Posted: 11/3/15 | November 3rd, 2015
A few months ago, I announced a new case study program, in which I would work with a cross-section of readers and help them plan and execute their trips, walking them through all the stages of travel planning and creating a roadmap toward their dream.
And I said that along the way, I’d share their stories as way to inspire and help you plan your own trip.
Four months ago, I introduced you to the case study participants, and now it’s time to update you on their progress! I’m ecstatic to share their stories with you.
Jianne
Jianne is a 27-year-old office worker from Manila striving to take a two-week holiday next year. Living in the Philippines, she has no access to travel hacking but does have a plethora of visa restrictions and a weak currency. and considering that her family won’t let her list her apartment or condo on Airbnb, we had to get creative.
But the first step was getting Jianne to change her mindset considering that she’s a bit of a spender. She likes to shop!
My first goal was to get her on a budget and change her spending behavior. We needed to get her to only spend on her needs and reinforce the idea that any extra spending delayed her trip.
You can’t know what to cut if you don’t know where the money is going, so I got Jianne to track all her expenses so we could see where the low-hanging fruit was. Immediately, we cut back on movies, eating out, taxi rides, and her shopping. Jianne had never tracked her expenses, so ideal away we saw there were also a lot of little things she could trim back without changing her lifestyle.
In the beginning, Jianne started off strong, but in the last couple of months, she stumbled. She stopped tracking her expenses, went out a bit more, and overall, fell off the wagon.
But perfection is not the goal, and she realized her mistakes. Now, she’s recommitted and has considering that started working harder at tracking and cutting her expenses. To put it in her words:
For the past months, we’ve been tracking and trying to cut down my expenses. At first, it sounded easy but when I started doing it, it was harder than I imagined. It’s been valuable targeting my unnecessary expenses – not only for the trip but as a personal routine as well. I realized that you need determination and focus on what your priorities are when you’re trying to spend, even just for a snack.
Shifting how you view and spend money is a hard process. We’re undoing a lot of bad habits, and I expected some dips. but we’re back on the ideal track again.
And that’s crucial to remember — it’s easy to create this new budget and think you’re going to change overnight — but you’re not. It takes time, and if you stumble, it’s better to step back, realize your mistake, and start fresh. Jianne may not be monetarily closer to her trip but she’s mentally a lot closer and I feel we’ve turned a corner.
Diane
Diane, a 59-year-old from Canada, is on a fixed income. She and her spouse live in the countryside on their pension. There’s no way for her to increase her income or take lots of advantage of the sharing economy like Airbnb (and that’s not something they really want to do anyway).
Diane has dreamed of traveling for years but never really thought it was within her grasp. like Jianne, Diane had to find a way to minimize expenses so she can save a lot of of her limited income. She has a retirement savings account, but we want to avoid tapping into that as much as possible considering that that has to last lots of years to come!
Like with Jianne, we started tracking her expenses. She got a more affordable phone plan, stopped eating out, began planning her meals to avoid getting unneeded food, and stopped making unnecessary purchases from the dollar store.
Moreover, considering that she is in Canada, we got her a TD Aeroplan card (a travel credit scores card)so she can start racking up miles toward a complimentary flight to Australia next year.
This is really crucial because, considering that she is on a fixed income, there’s only so much we can save but considering that we have a year until she goes away, that gives us plenty of time to get miles for complimentary flights.
Diane was leaving money on the table by paying for her expenses with a debit card.
Diane has been working really hard and has seen extraordinary results. She went from saving $20-50 CAD a month to saving over $500 CAD! She has learned to frame everything as “This takes away from my trip,” and her family has really been on board with her doing this.
Most importantly, she’s convinced her spouse to cut back on his smoking. Not only is this phenomenal from a health point of view but financially it saves them a lot of money that can go toward her Australian dream trip. once her spouse realized how much he was spending on cigarettes and how much this indicated to his wife, he cut back a lot.
