How to Travel for Under $1000 a Month

Without a doubt, the most comment question people ask me is, “How can you afford to travel so much?”

I’ve already answered that question.

Still, it’s worth hearing another answer so you can see some common answers, but also get some new ideas. So here we go…

Guest Post by Chase for Adventure

You’re probably guilty of this. You watch a youtube video, or read a blog from a popular travel blogger and think to yourself, “I wish I could afford to travel like that.”

Don’t worry, friend, you’re not alone! Before my first trip through Europe in 2015, I was just like you. I would spend hours daydreaming about travel, hoping that one day I would be able to gather enough nickles and buy myself a plane ticket.

But what if I told you that you didn’t have to wait or gather pennies? That you could actually travel the world for under $1000 a month!

Well, friend, that isn’t a tease, it’s a reality. My husband and I have been traveling full-time since June of 2018 and have sustained this travel lifestyle on a travel budget well below $1000 a month per person. This wasn’t done with any special hat tricks, or an obscene amount of travel hacking, either. Travel doesn’t have to be expensive, and once you harness the skills of budget travel, it can be sustained long-term!

To Travel for Under $1000 a Month, You Need to Subsidize Costs

An easy way to budget travel is by subsidizing your travel costs such as accommodations, transportation, and food. Before the age of the internet, this was a little bit more complicated to do.

However, with so many facebook groups, apps, programs, and cultural exchanges available to us with just a quick google search, you can seriously cut down on costs.

Here are a few of those programs that will let you travel for under $1000: