Frogwatch wrote:
My almost 23 yr old daughter is feeling restless as she approaches the
end of her BS degree in biology. I think she knows her time to travel
is limited by needing to go to grad school and knowing her BF will ask
to marry her. Unfortunately, it is somewhat harder for a girl than a
young man to travel cheap. A guy can simply sleep in whatever place
he happens to be in whereas a young woman needs a little more safety
A guy can ride with strangers whereas a girl should not. So, any
suggestions for cheap travel options? Her cousin is in Italy for the
summer teaching English to kids, two weeks in each place in the
country and has been to 3 diff places.
Last night, she asked if she and her bf could take my 28' sailboat for
a few months and I said "yes". Any other ideas?
When I was that age (actually a year younger), I hitched across the
USA, hiked all the big national parks from Rocky Mt up to Jasper and
Banf, hitched back to Colorado for a temp job and then across to
Chicago and back to FL. It cost nearly nothing and I only had one
questionable ride. I stayed a few nights in youth hostels but
normally saved my money by camping in the woods. Kids cannot do that
today cuz hitching is seen as the way serial killers travel and hardly
anybody picks them up. Any similar options today?


When one of my sisters in law was an underpaid school teacher in
Florida, she became a summer tour guide for an organization that took
high school students abroad for three weeks at a time. She'd usually
take at least two such trips in the summer. I remember the year I met
her, she was planning trips that summer to Great Britain and Italy. She
got paid for her time, her expenses were covered, she got to see lots of
places, and she had no serious problems with her student charges.
Oh...her beau was her co-guide.

I don't know if that is still being done.