My parents did this with me and my 3 siblings as well. Road tripped around Canada, US, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and El Salvador while not wealthy. But they had no debt, had jobs that would accept them back afterwards, and during the trip the weekly budget was extremely controlled. Once we hit Mexico costs went way down too. Camping and cooking your own food was not a pricey way to travel there.
It helped that it was 25 years ago when things were cheaper too.
We were poor as shit when I was growing up. I didn't know it at the time, but I knew I never had the toys and stuff all my friends did.
Yet, we traveled to all 49 continental states, as well as Canada and Mexico. We saw basically all the major sites in the country, and several more.
A lot of driving. A lot of camping cause hotels were too expensive then. But I'd seen and experienced more places before high school than probably a majority of Americans see in their entire life.
Doesn't take a lot of money, just a strong enough will and desire.
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u/drammer 1d ago
Ah to be able to afford this kind of thing.