Budgeting – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Thu, 18 Jan 2024 08:21:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 How Much Does An Overwater Bungalow Cost? https://www.alexinwanderland.com/how-much-does-an-overwater-bungalow-cost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-much-does-an-overwater-bungalow-cost https://www.alexinwanderland.com/how-much-does-an-overwater-bungalow-cost/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=74788 Maldives
Where we’re at: I’m recapping my trip to The Maldives in March 2022.  Since you all indulged me with my nostalgia-filled Maldives travelogues, I thought I owed you something in return — a detailed answer to the question I think on everyone’s mind when they see dreamy photos of overwater bungalows gracing their feeds. How much […]
 
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Want to explore Israel with me? Be sure to nab one of the last few spots to our Wander Women Israel: A Yoga, Diving, + Adventure Retreat  for May 27-June 3, 2021 or High Flying Israel: An Aerial Arts + Yoga Retreat for June 5-10, 2021. It’s the big question when it comes to festival planning, […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/how-much-does-midburn-cost/feed/ 6 Alex In Wanderland What I Spent on Wonderfruit https://www.alexinwanderland.com/how-much-does-wonderfruit-cost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-much-does-wonderfruit-cost https://www.alexinwanderland.com/how-much-does-wonderfruit-cost/#comments Sun, 11 Jun 2017 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=47295 So, while I’m still catching up on my ridiculously delayed 2016 travel recaps, I just can’t wait to start sharing my big trip (thus far) of 2017. So I’ll be jumping back and forth a bit again. Apologies for any confusion, my friends! It’s one of the biggest questions on any ravers mind when they start flirting with […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/how-much-does-wonderfruit-cost/feed/ 19 Two Flights for Two: A Review of the Square Cash App https://www.alexinwanderland.com/square-cash-app-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=square-cash-app-review https://www.alexinwanderland.com/square-cash-app-review/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:30:45 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=45669 As much as I love my solo travels, there’s nothing like a girlfriend getaway weekend, a big family trip, or a college buddy reunion to leave me looking like the heart-eyed emoji about travel again. The only aspect that tends to leave me frowning? Settling the bill! As the perpetual organizer of these kinds of outings, […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/square-cash-app-review/feed/ 10 How Much Does Tomorrowland Brasil Cost? https://www.alexinwanderland.com/how-much-does-tomorrowland-brasil-cost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-much-does-tomorrowland-brasil-cost https://www.alexinwanderland.com/how-much-does-tomorrowland-brasil-cost/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:11:21 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=43483 International music festivals don’t come cheap. But exactly how many dollars do you have to drop to attend Tomorrowland? The answer varies wildly — I’ve met festival goers who get by on the cheap by pitching their own tent, bringing in food and generally being frugal, and I’ve met straight up party people who drop what I […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/how-much-does-tomorrowland-brasil-cost/feed/ 22 Blogaversary Five: How I Make and Spend Money Blogging https://www.alexinwanderland.com/how-i-make-and-spend-money-blogging/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-i-make-and-spend-money-blogging https://www.alexinwanderland.com/how-i-make-and-spend-money-blogging/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=41838 “And Alex here is a professional travel blogger!” I cringe hearing the words come out of my travel companion’s mouth, and immediately starting looking for an escape route from the moving vehicle I’m currently riding in. The questions start firing from all directions. So you’re able to support yourself with that? Who pays for that? Yes, […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/how-i-make-and-spend-money-blogging/feed/ 144 What $420 in Rent Buys You on Koh Tao https://www.alexinwanderland.com/420-rent-buys-koh-tao/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=420-rent-buys-koh-tao https://www.alexinwanderland.com/420-rent-buys-koh-tao/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=40821 Who’s ready for another edition of House Hunters International: Thailand Edition? It’s a little reality show I go through every time I return to Koh Tao and attempt to secure long-term accommodation. Compared to the real estate anguish I used to experience when apartment searching in New York, looking for a place to stay in Koh […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/420-rent-buys-koh-tao/feed/ 43 Burning Man Budget 2015 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/burning-man-budget-2015/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=burning-man-budget-2015 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/burning-man-budget-2015/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=40525 A week without money – the gifting culture and decommodification of Burning Man is one of the things I love most about it. Still, while nothing can be bought or sold on the actual playa, anyone who has ever made it through the gates of black rock city knows it’s not cheap to get there. I […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/burning-man-budget-2015/feed/ 14 Find a Way or Make One: Ten Ways I Afford to Travel The World https://www.alexinwanderland.com/ten-ways-i-afford-to-travel-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ten-ways-i-afford-to-travel-the-world https://www.alexinwanderland.com/ten-ways-i-afford-to-travel-the-world/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2016 14:50:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=38780 Find a way or make one. I remember the first time I walked the hallways of the school where my little sister was teaching first grade in New Orleans, and I saw a banner emblazoned with those words. I couldn’t, and I still can’t, think of a more powerful message to send to those kids. To […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/ten-ways-i-afford-to-travel-the-world/feed/ 143 What $600 in Rent Buys You on Koh Tao https://www.alexinwanderland.com/renting-an-apartment-on-koh-tao/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=renting-an-apartment-on-koh-tao https://www.alexinwanderland.com/renting-an-apartment-on-koh-tao/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2014 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=33059 A perpetual nomad allergic to leases but obsessed with real estate — it’s not an oxymoron; it’s me. Growing up my parents made a hobby out of attending open houses when we had no intention to move, and these days, from the moment I enter a new apartment I start plotting how to politely ask its […]
 
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