21 YR old going backpacking for the first time (NEED HELP)

last time I went which was over 3 years ago I got into massive debt and still currently paying it off

My advice would be to work on your debt first before you go anywhere. And next time you travel, don't bring a credit card. Jesus.

I don’t know if I should try and loose feelings for her

Yes. I can already tell it's not going to work out.

travel partners should disguss and agree on what they want from the trip.

you'll get along better and have a more successful adventure, if one doesn't feel like he's getting beat out of something.

I’m free to do what ever I like.

No, you're not. You are constrained by the money you have, the work you can get and the visas available. Start thinking more realistically about your options.

If the girlfriend has broken off with you, realise it's unlikely she is going to come back - make your plans accordingly.

Working in the hospitality industry in the US is not likely to be an option, unless an employer is sponsoring you, which ain't gonna happen, so forget that one. Travelling there for a year without working is going to cost megabucks, which you clearly don't have if you are still paying off your last travel debt.

If you really can get the ancestry visa, fine, you can do that and consider travelling to Europe, but realise that the unemployment rate over there is far worse than in Australia and work will not be easy to find. Make your plans without the rose-coloured glasses.

Travel dreamers think they may just go getb a job for a month and move on.

How 'bout the two months it takes to find that job.

How 'bout if employers are on to that scam...because other job flitters fked it up for the next foreigner.

btw by the time couples break up, they'd been wanting to, for a long long time.

life goes on.

Just in case you think the previous posters have been too hard on you ....

I agree completely with them, though I'd have said it a little more softly. You need to get that debt paid off, then savefor your next trip., The world will still be there in five years' time, and you'll be that much more mature and able to make the most out of it.
I suspect this is about the upheaval of your girlfriend leaving, and your desire to just run and hide because different challenges will 'make the hurt go away'. Actually, they won't. You have to live with yourself everywhere you go, and seeing these new places through a cloud of loneliness will just make them unattractive. Time is a great healer. Use it to plan and to save. Then, when you're optimistic and fully-prepared, you'll be ready for whatever this world of ours can throw at you.

I agree with previous posters but a bit more harshly.

You're 21, obviously in debt, can't have much education and are far from free to do whatever you like.

My advice would be to get an education in something that is worthwhile in terms of a future career and income. Pay off your debt (anyone that goes into debt to travel has a few rocks in their head). Then having done those two things, you can consider where you want to go with your life in the shorter term (5 years) and the longer term.

Being eligible for an ancestry visa is something a lot of people would find desirable. Being able to live and work in the UK for 5 years could be worthwhile. But as noted, the economy there is currently very bad and jobs not that easy to find. Being able to work and finding work are not one and the same thing.

As for the US, that isn't going to happen. You can call it an option but in fact it is not. Other than as a full time student there is no way you are going to get a visa to stay long term. Or did I miss the part where you are a nuclear physicist and in demand worldwide?

On the positive side, you got one part right. "I need to start planning what I am going to be doing."

And in community college (best. most down to earth took me from 10th grade drop-out. proved to me I can), take a minor subject that you really love.

Blessed is he who creats his own job.
but you ain't ready yet.

Don't fall for the college loan scam.Work part time too. Its part of the edu.survival skill school.

lol

God give me patiense,
and I want it now.

We've overlooked the Asia bit. Yes, by the end of the year you can have saved up enough money to do a backpacking trip around south east Asia, but it sounds like you've already been there, done that, and are looking for something different. Maybe try India, it's cheap and will give you a different experience.

But all travelling costs money and you need to be thinking about how you will fund your future travels. Getting the education for a better paying job should be part of your planning.