We’re two Australian's traveling the world on a budget for a year and a half. We both left our jobs and left Australia in May 2023 and we’re planning to travel until October 2024.
Before leaving for this trip Joel was working as a Civil Engineer and Maddie worked in Marketing.
On our blog we share our travel experiences and budget-friendly recommendations.
We both worked full time for about 4 years after graduating University. Because of COVID-19 we were both working full time but stuck at home and unable to travel for a year and a half so we saved up a lot of money. We also sold our cars and a lot of our belongings before we left. Many people our age (26 & 27) at home were buying houses, but we weren’t ready to settle down so we decided to use our savings for a big trip instead. A good financial decision? Probably not… but we wouldn’t have it any other way.
We saved just over $36,000 AUD each for the trip bringing our total to around $73,000 AUD. We also both have $5,000 AUD in emergency funds/money for living until we get a job when we return home.
No we’re not (yet) but we are going to be doing about 1 month of World Packers Volunteering to help make our money last a bit longer.
In Europe we booked about 1 – 2 months in advance since it was peak summer season and stuff was booking out.
In Central America we’re booking 1 week in advance which gives us a lot more flexibility.
We do book major flights in advance, for example, we’ve booked our flights from Mexico to Asia about 4 months out so that it’s a cheaper price.
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