Comments on: Changing the “I’m Too Poor to Travel” Mindset – Say Yes to Travel https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/too-poor-to-travel-mindset/ Travel Better, Cheaper, Longer Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:51:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Brandon https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/too-poor-to-travel-mindset/#comment-1680779 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:36:05 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=27801#comment-1680779 In reply to Andrea Anastasiou.

Not everyone makes alot of money to travel most of the time they can is because they have both parents unlike me i only have my mom and she dont work shes retired we still can’t travel its not about the mindset its about weather you have enough money and for me its hard.

]]> By: Tamara https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/too-poor-to-travel-mindset/#comment-1646545 Thu, 18 Feb 2021 07:17:38 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=27801#comment-1646545 I came across this article while looking for ways to travel for free. Reading this, I am disappointed. OF COURSE one day I will be able to travel. For sure. It will take years and will be shorter periods than I would favor, but it will happen some day. That is not really something that someone else needs to tell me. I am wondering: what if it takes to long? Because it really can…

Right now, money is a real obstacle. Seriously: it is very real. That is, without insane depth. Yet, cooking more or drinking less is not something that fixes that, if you cannot even buy groceries from time to time. And yes of course, I am still a master student. Yet I am almost reaching 25 and the idea that I cannot simply have one week off to go to another country bothers me deeply. If there was a way to save money or to work more, I would have done it. I even planned to do an abroad internship for graduation, but they decided not to pay me AND it will likely be cancelled due to the pandemic. Even with your disclaimer, I feel like you make life sound too easy. Truly, it is not. I meant, I get what you are saying, but the whole thing makes me sad.

]]> By: Pati https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/too-poor-to-travel-mindset/#comment-976129 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 14:03:50 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=27801#comment-976129 I’ve travelled a bit (gone to Europe a few times, Canada,and the Southwest but I’m on a tight budget now .I’m in my early 60’s. and am a self employed artist.
If you can’t go far away what keeps you sane are small “staycations”.
My husband and I look for towns with interesting things(sculpture gardens) or odd museums and great old architecture that are in a 2-4 hour range.
It helps refresh the spirit and your eyes and soul have seen something new.

]]> By: Justin Hawkins https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/too-poor-to-travel-mindset/#comment-976079 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:42:08 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=27801#comment-976079 Matt. Your article on travel mindset is encouraging to me. I do have small set backs currently, but I refused to let them stop me from seeing what this world offers. I’m currently 25, and as lately I felt that maybe I my time to travel is not starting tomorrow, a month from now, or even a year, but I will get there. I have to know what is out in the world.

]]> By: Juli https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/too-poor-to-travel-mindset/#comment-974640 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 15:33:20 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=27801#comment-974640 I guess it s mindset and also how are you willing to travel. During my 20s, I was living in Southamerica (my homeland) earning less than minimum wage there (less than 200 $ a month). I still managed to travel around Europe, Latinamerica, Asia and the States with a 5-10$ daily budget. That meant: couchsurfing, hitchhiking, walking instead of public transport, no health insurance, eating poorly and sometimes dumpsterdiving. It made me really happy and I enjoyed it, but it can be also hard and exhausting

]]> By: Larry https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/too-poor-to-travel-mindset/#comment-973733 Mon, 30 May 2016 15:17:19 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=27801#comment-973733 Nice post Matt! The “mindset” has always amused and amazed me. Probably the most dramatic experience I’ve had is with parents. Here in the US, I hear people say “We have children, we can’t travel.” But when I met a family with two small boys in Cambodia, they said “We have children, we have to travel!”

What’s the difference? Mindset! The couple I met in Cambodia wanted their children to experience different cultures, see how other children grew up, visit their schools and to see how they lived.

Thanks for the article!

]]> By: Serhat https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/too-poor-to-travel-mindset/#comment-973420 Tue, 17 May 2016 20:04:20 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=27801#comment-973420 Me and my wife have been suffering from this mindset for the last couple of years. There was always a reason to postpone our travel goals. We needed to buy a car and pay the loan, some extra furnitures etc. we kept on saying we will go next month, next year. That’s terrible feeling. What if you do not have time or your health when you got money! It’s a relief to read this post. Thank you for this encouraging post. I think I should do better and I can do better.

]]> By: daniel walsh https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/too-poor-to-travel-mindset/#comment-970735 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:58:14 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=27801#comment-970735 First time reader of this blog

I have always wanted to travel and have a friend who has and it makes me so excited the way he talks about it. Sadly though my problem is the money and the commitment of flat contract.

However this has inspired me I have until the end of august to save as much as I can. Find any way to make more of a dint on the funds I need. Then I have no commitments or anything to tie me down.

My fear is though i wont want to come back is it easy to make a life of travelling?

Tips would help thanks

]]> By: nique https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/too-poor-to-travel-mindset/#comment-915165 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 07:46:57 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=27801#comment-915165 Honestly i just wanna say you opened my eyes to something not goin to lie its easy to say im going to travel the world but very hard to do… im 18 lived in jamaica all my life traveled once to disney land in 09 from that ive been sitting on a visa that needs to be used but no plane ticket because both of my parents lost their jobs and its not easy getting into a new job.. i never worked in my life theres not enough jobs in jamaica to gain experience either. So its hard ! I got so much dreams waiting to become a reality. But thanks again really helped ?

]]> By: John Metcalfe https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/too-poor-to-travel-mindset/#comment-746455 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 04:12:20 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=27801#comment-746455 For me it was a change in circumstances (divorce) that made me decide to start traveling. I decided to take a positive outlook on being single again at 44 instead of feeling sorry for myself, and took the opportunity to travel to Thailand, a country I’d always wanted to visit..

Fast forward 4 years and my goal in life now is to make enough money so I can retire to Koh Samui in Thailand when I’m 55..

Wish me luck !

John

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