bitofarambler
I like to travel, learn and tell stories.
Travel podcast here
New episodes Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Q&A community: https://crazypeople.online/c/bitofarambler
Any travel questions are welcome, they don’t have to be podcast-related
FAQ
how much does it cost to travel long-term?
The cost of living in most countries is around $500 USD a month for transportation, rent, utilities and food altogether; teaching English pays $2000 USD a month with zero qualifications or experience.
every month I taught English, I had a few exrra months of my cost of living.
I taught English for about 7 years.
as long as you’re making more than 500 USD a month remotely in any job, you can travel long-term.
if you want to backpack, CoL shoots down to $200 a month real quick.
I suggest going to Southeast Asia instead. tickets are a couple hundred, everybody is really cool about genders and pretty much everything else there, everything is cheap, you can live indefinitely on tourist visas and if you need money you can always teach English.
aside from being a native English speaker, you don’t need any.
The school will provide the curriculum, training, you’ll get to shadow a teacher for a few days and you’ll have an assistant in class to wrangle the students, so all you have to do is speak English in a native accent for 20 minutes at a time.
you can also watch any number of YouTube videos to learn what teaching English is like, or you can choose from hundreds of other remote jobs If you don’t want to teach.
as long as you make a few hundred a month, you can survive comfortably in Southeast Asia.
hostels are $100 a month, 200 a month for food is enough.
If you’re making 500 usd a month, you can get a private place for $250 or $300, and keep the same food budget.
first day for !bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
focused on traveling Q&A and a podcast i started
i suggest leaving.
it’s better outside.
you said:
"just ignore people’s lives involving those that live near them, family, lack of money, lack of a destination that will take them long term, and every other thing beyond vehicles go vroom. "
my reply:
that’s not a good idea; you aren’t taking into account important parts of people’s lives that can affect their ability or inclination to travel.
you sound a bit DeSantis, wanting to ship people off without due consideration or even a rough plan in mind.
