I am envious. How can you people travel so much?

Most people are full of shite and exaggerate. This is an anonymous internet message board.

Don't get me wrong we travel, but some of these places would eat up my annual travel budget.

A lot seem to do it for work

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Most people are full of shite and exaggerate. This is an anonymous internet message board.

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I just assume 90% of this board has a 100k travel budget per year, the huge bulk of which bizarrely goes to repeated trips to Disney

No kids, work according to the academic calendar, self employed spouse....plus prioritizing travel over a fancy ride, bigger house, or things like jewelry or personal care (those mani/pedi/hair dye/highlights seriously add up over time). With what some ppl spend on a watch, I can travel for a couple years.

You can also travel with an eye toward thrift, prioritizing experiences and sights over luxury hotel rooms, expensive flights, and traveling in peak seasons.

My living is pretty modest, too. However...

1. I am single with no kids.

2. I travel solo and don't have to worry about anyone else approving of the hotel (usually budget places), restaurants (usually McDonald's), and I can do what I want to do as fast or slow as I want to do it.

3. I have seven weeks off spread throughout the year.

4. I am patient and do a lot of long term planning and searching for good deals.

5. Traveling is a priority. I sacrifice quite a bit to be able to travel because I love it.

Honestly if it weren’t for credit card points no way I could afford to travel the way I do with my income. Having a significant other that is into the points game as well is huge so we can both pay our way. I’ve done Sedona, San Fran and Peru(here now) for the last three New Years eves for at least 5 days almost exclusively on points for flights, tours and room. Puerto Rico for July fourth in 2016 as well because I liked it best of Southwest’s one ways(companion pass). Probably forgetting of one other “big” trip. Airbnb also has some great properties for good prices.
Other small weekend trips like Buffalo(saints), DC, golf trips etc.

Going off topic, but recently unemployed so I started looking into expat opportunities and can’t get shite being young with little experience. All I want to do is gain global experience while also being able to travel the world, is that too much to ask for?

My kids are grown so that expense is (mostly) gone.

I use miles for most of my flights. I put all of my companies purchasing on a credit card so I accumulate a lot of miles and points. We have a group of ten that are all pretty comfortable financially and enjoy traveling with each other which makes traveling even more enjoyable. No one in the group is needy so if we're at a destination and a couple or a smaller group wants to splinter off and do their own thing for a day or two no one is offended. The group has trips scheduled to Isla Mujeres, St. John and Italy this year.