TripIt - Travel Itinerary - Trip Planner. TripPlanner powered by AirTreks: Plan and Price your Custom Around the World or Multi Stop International Airfare. How to Travel Full-Time for $17,000 a Year (or Less!) Wise Bread Picks For the last five years, I've been traveling the world full-time, and for less money than I've ever spent (and I'd wager less money than most people would spend) to live in one place. My worldly possessions fit into one bag (just larger than carry-on size) and a backpack containing my laptop and computer gear. This small entourage (weighing less than 45 pounds in total) comes with me as I wander around the world, sometimes quickly, but mostly slowly.
In 2011 alone, I traversed 13 countries and over 45,360 miles. What if I told you it wasn't? Believe it. How to Keep Your Travel Costs Low Of course, I could travel for way more than $17,000/year. Here are a few of my secrets. Don't Pay for Accommodations In the entire year of 2011, I paid $173 for accommodation. Work-Trade/Volunteer There are lots of creative opportunities to work in trade for your accommodation (and sometimes food) and enjoy a more immersive travel experience. Hospitality Exchange House/Pet-Sitting Travel Slowly. » Founder’s Journey » Travel Hacking Cartel. The Travel Hacking Cartel was founded by Chris Guillebeau, New York Times bestselling author and world traveler. After completing a 10-year journey to visit every country in the world (193/193), Chris continues to travel at least 200,000 miles a year. Chris first learned about travel hacking while living overseas and volunteering with a medical charity for four years in West Africa.
After relocating to the U.S. in 2006, Chris began actively traveling to fun places like Burma, Iraq, and Equatorial Guinea. He formally set the goal of using travel hacking to visit every country in after receiving a Master’s Degree in International Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle. Chris’s worldwide adventures have been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Entrepreneur, CNN, Wired, Psychology Today, Huffington Post, Writer’s Digest, Moneysense, Budget Travel, Oregonian, and thousands of blogs.