Travel Pro Tip #31: How to Live Travel Pro! Inspired by @jedau. Part Five: Don't Travel Strictly for Pleasure!
Don't Travel Strictly for Pleasure!
In the previous articles of this series "How to Travel Pro" we primarily focused on all that needs to be done to gain the freedom of time, so you can live the life you want, whether it's a life of travel or something else. In the remaining parts of this series we are going to delve into the art of Traveling Pro and the Travel Pro Lifestyle!
For starters if you think living Travel Pro is all about vacationing, luxury, and an endless high of self gratification; you couldn't be further from the truth. Being Travel Pro, is simply living a strategic international lifestyle which offers financial freedom and escape from the confines of societal expectations; which often rob you of your freedoms.
An absolute essential aspect of Living Travel Pro is you simply can not travel strictly for pleasure. You have to travel to give yourself a financial edge. If you just travel for pleasure you'll blow your budget at every move, and you simply will not be able to live Travel Pro. You'll run out of money and be back behind the financial eight-ball before you know it. You'll once again be living life to make money, instead of living life Travel Pro.
I'll give you a perfect example. I'm now traveling through South America. I've booked ten flights taking me from the northern Peruvian city of Piura, through 13 cities, five countries, stopping in Florida, and finally ending up in New York City, after visiting Patagonia Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina.
This itinerary has been made for almost exactly one thousand dollars total! And it's spread out over ten weeks. I'm traveling pretty fast, much faster than my normal speed; but I'm excited about the adventure. This rout wasn't created because it's exactly what my heart desired. It was based on a combination of fiscal responsibility, great airline tickets, and personal interest of destinations.
If I was traveling strictly for pleasure, I would be skipping to destinations like Rio De Janeiro. I'd hop a flight to the Peruvian Amazon. I'd take the luxury train for 450 dollars each way from Cusco to Machupichu. I'd take a luxury cruise from Valpariaso Chile down to Patagonia instead of a 35 dollar flight.
Basically I'd blow my budget seven ways to Sunday in one big irresponsible vacation mindset, ready to go back to work for the next 50 weeks a year. Being Travel Pro is about traveling for a lifestyle of freedom, not strictly traveling for pleasure. Giving yourself limitations and staying on budget is of up-most importance. If you choose to just do what feels good and ignoring your budget, you won't be traveling for very long unless you are extremely wealthy and a savvy investor.
To live this life you have to be willing to go to where the destination is affordable. If a cheap flight to Santiago Chile is in the cards, then hang there for a week or two. Learn about the city, try to assimilate into their culture. Live life like the locals as much as you can, not like a tourist. If it's endless spending and tourist activities that you can't stop yourself from doing, then watch your budget be blown in no time and you'll be backed into a financial corner, and unable to Travel Pro!
Live your life, get a good deal on a hotel, eat at local restaurants, avoid the tourist mindset. Don't do expensive tours, instead just explore places on your own time, pace, and leisure for free. Make friends with the locals whenever possible and experience the culture. Let your budget lead you to your destinations while appreciating the fact that you can go to these locations in the first place.
Never have the mindset of fear of missing out. Never think I'm in Lima because I got a good deal on airfare to come here, but I really want to be in London and Lima stinks. Always appreciate the freedom you have to be where you are. Be happy you are not stuck in a 9-5 job living paycheck to paycheck saving up for that two week vacation, just to set you back at zero once it's all over.
Love the fact that you can float around the world with a Travel Pro Strategy and not have the financial pressures of what one would consider everyday life. Enjoy each location and experience it for what it has to offer without complaints wishing you were at Disneyland or some fantasy like destination.
Finally understand that happiness and pleasure comes from with-in. There is no destination on the planet that will make you happy. So be the pleasure where ever you are and don't travel for pleasure! Stay on budget and travel for an enlightening lifestyle that is affordable and more meaningful than just self gratification. Simply live life Travel Pro and enjoy what each destination has to offer regardless of where you are!
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"Understand that happiness and pleasure comes from with-in"
That's the most important part of the whole article I feel @world-travel-pro. I wonder how many of you readers know that yet? 😁
$1000 spread out over 10 weeks with all that travelling is very impressive.
Here's what I'm wondering . . . as you're travelling around are you increasing you earnings above inflation. If you are you'd eventually get to the place where you could splash out on a little luxury too. 😊
That would be a fun game to play!
Thanks Gillian! Yes, I'm doing much better than the rate of inflation. Quite frankly you'll see when I start posting my travel eat videos coming very soon. I'm now going to nice restaurants and making Travel Eat Videos from them. I'm diffinately splurging much more than I used to, but it's for my blog! Hence I'm living life more full than ever now thanks to steemit. I'm now a travel food critique. I'm going to start posting those videos probably this week. I have a ton of material to chose from now. Videos are great! Thanks for your interest and support like always! -Dan
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That's pretty impressive @worldtravelpro, especially with the price of Steem having gone down. Glad to hear it tough. 😊
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That's exactly how I like traveling, just the way you described it! We go backpacking through Asia a lot, always on low budget, but because we spend little we can afford to stay so much longer :)
Exactly! Spend Less, Travel More!
We enjoyed reading. Love your style.
Thank you!
Well written buddy! Cant agree more :) Have fun in Chile!
Thanks buddy! Best to the misses :)
Excellent as always!!
Thank you! It's a very Travel Pro article! lol
Wow.
Excellent.
You and your photography both are nice.
I love it.
Happy Steeming.
Thank you!