**But travel is very expensive.**
Not as expensive as you think. There are ways to get the costs way down.
For instance, next week I am flying the family (3) from to central Florida. It’s costing 4,500 British Airways Frequent Flyer points each and $16. A one way car rental coming back is $16 day.
Last year I took 4 of us to a resort in Thailand, flew business class, for about $4,000 total, all in. If I had paid cash for everything it would have cost about $55,000.
(There are ways to rack up frequent flyer miles and hotel points without traveling. That’s my plan.)
I’m doing the work I will be doing just to keep my mind sharp. I too would go crazy if I stayed home.
The places I would like to see are probably more expensive like London for example.
I’ve been to Europe twice-—France and Italy-—and did not find it inexpensive. I’ve learned a lot watching programs like Rick Steve’s Europe and would probably borrow a lot his ideas including staying in bnbs. My wife however, does not like “roughing it.”
I’m a WWII buff and would like to visit Russia and see Stalingrad. I’ve only read about 20 books on that battle alone.