Stop the doubt and go for it. Life's too short to waste another minute.

Would 500 be enough? I don't know. It can bring you a long way, perhaps even further than you expected or perhaps not that for as you would have hoped for. In the end it is not the miles you travel that determine the pleasure, it's your experiences.

Main thing is that you can in the end look back at as something you accompished with great,positive feelings and memories. Trying to live a dream can never result in failure.

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Would you be able to do it in the UK (only looking at expenses you will incur while on the road eg food, diesel). If you think you can, then you should be able to do it while on the road...

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Which mog? Pics please!!!!

With ours, if we were forced to buy our tyres new they're about 10p per mile. Fuel in the UK is about 50p per mile. If you did stay in the UK £500 won't be enough to drive around, and since theres no wildcamping in England you can't afford to stay still either . France is better with free aires and cheaper diesel, Morocco cheaper again and maybe possible there. You may have to use a campsite in some places to fill with water, empty waste or just where they won't let you park where you want? Will you never need to recharge the camper batteries?

Is the £500 the total income, or just what you know you will always get? Our house was managed by the rental agency for 10% on top of what we asked for and was no hassle, but the occasional requirements of the tenants were unforeseen expenditure. Some friends who ran a rental agency reckoned the industry average was you would get 8 months rent in your pocket out of 12.

What it may boil down to is you can't actually afford to go where you want just because starting her up will cost you, so detours are a no-no, just shortest route please Mr GPS. Maybe work out your cost per mile, and see what your plan will roughly break down to, 150 euros per tank fill is no fun for tarmac bashing.

Personally I think I would save a bit more until I was sure I could do it? If you could pick it up and plonk it somewhere cheap then maybe?

Have you looked at the Mog bit of Benzworld too? Motorhome Facts for general Euro camper travel? Vicarious Books for Euro Aires guides? May get some info on those?

Good luck

How many People think just that ? then never do it !

so cool oh i wish i could do the same i am 46 and mad to go. Don't wait of you go and enjoy every minute and the best of luck to you

I'd pay close attention to Grizzly10 above. It's obvious that what you're describing is theoretically possible.....but it's a rare individual who could actually pull it off, whether possible or not. Rarer still: the individual who could sustain it over time. Maybe you're that person, but the overwhelming majority of us are not.

I'm not, for example. I've spent more than that on every extended trip I've ever taken, even those without a vehicle. With a bike there are lots of added expenses; with a Mog, more so. How will you get the Mog from India onwards? Not via China, and not shipping it to SE Asia or Australia either on that sort of budget. You're really talking about a trip through Europe and the Stans into India then?

I'd pay less attention to those who say that's their dream too, therefore you should do it (even though they can't). That's not the voice of experience in any sense; it's the voice of people who want you to live out their dreams. You've got enough on your plate figuring out how to live out your own dreams.

On the other hand if you've got a backup plan--also known as an escape hatch--then why not try? Throwing off a secure job and situation in order to travel for a while is not as big a deal as it sometimes seems--I've done it several times. But you might want to find a way to dip your toe in the water without risking a whole lot before you fully commit.

I'd think carefully about cutting things too close with your rental income: as indicated, things sometimes go off the rails in a hurry if you're not there to keep tabs on it. I've traveled all over the world relying on rental income, with and without motorcycles; when it works, it's great. The idea is to have a plan for what to do when it all falls apart.

Hope that's helpful. Good luck!

Mark

You could always try pm'ing Maja (Mike), I know he covers a respectable distance every year for up to 10months of the year while his house is rented out so he would have good info on monthly costs...especially

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everyone has dreams about things they want to do and for me i will be on the road soon just got kids to bring up first and as for planning anything this big that this man wants to do plan and double plan info is key i ve been planning my trips for the last year. hoping by 2015 first big one. you know the old saying read between the lines happy biking

hahahaha got the money planning my first big one london to nepal

yo estoy de acuerdo plenamente con mark.. hay que pensar bien eso antes de tirarse a la pileta por decirlo de alguna manera..creo que seria mejor hacerlo con un rspaldo mas grande economicamente hablando..es facil que las cosas salgan mal y todo lo que sale mal de una u otra manera cuesta dineros...suerte
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