Hahahahaha! Yeah, we’re going out for dinner tomorrow night. Better get the nail scissors ready!

I can totally relate to the hair cutting as well, so frightening to discover another single mum like myself in this world. 🙂

Aw, thanks, Leslie. Not sure quite what I’m going to do for a wardrobe when I get back… Or when we’re in the snow later this year…

Hi Janey, I do know one family — one father, one son — who set off with only $900, though he had remote work lined up as a medical transcriber, and it is possible to travel for very little indeed. I think the thing to focus on is what skills do you have where you can earn a living while mobile? Some people do it by taking short contracts in one place. Others work remotely. You could live in SEA, without a car or a van, for around $20 a day. But I think the key thing is to have the skills that you need to earn some sort of income if you don’t have the funds saved up to travel for a year or so without earning. So, I’d say, look at acquiring globally marketable skills. A teaching qualification. Or consider looking at roles like being a virtual PA — anything that can be done online, so while mobile. There are also families who make a living from things like making and selling arts and crafts, so that could be something to explore. When you’re basing yourself in cheaper parts of the world, you do have to earn much less than you would to survive in the states. Does that help at all? We had assets when we started — I sold out my share of a house — which meant I didn’t have to work for the first year. So I think: stay with the college and try and build up a remote working portfolio while you’re doing that. Once you can work from home you can work from anywhere in the world. Please do come back to me with any more questions, whenever…

Unfortunately, we aren’t exactly the most financially well off people. we’re pretty poor, don’t have a car, i was up until recently receiving government assistance but now i’m a student at a community college and we’re living off of the financial aid. in a few months we’ll have enough saved for a car however and i’m hoping to get a van and take off for the summer at least.

i’d LOVE more than anything to travel open-endedly with my daughter, who is now nearly three, but i worry with our lack of funds… i guess what i’m trying to say is how do you do it? how do you start?

I will give Z your compliments! Thanking you, Scott.

Thanks, Elizabeth.