Do you think traveling is a luxury or a need?

Don´t we all, dawn! But I traveled little while the children were growing. It seemed that our money disappeared in thin air. And we had a small family with only two daughters! When I read about people that have 10, I just can´t visualise it. Imagine Dearra´s problems multiplied by 10! Take care!

Nooooooooooooooo, I'd really rather not imagine it!!!

I have a dear friends who has 4 children (not children anymore either, the oldest is 46) who says once in a while "I hate children!". I know what she means.

That´s exactly my line of thought, my friend! And it doesn´t have to be THAT expensive if you study a bit on how to do it to suit your purse. I earn enough money online to have nice vacaiones once a year. And I never say no when someone invites me somewhere for the weekend. Take crae!

Cheers to that Marg. It's we who can make an economical vacation happy and memorable. so good luck and have faith in yourself that you can surely do it and enjoy it!

I feel exactly like that!

I think it much depends on how you spend your money. I live frugally but my online earnings are all saved to have wonderful vacations once a year.

I think a nearby beach is enough travel for many people. I travel with the money I earn online. It´s enough for nice vacations once a year. Take care!

Welcome to mylot! I´have recieved many good answers in this post but I´m going to give you best answer because you came here with the true mylot spirit. I share your ideas about vacations. Being creative many times makes up for a lot of money. Take care!

I feel the same way as you do, except that at my age I want a bathroom for myself. But I can manage with my online earnings and some additional savings I make during the year. They aare as naive as putting in a piggybank the biggest coins in our currency. It does help.

Travelling is a need for me too, but I do it only once or twice a year. I also need to be at home, in my own nest. Besides, I need money to travel and at the moment I earn money for a 2 or 3 week vacation each year, depending where it is.

Can't afford it, what with Solo needing his teeth pulled ($1000 is a guess at the cost) and all the other cats...

I´m so sorry!. Can´t you even get away for a weekend? Even that helps, you know. I have just come back from a nice weekend and I came back full of pep. Take care!

I have been to several awesome places with my online earnings as traveling is not on my budget. This year, as I had more expenses due to a shoulder surgery, I am going nearer. It still is wonderful. I´ll go to the south of Chile, my country. They have hot spring there which are very good for my shoulder. They will not be as expensive as they could be as I will be in an apartment with kitchen and will cook most of the time. And I´ll have lots of fun.

U think so , huh?. U may be right. Sounds like a pretty place u are going. I know u will have a good time. I think u do that every day.lol. As for those two grandsons sounds like they need a knoton their little lovable heads or maybe their rears. i'm sure u have checked to see if your speakers are plugged into your computer. Have a good time.

I like it on their rears. I did have a lovely time. I rested, slept, was served breakfast in bed, saw 3 movies ( one was older than both of us put together)and won about $6 at poker after playing all night on Saturday. My friend made me take a walk everyday so I did. I hope I learn to do it by myself. I´m sure it would help my health. As soon as I learn how to upload the pictures from my camera, I´ll show some beautiful pictures of the lake.

You need a started for your car, Jo! I´m sure once you get going, you´ll get the knack of it. You say it yourself: you feel better. We are going to a lake near Santiago. It´s an artificial lake and the surroundings are awesome. I can´t upload the pictures because my grandson (Felipe, 15)made me a new computer from parts but gor bored in the middle of the job. And some days ago, his little brother (Diego, 10) came over and now my computer has no sound. I won´t say what I think of all this.

I agree it can be difficult sometimes in life. I could not travel much when we were raising our children. All our spare money had a way of making a disappearence act.. But we did manage to picnic and camp. It was an expense of some extra gas, but it was worth it. And there are always beautiful places to go during the day. My father, a wise man, took us to a nearby hill when we were little. We went for Sunday morning. We brought our knapsacks, canteens and my father made it as if we were climbing the Everest. I remember almost 60 years later the wonderful taste of the lukewarm water. We could not drink too much: we must save the water just in case. We came back home dirty and happy. My mom was happy too as we did not bother her while she was preparing the Sunday meal. Take care!

I use all my online earnings for traveling. It has helped me a lot. But even a vacation near our home is a lot better than nothing. Do you travel? What is the destiny you like best?

The place you go and what are your lodgings depend on many things as I have discovered. My eldest daughter, aged 46, went for the Holidays with her 3 children to be 1 month in the tropical jungle of Bolivia. I could not do it at my age. As we grow old, we get more health problems. I feel I was very adventurous when I went 2 years ago aboard a sailboat to see some parts of the Caribbean. It was not a cruise, I was part of the crew of a small ship. I was 63 then and with a back surgery among other things. But you can´t imagine the beauty of the flying fish and the dolphins playing by our boat.