Here are her ownउनको प्रगतिमा शब्दहरू:
10 बर्ष भन्दा बढीको लागि मैले भनेको छु कि म विश्व यात्रामा जान चाहन्छु, र म्याडलाई धन्यवाद, अब म भन्न सक्दछु कि यो हुन गइरहेको छ। उसले मलाई सोच्नका अवरोधहरू मार्फत मद्दत गरेको छ मसँग पर्याप्त समय वा पैसा छैन। उसले मलाई अनावश्यक खर्चहरू काट्ने तरिका देखायो जसले मेरो यात्राको फ्रास गर्न मद्दत गर्यो र जब म फर्कन्छु। मेरो जीवनसाथीले आफ्नो धूम्रपान काट्यो, मसँग मेरो पहिलो पुरस्कार क्रेडिट स्कोर कार्ड छ, र अन्तमा म मेरो सपनाको यात्रामा अर्को वर्षको अष्ट्रेलियाको लागि प्रगति गर्दैछु।
Diane को स्थिर आय, त्यहाँ धेरै छैन हामी गर्न सक्दछौं तर खर्च कटौती गर्दछ। हामीले पहिले नै $ 3,000 र, वर्तमान दरमा बचत गरिसकेका छौं, हामी उनको बैंक खातामा अर्को $ 5,000 थप्नेछौं।
जेरेमी
जेरेमीले केस अध्ययन कार्यक्रमको बाहिर निस्किने छनौट गरेको छ। म आशा गर्छु कि ऊ जहाँ जान्छ ऊ जान्छ!
Sander र Jolien
नेदरल्याण्डका यस दम्पती डरलाग्दो आकारमा छ। तिनीहरू काम गरिरहेका छन् जब सम्म उनीहरू जान्छन्, र उनीहरूले आफ्नो यात्राको लागि पर्याप्त पैसा खर्च गर्छन्। तिनीहरूलाई साझेदारीमा मेरो सहयोगको आवश्यक पर्दैन, यद्यपि मैले उनीहरूलाई उनीहरूको खर्च ट्र्याक गर्न मद्दत गरेको छु (जुन उनीहरूलाई गर्न मन पराउँछु, उनीहरूको यात्राको लागि एक छुट्टै बैंक खाता सिर्जना गर्नुहोस् ।
तिनीहरू जूतका लागि जूतमा छोड्ने ट्र्याकमा छन्। यहाँ तिनीहरूलाई आफ्नै शब्दमा छ:
हामी फेरि चार महिना भन्दा बढि काम गर्दैछौं। उनले हामीलाई हाम्रो आर्थिक वित्तीय अन्तरदृष्टि प्रदान गर्न मद्दत गरे। यस तरीकाले हामी ट्रेन स्टेशन वा आइसक्रीममा जान कफि जस्तो हाम्रो खर्चलाई कम गर्न सक्दछौं। म्याटले हामीलाई एक भयानक सल्लाह दियो: तपाईले गर्न चाहानु भएको सबै खर्चहरू। यदि तपाईं यसलाई A A वा उच्च ग्रेड गर्नुभयो भने, तपाईंलाई यो प्राप्त गर्न अनुमति छ। कम, तपाईं सक्नुहुन्न। यो त्यस्तो चीज हो जुन हामीले निरन्तर काम गर्नु आवश्यक छ, किनकि आवेगमा केहि प्राप्त गर्न सजिलो छ।
मैले तिनीहरूलाई धेरै समझदार मानसिकतामा बदल्न पाएँ, हामीले एक पटक-महिनाको चेक इन गर्न हाम्रो कलहरू कम गरेका छौं, तर जनवरी, बीमा, बिमा, क्रियापद भिसामा हेर्नेछौं, र अरु सबै कुरा।
ब्रान्डन परिवार
माथि अपडेटहरू बाहेक, आज म तपाईंलाई ब्रान्डनमा प्रस्तुत गर्दैछु, केस अध्ययन कार्यक्रमका नयाँ सदस्यहरू। म एक परिवारलाई पनि भर्ना गर्न चाहान्छु कि यो सबै जवान वा यात्रा एकल हुनुको बारेमा होइन।
ब्रान्डिन दुई युवा छोराहरु को एक मध्यम-अमेरिकी जोडी हुन्। श्रीमान्, माइकल, रेगयर गरिएको र श्रीमती, जेनिफरले आफ्ना छोराहरूसँग विश्व अन्वेषण गर्न एक बर्ष एक एक बर्ष छुट्याउन एक बर्ष छुट्याउन एक एक बर्ष हो कि उनको सबैभन्दा पहिले आफ्नो सबैभन्दा पहिले हाई स्कूल भित्र प्रवेश गर्दछ।
