# $1k budget for November-December vacation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1k-budget-for-november-december-vacation/556563>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 9, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1k-budget-for-november-december-vacation/556563 "2010-10-09T01:40:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1k-budget-for-november-december-vacation/556563/1 "2010-10-09T01:40:05Z")

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Since my travel plans are pretty shot, I’m wondering how I can spend my two month vacation for about $1k.

My current ideas:

1. Buying camping gear and getting a 2 month permit.

2. Buying a bunch of video games or memberships and staying home.

3. Starting a new hobby or collection, e.g. guitar lessons (have to buy a guitar.)

4. A cheapo vacation package to somewhere I don’t want to go and I can’t afford to do anything I like.

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1k-budget-for-november-december-vacation/556563/2 "2010-10-09T01:51:00Z")

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Well, where do you live? And how many days of vacation are you interested in? Oh, and do you happen to already have a passport?

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**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1k-budget-for-november-december-vacation/556563/3 "2010-10-09T11:47:27Z")

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My impression is that you have two months off work but no money to go anywhere. If that’s the case, could you get a seasonal job for a month or so of that, and use the profits to fund a week where ever you want to go? Even if you are just making $8/hour, if you work full time for a month that’ll be another thousand dollars after taxes. For two grand, you could go to quite a few places, and that still leaves you with a couple weeks to bum around at home.