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Traveling ?

OKAY, so this sort of has something to do with travel, mostly after traveling, I really want to enjoy my early twenties (I'm 17 atm) and I REALLY want to buy a van and live in it and just enjoy myself and go wherever I want, however, would it be possible to have a "normal" life afterwards? Eventually I want a house, but will I be completely broke from just traveling? 

Update:

I also definitely plan on saving for a year or two before I even think of going on the trip, I also plan on going through college first!

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    2 weeks ago

    I am an agree with a travel of mine or other,with the thing,what ever that travel would be.

  • 4 weeks ago

    To travel, you need some money behind you. You are going to have to live at home a few years, work and save, save, save. Buying and maintaining a vehicle is not a cheap option.

    Get a cheap flight to somewhere in south east asia and back pack for 12 months

  • drip
    Lv 7
    4 weeks ago

    How are you financing this venture. Where is the money coming from for gas and food. 

    If you don’t have an income , then yes you will be broke.  You also won’t have any work background.  

    Get an education or training that will lead to a career, not just a job.  Use your money to fix up a van and travel on the weekends and during your vacations. 

  • 4 weeks ago

    Unless you're independently wealthy, the odds are that you'd not only be completely broke after traveling but that you wouldn't get far in the first place. You still have to support yourself while traveling which won't be easy if you're constantly moving around. It's much easier to get established first, build up a nest egg and travel a little later.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 weeks ago

    There are plenty of ways to enjoy your early twenties (and your thirties, forties, and fifties etc.).  Many people enjoy going to college; many people enjoy working.  Of course, if you don't go to college (or if you don't choose your major wisely) it is much harder to get a job you'll enjoy afterwards.  Some people do, of course, but you cut your opportunities down an extreme amount that way.

    If you currently have the money to buy a van (and car insurance and gas and food to eat. . . which tends to be more expensive on the road) then of course you can do it.  How enjoyable you will find it remains to be seen.  It could be one of those things that is fun for a few weeks until you get lonely or it is really cold or rainy where you are and it is therefore no fun to be outside, or you are bored or whatever.  It could even be fun for a few months or longer.  But it is not likely to be fun for long.  And it could be harder than you think.  Things can go wrong that you're not anticipating.  Be sure to have at least a few thousand dollars for vehicle repair unless the van you're using is new, and a fair amount of money for medical bills for yourself.  It costs more when you're out on the road because you won't have a regular doctor  you can go to, so you'll end up going to one of those more expensive urgent care places or a hospital.  

    As far as having a normal life afterwards. . . well, maybe.  What job skills do you have?  If you don't have some pretty great job skills now, it will be hard to get a job that will allow you to buy a house.  Because, yes, you would be completely broke from traveling even if you work occasionally.  Of course, if you have parents who are willing to put you through college in your mid or late twenties, then you could get an education and/or job training then.  But would you want to go to college or vocational school when you are, say, 25, and most of the other students are 18 or 20?

    There is nothing wrong with living in a van for awhile.  However, it could be you've got the timing wrong.  It may be the smarter thing would be to get an education first, find a job that allows you to take lots of time off (some nursing positions are great for that, for instance), and go on the road with that van then.

    Good luck to you!  

  • 4 weeks ago

    It's a nice idea, but as a tourist (which you'd be, unless you had the right to work en-route) you'd be limited to how long you could stay anywhere, unable to work etc. So you'd need to already have money to make this happen.

    When you return from travelling, you'd need to get a job. Just like plenty of young people who have a gap year. 

    Alternatively - you get a job. You save. Then every year you use up your annual leave on a big holiday; after which you return to work. Repeat. 

  • 4 weeks ago

    Well, I don't know if you'll be completely broke after. Depends how much money you had to start with, and how much you spent travelling. Of course you can have a 'normal' life afterwards. You can have whatever kind of life you choose to have.

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