Quitting my job!

Hey,

Thanks for the boost, I have been fighting this urge for soooo long now but I can't fight it anymore:) I have a strong urge to travel for a long time. I've stayed in hostels but never dorms:( But I guess it's the best way to meet other people.

You right life is about chances - if you don't take it you will never know:) It's a scary thought to think your giving up stability but I guess it's more scarier to wake up one morning and not ever being able to do it again...

Wow your going in March...fancy waiting till August...lol? Where you heading of to first?

I've got you e-mail - it would be good to know how your getting on? Are you from London?

Sorry about my terrible Grammar...lol, just re-read it! Well definately time to Quit...

Go for it! If you want to stay in your job for another 9 months to earn some more cash (you can never have too much!) then that's your call. It would give you some more to plan though.

£18K for 9 months seems like enough. That's £66/day. Loads for some places (e.g. Thailand), not much for others (e.g. Japan/Oz). Don't forget flight prices etc, as that can take a lot out of your budget.

The oldest people I ever saw in a dorm room were an English couple in their sixites (at least) in Beijing...they were enjoying themselves! At first you may feel a bit old (especially with the gap year crowd of teenagers), but there will almost definately be plenty of more mature twenty and thirthy (and more) somethings as well. I'm sure you'll get into it after a week or so.

Do it! I'm thinking of doing the same (single 27 year old in the US) and taking time off from a job in marketing to travel for 3-5 months to see SE Asia, South America and revisit Europe. We only get 2 weeks of vacation a year so it's tough to do any real traveling. I'm planning to backpack and stay in hostels. If you can't do it now, when can you? :)

Japan is expensive.

The USA costs roughly the same as Europe expect that
1. cheap hostels are harder to find, (they exist, they are just harder to find) and
2. things are so far apart that transportation costs are more of an issue.
I'm going to hazard a guess that Canada and Australia are the same way.

Yes, £18K for 9 months seems like enough, but it depends on your travel style. If you fly from NYC to Chicago and stay in a downtown hotel in each city you can spend quite a bit of money.

I think you are on the right track, and no 32 years old is NOT too old to be staying in hostels. You might be older than the other folks, but you will be welcome.

Oh, if you go to Korea, Japan or Taiwan, checkout the opportunities for teaching (English as a second language) there. I've done it on Taiwan and there was quite a bit of profitability there.

Agree on the hostels...I still stay in them frequently,and I'm considerably older than you ;-)

No one has mentioned the itinerary so far,so I will.That is FAR too much ground to try and cover in that timespan.It will cost you a fortune in flights,nd you will be moving so fast that you will have little or no time to learn anything about the places you are going through.

I'd agree also on the 'go for it'..but decide where you REALLY want to go.You don't have to see the world world on one trip.

Just go for it! You're never too old to travel.

I agree with #7 on your itinerary: maybe a bit too ambitious to cover in a year. But hey: it's your choice.

Hey,

Thanks for all the responses. I will save on my flights by going from London - RIO - Canada and then back to London for 2 weeks to see my friends and family. Hoping to spend from Aug - Jan in South America and Canada then return to UK THEN FLY to Hong Kong to travel that side of the world - might work out cheaper on flights. Only problem is weather - ?
I might even come home for xmas and NY then be of again in Jan...

What do you think...I totally hear you about covering so much...maybe I was being to ambitious:(