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How to travel long term when you're broke ???
Long story short..
I lost my main job a few months ago then went to Canada and spent ALL my savings on an Epic Canoe trip...  ! (worth it though  )
So. All I have left now is my Triumph Tiger and about £500.
I'm having no luck finding work apart from sporadic bike repairs in the UK a so thinking of how far and for how long I could travel RTW for instead.
I'm 32 and too old for working holiday Visas in the obvious Commonwealth Economies and I like to keep moving.
I'm assuming finding 'Cash in hand' work in this recession is going to be pretty hard. On my recent travels I didn't talk to anyone finding easy work.
Couch surfing and wild camping are on my list for keeping costs low but what can pay for petrol, food and  money ??????
I've sold a few articles but they don't pay too well and the work is few and far between.
Let the brainstorming commence !!
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Start your own business, get it up and running and then put in a manager and travel on the profit of the business or sell it and then travel with the proceeds.
I think cash in hand work in this economy is a total non-starter to be honest.
Self employed mechanics can do quite well in down turns as people try to save money on main dealers - what is your bike/marque specialty?
Scooter/small bike dealership?
Brake/tyre/exhaust/accessory fitting business?
Might need to relocate though - the economy down here (SE) is not too bad at all right now.
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Sell your triumph and get a cheap 250 or another scrap bike  . Then you should have plenty left for a good tour.
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Sell your triumph and get a cheap 250 or another scrap bike  . Then you should have plenty left for a good tour. 
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Yeah... A definite option. But it's only worth £2500 and that £2000 cash back won't last long in Europe.
I'm thinking more of ideas for a long term solution, but yeah.. Scrape it from where you can.
Already Ebayed everything else before my Africa Trip
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I thought it was worth around 5000.-
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Check out this site Ted, it could be the answere you're looking for.
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Hi,
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Sell your triumph and get a cheap 250 or another scrap bike  . Then you should have plenty left for a good tour. 
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Thats what i wanted to write as well...to travel 9 months around Southamerica was only 2500 Euro including bying a small bike:
Motorbike trip around Southamerica: Chile and Argentina part 1
Travel save, Tobi
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How may kilometers have you ridden in total in those 9 months Tobi?
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Hi,
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How may kilometers have you ridden in total in those 9 months Tobi?
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Around southamerica 28.000 km wildcamping and couchsurfing this way i met so many new friends that i will be back very soon
Petrol in Venezuela was free and very cheap in Equador and Bolivia (not paying the tourist price) and riding a local bike is not only cheap but you also get in contact with the local people more easy and can find parts if needet...
cu, Tobi
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Just saw a post on 3 people on vespa's who are
going to travel on NO budget!
Maybey they know a few tricks.
( appart from the  donate $$ button on there site!)
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Just saw a post on 3 people on vespa's who are
going to travel on NO budget!
Maybey they know a few tricks.
( appart from the  donate $$ button on there site!)
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So they are eating and drinking nothing? They sleep in the dirt on the side of the road? Their bikes run on fresh air? Their bikes were free? Bikes never break down or need a service?
Maybe mummy and daddy are paying?
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Ahhhh yes. There are a lot of 'Mummy & daddy' and 'Rich auntie left me her house in her will' travellers out there.
And there is nothing wrong with that.... The rest of us are just jealous
I borrowed £7,000 from the bank for South America... BAD IDEA ! I've only just paid it all back and that was a killer shackle around my neck.
Africa took me two years of INTENSE saving and selling to pay for. I really felt like I earned that one.
I need to marry a rich old lady with a weak heart
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Touring Ted
Ted,
Just keep looking, there might be the odd one left over.
But the changes are rare.
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I borrowed £7,000 from the bank for South America... BAD IDEA ! I've only just paid it all back and that was a killer shackle around my neck.
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I know what you mean, I still have another year and a half left paying back my £6k loan that funded my Mongolia trip. But at the time I decided to do it, about 9 months before I set off, I was already running out of patience with my life. That 9 months was a struggle and I'm pretty sure I couldn't have managed another year to save up all the cash. So whilst the loan has been a painful shackle, particularly when I first got back, better to do it that way than not at all. And I came back ready to make some changes to my life which I might never have managed without the inspiration.
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