How much does 1 YEAR OF TRAVEL COST? (it's less than you think)
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3 жыл бұрынHow much does 1 year of travel cost? It is a lot less than you may think. I travelled the world for 12 months and I break down the cost of exactly how much I spent in that year, Backpacking and travelling around Southeast Asia and Australia.
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@laurencetaylor1523 3 жыл бұрын
Good on you mate. I quit my job at 46 and went around the world (2019), South American (Colombia to Argentina) then southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar and South Korea), on a budget of around £12k. As long as you can rough it, you can go a long long way on little money. I'm now plotting my next trip post vivid, using only boats and overland 😊
@jasonbarney5587 2 жыл бұрын
How long did you travel? That's amazing that you were able to see all of that on 12,000. I'm 44 and planning a similar trip to yours, plan on being on the road for about a year. I'm budgeting about $36,000, which may be more than I need, but it may allow for a splurge or two.
@jasonbarney5587 2 жыл бұрын
When you were traveling SE Asia and did it for the cost that you did, what kind of activities were you doing within that budget. And what did you forego in order to stay under that budget?
@Nabila-dx8xf 2 жыл бұрын
I want to travel as well..but my country currency rate is quite low..I am from Malaysia
@crosscave1936 2 жыл бұрын
My confession: I am always jealous when I watch such videos. As an African citizen and passport holder, I do not have the previlleged to travel the world with the ease, as comparded to westerners. The requirements alone of embassies/consulates in my country, is discouraging. One's chances on this green planet, is undoubtedly correlated with the space, one is born into., 🤦🏽♀️
@roman-yt2893 2 жыл бұрын
U will find a way!
@NiamhE 2 жыл бұрын
I’m so sorry to hear. Breaks my heart to know that there are other travellers out there who are dying to explore however due to visa restrictions don’t get the chance to travel so freely. A privilege not many westerners think about at all. I really hope to think that times are changing - at the end of the day we are all literally just humans ??? like why does where I am born determine where I can and cannot roam!?
@roman-yt2893 2 жыл бұрын
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@chalfontelark9882 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Crosscave! You get one life on the earth. Don’t let circumstance stop you. I believe in you man.
@photon2724 Жыл бұрын
Travel is definitely a privlage one's born into. I sincerely hope you find a way.
@reuven_olszewski 3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and informative video! I like your style, keep going :)
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot 😌 love the support
@Stricko 3 жыл бұрын
Great videos man!
@weindog271 3 жыл бұрын
Very informative looking to travel with this style soon. Thanks for the vid
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! Do it, get out there travel cheap and travel longer! It’s the best way!
@weindog271 3 жыл бұрын
Have you used workaway or world packers looking at doing that for a month in Hawaii or Australia this summer?
@jacklowe3613 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome content bro..I’m 18 looking to go travelling next year for 12months!
@pureone8350 2 жыл бұрын
So, how is it so far?
@edstravel 2 жыл бұрын
Another great video Bro 📹
@Peter-200 3 жыл бұрын
Inspiring lol, I didn’t realise you were as long in Australia as you were
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah man, loved it down under! Want to get back there soon!
@apep7188 3 жыл бұрын
Traveling to South East Asia this October for 8 months! Can't wait.
@dearbhailemcnamara 3 жыл бұрын
I am hoping to too! Are you worried about countries opening up?
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
I am hoping to get to south east Asia by October too!! I feel like if you have the vaccine by then it should be fairly easy to travel to different countries
@MillaExplores 3 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Hopefully we are able to travel again soon - I'm certainly going to Southeast Asia next!! I've heard that you can get around with $1000 a month but Autralia is more expensive so that surely increases the cost. 😊 Also, I've tried couchsurfing and definitely recommend it! Just be a bit careful and use common sense. It's a great way to meet people and travel on a budget. 🙌
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes I could travel on $800 a month easily it’s just how comfortable you want to be and what luxuries you would like to be honest! That’s awesome I definitely want to try couchsurfing!
@Godfranci Жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing that and sharing your traveling experience and expenses! I only hope that you will move, touch and inspire guys and girls in UK to travel and that they will realize that the traveling is a lot more interesting and give you a lot more in life then Uni or running in “rat race!” And yes I was doing the same route and start in Australia long time ago! Love you!
@Joelfriend Жыл бұрын
Aww thank you so much, that’s so kind, I hope so to, that’s what I want to do get more people travelling and living a good life!
@Defvin 3 жыл бұрын
You've been to some beautiful places 🙌 Good vid bro!
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
I have luckily! Thanks a lot man, so thankful for the support!
@stef2282 Жыл бұрын
i worked for Hardware & general in the Northern Beaches when i was there too. lived in Manly & saved as much as I could and travelled south east asia after my WHV. Best year of my life! I want to do it all over again later this year hopefully
@mcogan4932 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Joel really important to show people that travelling can be done cheaply I managed to travel for 4 months aged 18 as well so many people just dont realise its possible!
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome! Glad you got to experience! Worth every penny of it!!
