I'm also poor, extremely poor if comparing to western standards, but I happen to understand this concept called "saving money", so instead of being a blight in a foreign country I just stay put until I have enough money to actually travel.

>>2854009
I'm middle class, but how the fuck do all these people afford to travel for months on end? They certainly don't have jobs

>>2854037
My theory on a lot of things is there's actually a lot more trust fund kids than you think there are. Stock and Bitcoin too.

>>2854037
>They certainly don't have jobs
Right because we get marginalized, managed out, and laid off.
Fuck you.

>>2854043
>Stock and Bitcoin too.
Green line better keep going up.

>>2854030
>I'm also poor, extremely poor if comparing to western standards
Sounds like you can't travel at all tbqh

*PLEASE REMEMBER TRAIN HOPPING IS NORMAL IN SEA*

I TRAVELLED BY TRAIN FROM BANGKOK TO ANGKOR WAT TO THE BORDER OF VIETNAM ALL FREE JUST TAKE THE TRAINS

>>2854065
Bullshit. Thai train travel is dirt cheap, less than $2 from Bangkok to the Cambodian border, but it is not free.
>>2854037
We don't have all the baggage that comes with being a member of the settler class. It's amazing how many people insist on surrounding themselves with piles of possessions that vastly exceed their own body weight, get stuck working a job to pay for said possessions, then lament over the impossibility of long-term travel. You made your choice, live with it.
>>2854009
It's true that if you are a female, you don't need money to travel, all you need is love. Give love (to any one of fifty Mr Right-for-Nows you will encounter on a daily basis), and you will get everything you need handed to you.

For us guys, life is a whole lot less romantic. If you don't want to pay for a room, you can go sleep in the dirt somewhere. Nobody's gonna give a shit, apart from creeps and perverts (who love preying on young wimpy-looking guys that have fallen on hard times). If you've always lived a sheltered life with parents who selflessly cared for you, you're in for a rude awakening when you venture out and experience firsthand how transactional most human interactions are.
>>2854030
As this anon points out, saving money is very much in line with your self-interest, because a fiscal surplus will enable you to get what you want without offering anything in return (besides money). This will give you a feeling of freedom that cancels out the feeling of slavery incurred while working to save the money.

OP made this thread because he's an incel cryptobro who got buttblasted for being called an incel cryptobro btw

>>2854108
>OP made this thread because he's an incel cryptobro who got buttblasted for being called an incel cryptobro btw
OP here. I'm married to a cute skinny Bong girl 11 years younger than me. You didn't "buttblast" me, poor. You missed.

>>2854109
>All that crypto money and he's still insecure as fuck
Lmao. No need to make up a fake scenario in your head about a cute Bong wife either. We all know you fuck boys.

>>2854009
Guys like pic rel are fascinating. What makes this happen? Have you ever known one? What the hell kind of guy ends up like this and why. The one thing I can think of is he has a really average at best IQ. That's the only thing I'm certain of.

Arrest and deport. /thread

>>2854037
>how the fuck do all these people afford to travel for months on end?
i don't understand how you don't understand, being homeless is free, then beg, save the money, and plane tickets are like what? a grand at the high end? 50 bucks at the low? hitch hiking is also free.

>>2854037
>live with your parents in a state where minimum wage is $11
>work at mcdonalds for two months($11 * 8 hrs * 50 days = $4400)
>stay in hostels
>make your own food
>travel until you run out of money
>then go back home and repeat

It's an 70/20/10 situation where you can cut 70% off the cost of your trip without a major impact, 20% more and you start to really miss out, 10% and your abjectly miserable.

If you do cheap trips often, well you get to see more of the world. Greater diversity. But if you try to cut costs to take longer trips or stay indefinite, well you're just homeless in someone else's county.

And I say that having done it, genuinely, I did it all.

Your costs when travelling are mainly accommodation, attractions, travel expenses. So you can sleep in transit, take night trains and buses, pay local/u guided rates for attractions, pack sandwiches. Fine, do that on your annual holiday, go on holiday every year. Worth.

Try to sneak into sneak into attractions without paying, sleep at train stations, airports, abuse public facilities for clothes washing, backpacker shit. Well you get a second class holiday, if you run out of money, I guess that's what you do. But it's not something you'd ever plan on doing because it's just not worth it. The time i wasted washing clothes in plastic bags, sneaking around security. I did it but it wasn't worth doing.

The next ten percent? Antisocial behaviour. Begging from other travellers, stealing, extortion, selling drugs, hawking, being a scammer. Totally not worth. Go home and get a job for 5 months, come back. Why ruin it for someone else.
Selling fake gemstones in a hostel to trust fund kids, threatening hotels into giving your refunds, stealing someone's luggage, selling drugs in a bar, why be that person? Nobody enjoys it, it's good for nobody. Go home, get a job, come back, shit get a local job.

>>2854009
I dont get this. Travel can be super inexpensive if you're willing to stay in shitty hostels and sit on fucked up overnight busses, etc. If you're so broke you need to sleep in a park instead of a 5 dollar a night hostel, you legitimately need to stay home.
>>2854037
Credit, trusties, windfalls. I had a buddy get 40 grand in child support he never got as a kid when his dad kicked the bucket and he made it last almost three years in Thailand.

