Comments on: Travel the World: Gap Years and Personal Finance http://www.mydollarplan.com/travel-the-world-gap-years-and-personal-finance/ finance. money. action. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:22:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lily http://www.mydollarplan.com/travel-the-world-gap-years-and-personal-finance/#comment-406 Lily Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:11:15 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/travel-the-world-gap-years-and-personal-finance/#comment-406 One more reason to travel before starting a real job: Once you've joined the work force for good, it will be difficult to take any significant time off. Sure, you could vacation for a week in exotic places, but you miss out on the cultural immersion and depth/breadth of experience you'd get only by traveling for a few months. <br/> I landed a fairly lucrative job for after graduation while I still had a year of school left. One of my contacts at the firm offered me this advice: "Travel the world before you start, because you won't have the opportunity once you start work. Go into debt if you have to - you'll make up for it with your salary. But you'll never be able to make up for the experiences you'll miss." <br/> I'm not sure I'd advise everyone to go into debt to be a globetrotter for a while, but if you have the means, it's certainly worth it. I definitely regret not spending more time traveling now that I'm trapped in the corporate world with less than a month of vacation days each year. (Not shabby, but not enough for a grand Experience with a capital E.) One more reason to travel before starting a real job: Once you’ve joined the work force for good, it will be difficult to take any significant time off. Sure, you could vacation for a week in exotic places, but you miss out on the cultural immersion and depth/breadth of experience you’d get only by traveling for a few months.

I landed a fairly lucrative job for after graduation while I still had a year of school left. One of my contacts at the firm offered me this advice: “Travel the world before you start, because you won’t have the opportunity once you start work. Go into debt if you have to – you’ll make up for it with your salary. But you’ll never be able to make up for the experiences you’ll miss.”

I’m not sure I’d advise everyone to go into debt to be a globetrotter for a while, but if you have the means, it’s certainly worth it. I definitely regret not spending more time traveling now that I’m trapped in the corporate world with less than a month of vacation days each year. (Not shabby, but not enough for a grand Experience with a capital E.)

]]> By: plonkee http://www.mydollarplan.com/travel-the-world-gap-years-and-personal-finance/#comment-405 plonkee Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:53:54 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/travel-the-world-gap-years-and-personal-finance/#comment-405 I actually did my own travelling via a J1 exchange program with the States, and then the next year a round the world trip, whilst I was at University. But I think you can actually learn a lot more by doing it younger. I actually did my own travelling via a J1 exchange program with the States, and then the next year a round the world trip, whilst I was at University. But I think you can actually learn a lot more by doing it younger.

]]> By: Early Retirement Extreme http://www.mydollarplan.com/travel-the-world-gap-years-and-personal-finance/#comment-404 Early Retirement Extreme Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:27:02 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/travel-the-world-gap-years-and-personal-finance/#comment-404 Forsooth, traveling is very common for Europeans, some even do it in the year before high school. Another popular choice is doing an au pair or another kind of volunteering job somewhere. My sister has practically made a career out of that ;P Personally, I did not skip school and eventually I got to do my (free) travel when I visited a collaborating university, so doing a higher degree in a worthwhile project is also a possibility. Forsooth, traveling is very common for Europeans, some even do it in the year before high school. Another popular choice is doing an au pair or another kind of volunteering job somewhere. My sister has practically made a career out of that ;P Personally, I did not skip school and eventually I got to do my (free) travel when I visited a collaborating university, so doing a higher degree in a worthwhile project is also a possibility.

]]> By: rocketc http://www.mydollarplan.com/travel-the-world-gap-years-and-personal-finance/#comment-401 rocketc Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:29:53 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/travel-the-world-gap-years-and-personal-finance/#comment-401 "snaffle out good deals" Ha! I can't wait to say that to someone. “snaffle out good deals”

Ha! I can’t wait to say that to someone.

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