Why we travel debt free and how you can do it too

Today we're talking about traveling debt free! We'll be going over two reasons we want to do it this way, a story about why debt lets you down and how you can travel debt free!

Reason 1: We're Christians and the bible says it's not the best. The one that is heard the most is Proverbs 22:7 that says, "The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender."
Reason 2: When you purchase something with debt it doesn't belong to you. It belongs to whoever you borrowed money from to make the purchase. For example: when you purchase a home traditionally, you get a mortgage and then purchase the home with the amount the bank says you qualify for. Until you pay the bank back, your home technically belongs to them and you can lose it. We want to purchase something and have it be ours. That's another reason we want to do the cargo trailer. They are built the same quality or better as rv's, they cost less and we can design it the way we want it.

Story: When my dad was younger he would travel around and use a credit card instead of taking cash. He would pay it off later. On one of his trips the whole credit card system went down for about a week (if I remember correctly), he did have a bit of cash to get back home. Cash saved the day!

How to travel debt free:

Utilize the free events and parks in your area. This doesn't sound very spectacular, but they are a great way to get out and explore. Most of the travel we do utilize these two things. This is especially good if you have kids and just want to get them out of the house and create some great memories. One of my favorite memories was an over night camping trip we took with my dad to the middle of nowhere.

Be frugal. A budget each month or even each time you get payed helps you see where your money is going and helps you control it. Coupons, discount racks, and some sales can help keep you under budget and set aside that money for travel.

Save. I've mentioned this before but just sitting down and calculating how much it would cost, like a travel budget, and then saving towards that goal. What's great about this is that it can be a big goal or little goal, wherever it is you want to go. I've met a couple who save two months worth of bills and however much they needed to go on their trip. This way, they go on the trip they want to go on and don't have to worry about whether or not the bills would be payed.

That's all I've got for today guys, thanks for joining us we really appreciate it! See ya next time :)

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Wanderlust and Disappointment

We recently visited Finlay Park in Columbia South Carolina. It's a beautiful park with many sitting areas. You can enjoy the breeze and the sun set while listening to the squirrels scurry across trees and the fountain splash water on the man made lake. Although it's cooler weather made for an excellent break from the heat and humidity of Charleston, we did run into some disappointment on this wander. We went here specifically to see the waterfall fountain they had created. We did some research before leaving, but during our digging didn't see that the fountain had been broken for a year. Sometimes you can do research and still not know how things are until you get there. That's part of the wonder of travel as well, your eyes are opened to how things really are.
That brings me to the second, but different, disappointment. During the research phase of our wander we saw comments that the homeless utilize the park and what we saw when we got there broke my heart, but in a way also revitalized it. When you walk the park there are the expected locals and kids that have nowhere to else to go. When we came to the second stage they have we saw at least two lines of people sleeping. You could tell by the state of their clothes and the bags they were carrying they have been homeless for awhile. While walking through we saw what appeared to be a recent vet scoping out a place to sit with only his pack and some water. He looked as though he had been without a roof over his head in awhile. We also saw the homeless in the tree seating for the grass island stage.
These are the people touched by disappointment, by hard times and forgotten futures. Seeing them reminded me that the human spirit, although crushed, can be revitilized when we help each other. So, I was reminded that when you travel through this life to help your fellow man. Don't be part of the disappointment that others go through, but instead be part of the rekindling of the human spirit that exists in us all. You can do this by volunteering time or money to outreach programs and through prayer God can lead you to the right place. I think it's important to remember when we wander that disappointments are part of life, it's what we do about them that determines whether it's a lesson or a pit.

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