“Do you…get anxious about money?” a close friend asked me last summer. “All the time,” I replied, and it felt like the air pressure in the car had dropped, as if all the windows had slid open, and we could speak freely.
We were on a beach trip that was blessedly inexpensive, thanks to our gracious host, but it’s impossible not to think about costs on any vacation. In a group, everyone’s budgets and priorities run the gamut, and it can feel taboo to bring it up.
Even those of us who work in travel – especially those of us who work in travel – grapple with how on earth we’ll afford our next adventure. The amount I write about travel is substantially higher than the number of annual trips I actually take.
You’re reading this email because you agree: travel is worth it. So do our staff, which is why I asked them for their cleverest budgeting tips.