@S-yv8hr 9 ай бұрын
Which countries did you travel to? And how did you budget it? It would be great to know
@juliep.7391 3 жыл бұрын
Oh man thats so impressive 😯
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@daviddaviedavidson 2 жыл бұрын
Well done :)
@troyblueearth7450 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome dude I definitely need to do some more globetrotting
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
You’ve got to man! You definitely will bit regret it!!
@craigthompson4092 Жыл бұрын
Congrats on this! You went away just as I was getting back from 1 year of travel around SE Asia and Oz. I took £7.5k with me but worked a bit in Oz also - I think I probably spent a total of £12-13k in the end, supported by the wages I earned in Oz and about 1k inheritance I received when I was over there. Annoyingly, after 3 months of travel I received a tax bill back home of £800 - I was furious 😂
@jtwenty4503 3 жыл бұрын
Love this content! Have just booked my 1 way flight to Bangkok 27th December!!! 😁
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
NO WAY THATS AMAZING!! How long for? Maybe I’ll see you out there
@jtwenty4503 3 жыл бұрын
@@Joelfriend planning on staying as long as my money lasts 😂😁 hoping to get 9-12 months! We’ll see how well I can budget 🙄😂
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
@@jtwenty4503 yess! That’s awesome! I’ll be out there for as long as possible too! What countries you want to head to? A lot I’m guessing haha
@jtwenty4503 3 жыл бұрын
@@Joelfriend you going at the same time?! I just hope we’re actually able to travel by then. Thailand, Loas, Vietnam, Cambodia, more Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, hoping to rent a villa in Bali/Lombok and stay for 30 days and the Philippines!! It’s all I think about 😂
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I’ll be head out there whenever it’s possible hopefully before December! Ahh that’s awesome! It’s going to be amazing! Excited for you!
@andrewbryant7049 Жыл бұрын
Hi. I hope all is well. How cheaply do you think you could travel down the east coast of Australia for one month?
@aliciascott7244 3 жыл бұрын
And the beach
@aryamanbapat9552 3 жыл бұрын
Great information dude🥶 I'm 17 now and I want to travel like you, but I don't know where to start, I always get confused when I think of planning a month long trip Would vietnam🇻🇳 be a good country to start with? ☹️
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Vietnam would be a great place for a first time traveller, very easy to travel, lots of other solo travellers, and very cheap! Highly recommend it!
@aryamanbapat9552 3 жыл бұрын
Woah thanks❤️ I also wanted to ask you about return tickets for flight I mean do you book the return tickets beforehand Because I've heard that some countries don't allow you to fly without return tickets
@kuntarinirahsilawati920 3 жыл бұрын
@@aryamanbapat9552 Some countries need going-in-and-out tickets, not necessarily return tickets. They don't care where you go after this, they just need to be sure that you will be out of the country before the visa expired.
@aryamanbapat9552 3 жыл бұрын
@@kuntarinirahsilawati920 Ohh great, that is good news then 🤞🥰 Thanks for the info🙏😁
@roostercogburn3771 2 жыл бұрын
Stay away from Vietnam. I met folks who had been there and ended up in the Bangkok, Bumrungrad medical center. There are some rough diseases there. And had other buddies that had been there, and none of them had anything good to say about it. Thailand and Philipines are cheap and seemed good to me. Singapore and Japan were expensive. South Korea was okay. And that's for Asia. In Europe, Yugoslavia seemed to be a good deal. In South America, Colombia seemed to be safe enough, with cheaper prices and good weather. But go to trip adviser and check! I got paid to go around the world. At your age, the best deal may be enlisting in the Army, if you want to travel and see the world. Though right now, it may not be as good as it was in 2020.
@jarheadmstr 2 жыл бұрын
Where did you stay while you were in Australia? In a hostel?
@HannaLili17 3 жыл бұрын
Hey, great video! I was just wondering where you lived whilst working in Australia? Did you meet a nice group of people? Thanks :)
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Yes I did met people in hostels, and I flat shared in Australia and found the place with gumtree
@SubSonicsPixelators 2 жыл бұрын
I managed to do 3 months in Vietnam with $1500 aud riding a motorbike
@louismerlini9816 Жыл бұрын
im an 18 year old wanting to take a gap year and travel this academic year. I want to go for like 4 months? will I get really lonely or is it super easy to find friends. I would say im pretty sociable but its not natural for me to go up and speak to someone.
@Currlyharsh 3 жыл бұрын
What about visa of all counties u travelled
@TheGeographyBible 3 жыл бұрын
The dream is to make enough money online to pay for your travel costs :D
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Same here, I’m working towards it and hopefully will be able to do that soon! Keep working towards, hard work pays off!
@galaxystars6409 3 жыл бұрын
How we do this now?
@life_lessons_quites 3 жыл бұрын
Please come to Japan someday‼︎🍣🐵⛩
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
I would love to I was supposed to come last April but covid ruined it but I’m sure I’ll be there in the future!!
@Globaler 7 ай бұрын
5700 GBP , 7200 USD or 9700 CAD
@anerasmussen4102 3 жыл бұрын
Hello. I am Danish and English is therefore not my main language, but I can speak English. How much influence do you think it had for you to be English. In relation to work and other things??
