There’s nothing like a 4pm winter night to get you planning your big escape. But money pressures kick in, and before you know it, you’re working overtime and just signed the rental lease for another year.
So how can you break free of money pressures and travel abroad? We asked someone who knows exactly what it’s like to make the leap - Agness Walewinder, co-founder of the budget travel blog eTramping.
Until 2011, Agness was working a 9 to 5 life in Wolverhampton as a cafeteria supervisor. Her friend, fellow traveller and eTramping co-founder, Cez, was working in a nearby bank.
But then she gave it all up to set off for her first big trip to China. Since then, she’s travelled all over the world, including Bali, Dubai and Japan. We asked her how she’s done it:
How worried were you about spending all your money on travelling?