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xAzNPimP4LiFex posted...

yet people I know are taking luxury vacations to Japan, Bali, Hawaii, or Brazil and spending thousands on it? How the hell do people afford this?

A good job, mostly. I make six figures and that pays for nice vacations if you save for them.

Also, I can only speak for Japan, but it's honestly not that expensive of a trip if you want to do it on a budget. You can get airfare from North America for <$1000 if you don't mind waiting for special deals; you can get nightly accommodations for <$50 a night (capsule hotels, hostels, etc.), the trains are cheap and will take you wherever you want to go (and if you want to see a big chunk of the country, the regional JR Rail passes are still good value, even though the country-wide one is now no longer worth it; a couple hundred bucks gets you a week's access to 90+% of the trains, including the shinkansen, in one of Japan's regions), and food is not particularly expensive.

I usually splurge on my trips to Japan, but if you forced me to do it on a budget, I could probably plan a pretty good two-week trip for ~$3000 per person.