जेनिफरले धेरै योजना बनाउँदैछन्, त्यसैले म उनीसँगैसँगै चारैतिर बचाउने भन्ने बारेमा काम गर्दैछु, अंकहरू र माईलहरू बुकिंग र कार्यान्वयन पक्षहरूको सामना गर्नुहोस्।
उनीहरूको धितो बाहिर कुनै debt ण छैन र लगभग 2,000 अमेरिकी डलर अमेरिकी डलर अमेरिकी डलर बचत गर्दा यात्राको लागि 10,000 अमेरिकी डलर बचत भएको छ। तिनीहरू युरोपमा विस्तारित समय खर्च गर्न चाहन्छन्, उनीहरूसँग सेप्टेम्बर 201 2016 मा छोड्नु अघि जानको लागि लामो यात्रा गर्नुहोस्!
मलाई लाग्छ कि तिनीहरू अन्य परिवारहरूको लागि राम्रो उदाहरण हुनेछन् जसले हुनसक्छ चार टाढाको योजना बनाउँदैनन्, र उनीहरूको उडान र आवासको लागतमा यात्रा ह्याकिंग विचारहरू प्रयोग गर्न सक्दछ!
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त्यसोभए त्यो सबैको प्रगति हो। सफल विश्व यात्रा तर्फ पहिलो वास्तविक चरण क्रममा तपाईंको वित्तीय क्रममा क्रममा छ। त्यो पछिल्लो -4-। महिनामा चुनौती हो।
तर अब कि सबैजना आदर्श ट्र्याकमा छन् र पैसा बचत गर्दैछन्, हामी अर्को चरणमा कदम चाल्न सक्दछौं र वास्तविक यात्राको योजना सुरू गर्न सक्दछौं। त्यो वास्तविक रमाईलो सुरु हुन्छ!
अर्को अपडेट सम्म!
– म्यान
कसरी एक दिनमा $ 50 मा संसारको यात्रा गर्ने
विश्व यात्राको लागि मेरो न्यू योर्क टाइम्स बेच्ने पेपरब्याक गाईडले तपाईंलाई यात्राको कलालाई कसरी मास्टर गर्ने देखाउनेछ ताकि तपाईं पिटेको मार्गबाट टाढा हुनुहुन्छ, र गहिरो यात्रा अनुभव हुन दिनुहोस्। यो तपाईंको ए z योजना गाइड हो कि बीबीसीले “बजेट यात्रीहरूका लागि बाइबल” भनियो।
धेरै धेरै सिक्न यहाँ क्लिक गर्नुहोस् र आज यसलाई पढ्न सुरू गर्नुहोस्!
तपाईंको यात्रा बुक गर्नुहोस्: लगइनिकल विचारहरू र युक्तिहरू
तपाईंको उडान किताब
स्लोबीकननर प्रयोग गरेर कम लागत उडान फेला पार्नुहोस्। यो मेरो मनपर्ने खोज ईन्जिन हो किनकि यसले वेब साइटहरू र विश्वभरि एयरलाइन्सहरू खोजी गर्दछ ताकि तपाईंलाई सँधै थाहा छैन कि तपाईंलाई कुनै ढु stone ्गा हराएको छैन।
तपाईंको आवास बुक गर्नुहोस्
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Don’t forget travel Insurance
Travel insurance will secure you against illness, injury, theft, and cancellations. It’s detailed protection in case anything goes wrong. I never go on a trip without it as I’ve had to use it lots of times in the past. My favorite companies that offer the best service and value are:
SafetyWing (best for everyone)
मेरो यात्रा बीमा (ती of0 भन्दा बढीको लागि)
Medjet (for additional evacuation coverage)
Ready to book Your Trip?
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