would it be ok to travel with just enough money in your pocket?

Philippines
October 8, 2008 5:00am CST
it has been my wish to travel to different places but most of the time it would be postoponed or canceled because i dont have enough money. would it be more fun to just earn you extra money in certain place or it would be like committing suicide if you'd do it...
5 responses
@Shar1979 (2722)
• United States
8 Oct 08
i never traveled with just enough money in my pocket coz i might be in a situation where i will be needing money or i see something that i would want to buy. it's convenient to bring more when you travel. you can still save the money if you didn't spend much at all
• China
8 Oct 08
ya, i have the same experience as you too, i want to travel around world, but i don't have enough money too. the moeny is a big problem for me to make my wish come ture, but i don't give up, i always travel some cheap place, and it is a good way. i am content to do that right now, but i think i will go some place that i really want to in the future, hope my dream come ture, and you too.
@jwfarrimond (4473)
8 Oct 08
In the past a shortage of money has not stopped me from travelling. When I was younger, I hitch - hiked from England to Trondheim in Norway via Holland, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden and then back again through Sweden and Denmark. I took the ferry from Denmark back to the UK. I had very little money with me, just enough to buy food, and pay for hostel lodging en route - certainly not enough for fares to get me home if anything went wrong, which fortunately it did not.
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
8 Oct 08
I went around the world with all the money that I had saved when I was 20 years old. I had been made redundant from my job and this happening to me was an opportunity for more traveling. To afford the trip I let my cottage out and so got a monthly income from that. I got a working holiday visa for Australia. There I worked as a children's nanny and this shaped my future career. When I returned home I did extra courses to get on a teacher training course. Then I did my degree in English with Education and it gave me Qualified Teacher Status. Then I began teaching full time in a primary school. I am teaching part time now because I have a toddler son. Travel is my top hobby and with a little money I go to a nearby country and if I have lots of money I go to a far away country. I suggest you read a book called Work Your Way Around the World. That has suggestions for a working holiday, like fruit picking, teaching English and my other jobs. Good luck.
• South Africa
8 Oct 08
Don't do it! Unless you have a credit card chock full of money! Some places require a work permit, plan first or you'll be walking the streets like a ....