https://piped.video/watch?v=V-yO1DcdUFQ

I’m one of those who work 5 days a week to earn a living. We have our vacation days to enjoy whatever we want to do in life, but we still need to go back to work because people like me will struggle in life if we lose our job.

So I’m curious how some people like the guy in the video can travel around the world for almost a year without working. There are also other vloggers out there who left home to go on a travel and they are still young. Do they already have savings enough to support until they retire?

  • Kotton
    617·
    11 months ago

    Think it’s called a trust fund

    • Sheltac@lemmy.world
      23·
      11 months ago

      My landlord remortgaged the house to pay for a year-long trip around the world.

      I guess it’s good he’s enjoying my money.

      • Kotton
        4·
        11 months ago

        Yeah, sometimes the trust funds runneth low.

    • Treedrake@kbin.social
      84·
      11 months ago

      I’ve seldom met travellers with a trust fund. And I don’t have a trust fund myself, nor have received loads of money from parents to fund my travels. This is just such a bullshit answer that always pops up.

    • s08nlql9@lemm.eeOP
      41·
      11 months ago

      wow fast reply. thanks. hmm ok that’s a term i heard but not fully understand. i’ll check it out

      • _finger_@lemmy.world
        321·
        11 months ago

        It’s rich kids living off of daddy’s money i.e. trust fund babies (trust funds are their own separate thing but you can look that up). It’s not like these people were working as a food server then one day decided to travel the world and make videos about it. They needed a nice financial cushion in order to do that. There are exceptions, but it takes a lot of capital to start your own brand, promote it, pay for the traveling expenses, and somehow get a return.

      • ricecooker@lemmy.world
        4·
        11 months ago

        Yeah sorry, luck of the draw—be born into a family that has money. Else, make that money, retire early, and let your kids have a better life.

      • Kotton
        41·
        11 months ago

        Think the actual term is “trust fund baby”

    • Silviecat44@aussie.zone
      1·
      11 months ago

      Not necessarily. If you have a good job and you save up money you can go travelling quite a bit. Jumping to extremes is not the way to go here

      • Kotton
        1·
        11 months ago

        Your right, rich people are just fabrications of the poor…