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
In what way? In terms of working in Australia?
@beccahorabin8003 2 жыл бұрын
What accommodation did you stay in when you were working in Australia?
@Joelfriend 2 жыл бұрын
I stayed in hostels for a bit then had a flat-share with a guy, I found it on gumtree.
@beccahorabin8003 2 жыл бұрын
@@Joelfriend Tysm!
@nickybutt9733 2 жыл бұрын
Likeable fella
@sth8559 3 ай бұрын
Yes I thought that
@lisha5724 3 жыл бұрын
Yo lodge a tax return for when you worked in Australia, if you earned under $18k you get all your tax return back.
@weindog271 3 жыл бұрын
Also is there a limit on how long you can stay in a single country?
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
It varies from country to country, you can get different visas so it does depend on a specific country. Any country in particular?
@weindog271 3 жыл бұрын
Joel Friend non in particular was looking at Australia but more of a general question
@aliciascott7244 3 жыл бұрын
Yew yew!!
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks you legend 🤟🏻
@aliciascott7244 3 жыл бұрын
I like your accent
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Aahah thanks
@saniakhan1996 2 жыл бұрын
So as per ur personal experience 10k dollars would be good enough for one year of travel if i travel to the same places as u did excluding Australia???
@antidelusionalpeeps Жыл бұрын
10k for a month is enormous. If you spend one month in Southeast Asia, 1k will be enough!!
@saniakhan1996 Жыл бұрын
@@antidelusionalpeeps i meant 10k dollars for a year. 😁
@tia_dewitt 3 жыл бұрын
Was it easy to get a working visa out in Australia? X
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
So you need to apply for a working visa before you go and it is fairly easy to get accepted recommend applying a few months in advance., you’ll have to go to the Australian embassy to get it approved
@tia_dewitt 3 жыл бұрын
@@Joelfriend amazing thanks for the video! Really informative! X
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
No worries, get out to Aussie 🤟🏼🏄♂️
@duncanfraser9979 Жыл бұрын
I wondered about this I’m 32 now I think they have age limits on working visas dont they?
@calsela Жыл бұрын
UK citizen : "Let me backpack around Ausie and see. Oops I spent too much money this month, let me apply a job at this grocery shop". Got hired in 10 seconds and get paid next Monday Indonesian citizen (LITERALLY YOUR NEIGHBOR COUNTRY) : "Let me visit Ausie and spend some money on hotel, excursion, and food there" Get their visa denied despite they already submitted tons of documents and proof of financial stability (house certificate, stocks, bonds)
@justindewit2262 3 жыл бұрын
Is it easy to find a job so quick?
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
I manage to find a job quick but I guess it would vary but cities have more jobs then smaller places
@ironspider9026 2 жыл бұрын
2:24 you did pay for the gas for bike and it did cost money right?
@Joelfriend 2 жыл бұрын
It was a push bike, where you use your legs to power it ☺️🤘🏼
@LolGaming8 3 жыл бұрын
Henok here. I can't wait till I go to Asia
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@davidkennedy4811 2 жыл бұрын
13,500 GBP
@Globaler 7 ай бұрын
Thank you
@hectorlindsay2697 3 жыл бұрын
did you start off travelling on your own?
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Yes I begun traveling on my own but more recently starting traveling with friends
@samuelcoffey-ip7ph Жыл бұрын
what’s better?
@matsengel6205 3 жыл бұрын
Nicest south-east asian in order?
@helpmereach2ksubscriberswi593 3 жыл бұрын
Fuck the world i will not listen to people saying me and I will live my dream of travelling the whole world BTW I'm 16 years old
@suzakucsgo 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh im 17(can’t work before 18 here) and my country’s average salary is 425$ and minimum is 315$ and im from europe so im fked when it comes to earning monry in my own country
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
That can’t be easy, maybe you should look at getting a holiday working visa for somewhere like New Zealand or Australia
@roelf8044 2 жыл бұрын
"A lot of my money went to tax, which I never got back". We have taxes so we can take care of each other as a society. Surely that's a good thing, right?
@agamingplayer2469 2 жыл бұрын
hes english so does he
@roostercogburn3771 2 жыл бұрын
It helps, till it starts hurting the folks, by overcharging them on taxes. My, along with other folks, biggest bill / expense is taxes! When American companies get overcharged, the employees usually suffer. I've seen business go under when taxes got jacked up on them. And also from union problems. Though if you're working for an American company overseas, in the right situations, you can get a partial break on taxes.
@Noflexing100 3 жыл бұрын
I really doubt he 110 pounds left over from a weekly 370 pound paycheck. Cost of rent for room, food, work expenses. This has bullshit written all over it. Outside sources of income was definitely a factor. Just be honest man.
@Joelfriend 3 жыл бұрын
Hey man, I’m glad you concerned about me lying. But I’m completely honest here. All I had to buy was work boots at the start, I bought a bike to cycle to cycle to work which I sold the bike for the same amount of money. I had no outside income when I was working in Australia.