I get asked a lot how I afford to travel so I wanted to share with you how I’m able to go on all these trips!

Sorry to disappoint but I don’t have a sugar daddy financing these excursions and my parents are not paying my way : )

The biggest thing  I do is go on a financial diet when I’m home. I don’t have a large disposable income but I joined mint.com years ago for free and it keeps track of my spending and I can see where my weaknesses are in my budget (for instance eating out for me was adding up to be a lot so I joke about how I eat ramen noodles to afford travel.) I’ve been learning to cook more and it’s definitely saved some money.

I also realized I’d be happy sacrificing a few things to set aside travel money. I only…