>>2854009
>save up 5-10k and do a long trip in South America or SE Asia on the cheap
>stay in hostels, be social, drink (local booze only, sneak it into the hostel ofc), make tons of friends
>most of these friends are from Western europe
>go visit western europe and stay with new friends for free, eat kebab, drink in the park

could be an option for ya OP, if you're extroverted enough. then again, I don't the appeal of those long trips if you're too introverted for this. sounds like a great way to be lonely in foreign places.

>>2856368
Introvert coming to the end of 5 months of travel here and I've enjoyed it. Granted I've still met a number of cool people (both travelers and locals) but I wasn't really seeking them out. Tfw no gf still hits sometimes though.

>>2854009
>>Staycations
What is wrong with taking a few days to relax without any hassle or work? Weirdo.

>>2854009
I am not poor so I wont be partaking in this thread. Have a nice day.

I travelled through SE Asia for the entirety of 2025. I'm still here but heading home in February.
I spent around $10k US total for the year. I stayed in hotel rooms and Airbnbs, no hostels. Private rooms only.
Mostly I stayed in Malaysia and Indonesia. My accommodation averages $15-20 per night and my food budget around $5 per day. Total around $800 per month.
Flights between countries are under $50.
I've also taken lots of bus, train and ferry trips which are under $20.
It's been very comfortable. I'm not slumming it, and I eat very healthy!
I've spent most of my time in KL too which is more expensive than neighbouring countries.
$10k for a year of travel was more than enough.

>>2856606
$15-20 is what you need to budget for Malaysia if you don't want an awful room. KL has so many budget hotels that it's not really any pricier than the hinterlands. But $5 per day for food sure doesn't sound like eating healthy, unless you can get by on one proper meal a day. In a warm climate, hunger is muted. But most tasty treats in Malaysia cost RM 5 or more. I averaged $9 per day for food on both my trips there, and was frequently disappointed by the cheapness of ingredients and the monotony of flavors (especially at those Chinese food courts).

>>2856368
All that boozing on a long trip is what's going to fucking ruin you, not the supposed loneliness. I learned that the hard way on my first Asia trip; the alcohol jew is both a money trap and a destroyer of life energy. Drunks don't climb mountains.
>>2856387
If you're not too ugly and self-hating, people will try to befriend you in most non-white countries. But yout may quickly grow tired of their company, or suspicious of their ulterior motives. Always a relief to be free & on your own again.

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>>2856638
Yeah I'm in Brickfields area and there's dozens of 2star hotels here in the 70 to 100 MYR range here. They're all fine. You can get discounts for weekly bookings. One place I stayed for a whole month, and it worked out to around $14 per night.

In terms of food, I has Nasi Lemak + Sayur + Bakwan fritters for breakfast today, that was 6 MYR ($1.50)
For lunch it's picrel, rice with eggplant, water spinach and a potato fritter and sambal. This was 9 MYR ($2.20). So you can eat like this for around $5 a day. I'd say it's pretty healthy.
Yesterday I had a bunch of fried chicken and rice and that was under $2. Today I'm eating vegetarian mostly

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>>2856651
After a big breakfast and lunch, I decided on a light dinner.
Since I'm in "Little India" part of KL, there's lots of Indian street food snacks.
I got some masala vadas, fried banana fritters and some spicy samosas with chilli sauce for 3 MYR
So my total for the day:
Nasi Lemak breakfast: 6 MYR
Nasi Campur lunch: 9 MYR
Fried Indian stuff dinner: 3 MYR
Total: 18 MYR or $4.50 USD

Picrel: typical fried Indian street food snacks

>>2856651
Malaysia is the most boring country I think I have ever been to. Maybe just Brunei beats it. I think I'd be suicidal if I had to live there for several years.

>>2856813
The food is great. Literally nothing else is. I've even travelled to Sarawak. More boring. You must have a certain personality to be enjoying yourself there

>>2856835
>>2856837
The food is great, the people are great, there's very little globohomo shit tolerated here. If you are into technology and Internet stuff, it's great. I'm not a sex pest or a club scene person (anymore) so it's a nice place to WFH at a fraction of the cost of a western country while still enjoying first world comforts.
I saw a rat this morning, that's a negative I suppose.
But I can live here for under $800 per month. And the food is great!

>>2856860
Sure. Nothing you said was contrary to it being boring though. You're absolutely right, it's good value and practical. I'd absolutely hate living there, personally. Personality difference

>>2856860
And I'm absolutely not a coomer. Hate that shit but also indulged when I was younger. Just in case that's your presumption

>>2854037
Everyone else has said it all but if travel is what you value you put money away from that. It's like some people want the nice house or get a car on lease, but you can't do it all. When you're young it's easier because unless you lock yourself down early it's actually quite easy. Terminally online people like r*dditors will tell you no one can travel without a trust fund or whatever but it's because they're bitter and because if they can't keep their life in order no one can. I did it twice in my early twenties working in restaurants and then in construction all while paying rent at home while abroad, and have been doing yearly trips since