How to travel often while living on a budget .
aka “How I became a travel hacker.”
8 min readJan 27, 2019
It’s February 2010. I am 27yrs old and have been living in New York City for a little more than two years. It is freezing cold and all I want to do is get on a plane home to Florida (or anywhere warm and tropical). But I’m broke and in debt because I make $48,000/yr and my take home pay is around $2,800/month. My rent is…