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Backpackers Bookmarks: Tips For Saving For Your Travels

Dave at GoBackpacking has been planning for some time to travel around the world.

To do so, though, he first has had to work on paying off his substantial accumulated debt, and only then start the saving part.

It’s not hard to incur mountains of debt. Student loans, credit cards, car payments – these all add up to what is seemingly an insurmountable hurdle.

It is, however, hard to stay motivated. Paying off debt means making some serious cuts on personal expenditure, something Dave knows all about:

It’s a challenge, though with practice, I miss the desire and attachments less and less. It all starts with an awareness of what you’re buying into and whether all that buying leaves you any happier than before. I’ve found backpackers tend to share this common value, as well as hippies!

Something worth bookmarking is Dave’s series of articles about saving for travel, the latest of which outlines ways to set financial and travel goals to help you keep focused.

Another website already featured on this blog is called Saving For Travel, a step-by-step guide for backpackers dreaming of making it overseas.

More tips for saving for travel here and here.

(Photo is Dave’s world map on GoBackpacking.com )

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Cool Site: Saving For Travel
Working On The Trot: How To Get A Job When You’re Travelling

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