I was sitting on my couch, with the smell of freshly washed curtains wafting in the air and browsing Facebook.
There are a few people I see who regularly keep taking 10 odd days vacation to exotic locations, stay in even more exotic hotels.
I wonder, how do they get so many leaves?
Where is the money for such holidays?
Do they even save anything?
Every month start, when I get that salary sms. Then I get 10 odd debit smses following it for the first week of every month. Then comes regular expenses for the month.
Savings is hardly any.
Even if I do save, it would take me at least a few months to save enough to pay for those exotic hotels.
Also,painstakingly working for 6 months without a days leave gives me 10 and a half days of leave. Ideally, I can take a long vacation twice a year only, compared to the ones I see on Facebook.
Either others manage their time and money really well or I manage both real bad
There are a few people I see who regularly keep taking 10 odd days vacation to exotic locations, stay in even more exotic hotels.
Where is the money for such holidays?
Do they even save anything?
Every month start, when I get that salary sms. Then I get 10 odd debit smses following it for the first week of every month. Then comes regular expenses for the month.
Savings is hardly any.
Even if I do save, it would take me at least a few months to save enough to pay for those exotic hotels.
Also,painstakingly working for 6 months without a days leave gives me 10 and a half days of leave. Ideally, I can take a long vacation twice a year only, compared to the ones I see on Facebook.
Either others manage their time and money really well or I manage both real bad
Haha. This post is so from the heart. Maybe they have parents who sponsor their trips and maybe they have too much leave accumulated or maybe they have a job which requires them to travel quite a bit.
ReplyDeleteAhh..some lucky people. But still I wonder.
DeleteSome people earn while they travel-like freelancing, advertising, consulting etc
ReplyDeleteOthers travel on work and and do some personal exploration in between
Few take paid holidays once a while, come back with tons of pics and keep posting it at regular intervals
Shrinidhi, so many people I know travel, I wonder how many people are in the lines that is mentioned. But, however they are quite lucky i must say.
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I think some folks simply have lots more money. We plan our small vacations meticulously - actually set up our Federal Taxes so we get that refund each year. It's our vacation savings, otherwise, we'd have nothing in savings either. Every time we manage a savings build up, the car breaks down, or the furnace goes out, etc. etc.! It's just the way life is. I hope you get to the exotic place soon! We just got back from the beach and did it for under $700. Well worth the expense or should I say refund. :)
ReplyDeleteThis comment is so straight from the heart. Loved it
DeleteBTW I fall in the same category as you. everytime i plan to save, some expense crops up. I do hope both of us get to go to some exotic location sometime
Thanks for dropping by Yolanda :)
Same pinch here..the moolah and leaves to travel. My savings zero and makes me wonder how on earth I gonna travel. Guess some people are plain luck or are into black money business..hehe
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Ranveer.
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