What part of the US are you from, OP?

A few thousand dollars? How long do you want to travel? You might get two months out of that if you live like a hobo.

deadthreadisdead
>>1063714
Missouri
>>1064084
I'm a business oriented person. I also kind of want to completely leave the US, so if I found a venture that suited me I would pursue it.

You are a dumbshit...
This might of been feasable back in the 80s and 90s but prices have risen since, its not cheap to backpack in Europe anymore.
Backpacking in Europe is now for those that actually have some money or have mommy and daddy support.
If you want to truely backpack with the amount of money you have then go to southeast asia where $2 can feed you for the day.

I'm interested in doing something like this.

>>1064495
is kind of right, but I've heard much of this only really applies to more expensive areas (the areas most people want to go to) and mostly in Western Europe. Spend less time in big cities, more of your time in Central/Eastern Europe and maybe it is feasible, it's just far more work and yes, you'll have to live like a bum.

Would it be possible to move in with family/get roommates, work for a while more and in the mean time make friends in Europe or do an apartment switch or something?

It is quite feasible, IMO, you just have to really, really plan things out and be willing to work rather hard to get there and be there.

>>1064538
I can probably stay where I'm at as long as I want, I just have to find a new roommate and maybe a new apartment come July.

Moving in with family is out.

>>1064495
I get what you're saying, but I would truly be living like a bum, sleeping where I could and eating bare minimum. I shouldn't have started the thread with "backpacking in Europe", rather something along the lines of "becoming a permanent resident of some other place in the world after traveling to the area and moving around for a year or so"

There is really very little special about Europe. People presume things like all of England will be like London, or all of France is like Paris. It's not.

My brother went backpacking Thailand and that area a couple of years ago, and he fucking loved it OP. He's even arranged a course to go teach English and live over there. So I'd recommend there, OP.

I recommend teaching yourself to fix bicycles. Europeans use them a lot, and such a skill will guarantee employment in any city, especially in UK, Holland, Germany and France. But know that you will get paid under the counter, so be sure to buy health insurance before leaving, it is cheap.

>>1064615
Better yet, use some of the cash you have and buy a decent touring bike. A good touring bike will take you from Europe all the way to southeast Asia.

> I'm a really easy person to like and I'm able to make friends very easily.

gtfo

>>1064589
I hadn't really considered anywhere Asian yet, as the language barrier seems to be stronger. Of course, I don't know how many Asian countries learn english in classes.
>>1064615
>>1064648
Sounds interesting, and I was considering a bike as well since it's so much more useful than here in the states.

>>1064665
Sorry, it's true, and it does affect whether you should go out into the world to do reckless things. I'm actually pretty humble in person.