In the USA all we have to do is tell ICE that we are not a citizen and bam, all-expenses-paid vacation at some random spot in the world.
Tip to the wise: to facilitate re-entry when you are done, simply ensure that your passport is stored securely in your "travel wallet".
Brave of you to assume they wouldn't accuse you of forging the passport with some twisted logic to keep you out of the country
You wouldn't be in jail if you weren't a criminal right?
One of the greatest propaganda pieces, that is usually not perceived as such intentionally, is that anything having to do with penalties from justice systems is free. Penal justice usually do have statutes of free services, judge time and free legal counseling, but most other tribunals and also a lot of the penalties involved incur financial costs and debt into the convicted. House arrest, you either pay for the ankle tracker or a fine for the officer's hourly pay; mandatory anger management, mental health counseling, etc, you are footing the bill; civil damages, win or lose, attorney times have to be paid; deportation, the receiving country is billed for the plane ticket, room and food during travel, which usually they pass down to you; in the US, convicts have to work in order to access anything that is not basic care (food, water and electricity), usually for slavery wages. And a long list of etceteras.
The cliché of getting yourself arrested for a misdemeanor being cheaper than paying rent and food sounds quirky fun, until the reality of fines and fees of the associated process come through. Justice systems are mostly poverty manufacturing systems.
He's not wrong. It'll be a really shitty journey as it's just voluntary homelessness, but you can choose to live as a hobo if you're brave enough. And if you're brave enough you can cross borders without permission. Not a good idea at all, lots of walking, hunger, sleeping outside, and hiding from authorities, but hey, you can.
Hitchhiking and couch surfing is a thing.
That's just being homeless...
Nobody said it isn't.
It is traveling and it doesn't require lots of money.
Hobo sort of implies a migrant worker. Tramp is someone that travels about, but isn't interested in working. Both used to be associated with freighthopping trains. Do people stowaway on trains anymore?
I have to assume some people still hop trains. At the very least some crust punk squatter types probably do
People do this all the time. Typically it's people on bikes, crossing something.
$5 a day? Pure luxury!
I don’t think that is “travel” in the spirit of the discussion.
It's not travel in your (and to be honest, most people in the comments) preferred version. The OP never mentioned luxuries, or even comfort. The point is that if what you really want to travel, you most probably can, independent of your financial situation.
Only rich people say stupid shit like this.
Only stupid, rich people say stupid stuff like this.
Edit: added comma.
I'm convinced that people with excessive levels of wealth have fewer brain synapses than the rest of us living real lives of constant work & negotiating & constantly coming up with creative survival strategies.
Have the courage to pay in other ways.
Gas, grass, or ass. Nobody rides for free.
No no no, it's the courage to leave without caring about losing all your worldly possessions 🙃
My worldly possessions are lots of debt
How lucky, you’d have it wherever you go!
Poor sod seems to lack the courage to sneak into a cargo hold
Technically you can travel all your remaining life without money.
Just board the plane without paying.
"SIR YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH COURAGE POINTS TO FLY ON BRAVE AIRLINES, you must go to delta. "
Travel is great if that's your thing. But I've always despised privileged entitled douchebags who use travel as a big flex, and a metric to judge others with.
If you violate enough mobility laws you can get anywhere for free!
Can I pay with mental illnesses?
I'm not out of those, but would gladly transfer them to a financial institution.
They have enough already.
Mental illness CAN get you a plane, if you're fast and skilled enough.
or you can't travel because of martial law
You can still travel, you just won't get far and might die. Courage!
well, it's a bit more complicated than that but yeah
I guess they meant you can travel locally or don't be afraid of going into debt? But that would still mean it's a matter of money
The courage comes from having enough money to solve any known or unknown problem situations.
I paid in courage, and now I have a bit of courage left over to remove the headphone jack from all phones.
Guess I'll swim away.
this guy probably doesn't know what he's talking about but you can, in fact, travel without money. just not very far, very fast, or to a guaranteed location. i hitchhiked all around europe during my studies on semester breaks when i had lot of time and no money... i slept under bridges in a cheap sleeping bag or under a tarp on an alpine meadows and ate the cheapest grocery store items that didn't need cooking. i typically spent less while traveling than i would have spent if i stayed home (especially if i didn't need to pay rent during the summer).
grocery store items
And this works without money ... how? Let me guess, your charm?
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