Amsterdam to USA. 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. Londons secret treasures: Discover five cultural gems most tourists never...
By Rose Balston Updated: 18:33 GMT, 13 November 2011 By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show,' Dr Johnson famously opined. But where do we 'see' London at its best? Many of us have visited the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey and the major galleries and museums, but there is more to our capital's cultural landscape than these - admittedly wonderful - treasures, not least the following, oft-overlooked gems...
Radical design: The Queen's House was England's first fully classical building and revolutionary amid the ubiquitous red brick of the period The Queen's House We begin at the old gateway to London, Greenwich, which grew to prominence in the 15th and 16th Centuries after a Royal pleasure palace was built there. Seen by travellers entering London by river as well as by those on the Dover-to-London road, the Queen's House was England's first fully classical building and revolutionary amid the ubiquitous red brick of the period. How to: Keep your car stocked for anything. Things to do in Europe.