1841: How Can You Afford to Travel the World by Paula Pant of Afford Anything on Traveling on a Budget

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🗓️ 25 March 2022

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Paula Pant of Afford Anything shares how you can afford to travel the world. Episode 1841: How Can You Afford to Travel the World by Paula Pant of Afford Anything on Traveling on a Budget Paula Pant is the founder of the award-winning website AffordAnything.com and a writer and speaker specializing in money, business, and real estate investing. She is a real estate investor, as the owner of seven rental property units in metropolitan Atlanta. She holds a real estate license in Georgia. She's also the host of the Afford Anything podcast. The original post is located here: https://affordanything.com/how-can-you-afford-to-travel-the-world/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Finance Daily, Episode 1841.
0:04.1	How can you afford to travel the world by polypant of a FordAnything.com?
0:10.5	And I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Mariam.
0:15.2	Now let's get to today's post as we optimize your life.
0:23.0	How can you afford to travel the world by polypant of a FordAnything.com?
0:30.4	Today we have a question from the reader mailback, Travel Edition.
0:35.2	Today's question comes from Maggie. She asks, quote,
0:39.4	please could you give more details on how you were able to afford to travel the world?
0:45.2	What your planned budget was ahead of time? How you earned money ahead of time?
0:49.7	How you saved money while you were traveling, such as couch surfing or hostels?
0:54.5	What other ways you cut expenses on food, transportation, and lodging?
0:59.2	Admission to tourist spots, etc. I really would like to know more specifics would help me evaluate
1:06.2	if or how I could implement this in my life. End quote.
1:11.1	Maggie, if you want to travel around the world, do it. People regret chances they don't take
1:17.0	more than they regret the opportunities they took. Let's tackle your questions one by one.
1:23.5	1. What was your budget?
1:26.8	I budgeted $1,000 per month, excluding airfare and health insurance. That turned out to be an
1:34.5	overestimate. In the Middle East, I spent $600 to $700 per month and that includes the high cost
1:42.6	of being on the go, such as bus fare. If I had been grounded in just one city,
1:48.4	I could have probably gotten by on $500. Southeast Asia had the same price tag.
1:55.3	Food and housing cost more, but my travel pace slowed. Those two factors balanced each other out.
2:01.9	Australia, where I spent 10 months and Europe, where I spent three months,
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