike. Give person money. Ride away. Simple.
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I know what you are saying Ted. But it's nice to ride with someone.

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I departed on my own, and end up meeting 6 "like minded" people. Travelling with 3 of them for 2 days or more and 3 of them for 1 month or more.
You will always find people to be with since there is sometime only one road to go to a place or one meeting place (Well know hotel/backpacker house/camp/ Borders/coffee at cross roads etc...).
Saying "I am not doing it because no one want to come with me" is another fake excuse.
Just do it, what you will need, you will find it on the road.
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I departed on my own, and end up meeting 6 "like minded" people. Travelling with 3 of them for 2 days or more and 3 of them for 1 month or more.
You will always find people to be with since there is sometime only one road to go to a place or one meeting place (Well know hotel/backpacker house/camp/ Borders/coffee at cross roads etc...).
Saying "I am not doing it because no one want to come with me" is another fake excuse.
Just do it, what you will need, you will find it on the road.
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I don't let it stop me from going out on the bike. But as I said it would be nice. I do about two trip's a year.
I'm off again in the spring. So I don't let it stop me.
John933
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