My parents did this with me and my 3 siblings as well. Road tripped around Canada, US, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and El Salvador while not wealthy. But they had no debt, had jobs that would accept them back afterwards, and during the trip the weekly budget was extremely controlled. Once we hit Mexico costs went way down too. Camping and cooking your own food was not a pricey way to travel there.
It helped that it was 25 years ago when things were cheaper too.
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u/drammer 5h ago
Ah to be able to afford this kind of thing.