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>>2887250
It really depends on who you are. Your life could change from being a beach bum on Maui, like Chris Pratt.
I wish in a similar boat, and spent $50k taking my girlfriend to Japan for 2 months when I was 19. It changed my life.
I'd recommend somewhere very different from where you are.

appalachia, nuff said
you are in the prime of your life and can do all the crazy hikes you won't be able to do later
you will never run out of trails, even just doing trails only with points of interest

Thailand
Ladyboys
Don't look back

>>2887251
What were you doing in Japan that you blew through 50k in 2 months? I’m not a budget traveler by any means and I think 50k could float me for close to a year

>>2887250
>I love hiking and hot locals.
i hope you mean locales

>>2887253
you can have gay sex in appalachia too, AND there's nice hiking

>>2887250
buy a house you retard.

>>2887250
20 years in India

>>2887258
>bagholding for boomers
>voluntarily becoming a serf to some shithole that hates you and wants you to die

>>2887258
no need my divorced mom will let me stay with her for however long

>>2887265
how far is she from appalachia?

>>2887265
buy a house you retard
>>2887262
>literally living rent free after 10 years

>>2887270
>the property tax + HOA fee is higher than rent in most countries

>>2887250
Where did you get 60k at 18?

>>2887276
My dad pays $500/month in property taxes for his mid-sized McMansion with a postage-stamp lawn in a very inconveniently located subdivision. That's as much as I've ever paid in rent to live in the USA. The only home you should want to own is something small and old and well-maintained. (Just don't be a sucker and buy a "OMG so cheap" home that is falling apart and won't sell, you'll be stuck perpetually fixing it.)
>>2887250
I recommend spending no more than $20,000 of that on your trip. At that budget you can easily afford to buy flights one or two weeks before departure, so go wherever you feel like it. Literally. Fly to a country, then decide after you get there when and where you are going next. No need to follow recommendations, you can pick places at random if you just want to get a feel for the world.

Also, never ever go telling people about how much money you have IRL. Make it sound like your parents are sending you a couple hundred bucks every week so you can sleep and eat. That way you'll only be around people who genuinely like you for you. The world is so full of dishonest scammers both male and female, and they are magnetically attracted to young fools with a pocket full of easy money. So many stories I've heard of youngsters who have gotten careless and been relieved of thousands by girlfriends and others.
>>2887252
I do not recommend this. Social opportunities are very limited in that part of the world. Urban bughive living is much preferable to learn about the human condition.

>>2887286
>Social opportunities are very limited in that part of the world.
theres still bars, churches have social events, if you time it right there's volunteer fire and kiwanis chicken bbqs and oyster dinners and town events and music festivals just gotta figure out when stuff is

>>2887285
onlyfans

>>2887255
What was OP doing that he saved $50k by 18?

>>2887250
You should experience Japan while you're still young and open-minded.

>>2887315
You didn't answer the question, you're full of shit.

How do you spend $50K for two months for two persons in Japan (assuming you paid for your bitch gf, you cuck)?
A night at the Hyatt Tokyo is only $500, that's 30K let's say, you still have 20K more, wtf. Did you spend it all on drugs?

>>2887336
You're a larping begpacker. $1k a day is a conservative estimate for Japan. Really you should budget $1.2k just to be safe.

>>2887336
It’s obviously a larp but if he flew business that’s $8k to $12k per person.

>>2887331
Japan has to be the most overrated country and culture on the planet

>>2887380
Not that anon but 3k per 2 weeks is plenty for good accomodation, travel and food, 50k for 2 months sounds way off if youre beginner traveler at 18 especialy. If you account 2nd person it should be 12k per 2 people per month,maybe that guy is just curious how 18yo spent 50k in 2 months in cheap country like jap. We all know you can spent it if youre a retire boomer that just get most expensive treatment, because he knows no better, but as a 18yo you need to be pretty stupid to do smth like this.

>>2887250
>18 and have about $60k saved up. I've always wanted to spend some time traveling
almost 15y ago I was in almost the same position
with a bit more funds, absolutely no direction in life and nagging parents kek

I left for Australia & New Zealand for about a year
which at the time was literally the most normie work and travel destination possible (and still is in Germany)
bought a cheap van (yes they were cheap back then) in Australia and drove around, mostly to surf spots
good times

then back home started studying "something"
dropped after one semester

then did South America, again roughly a year (14months
most Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador / Galapagos and Bolivia
did some volunteering
but mostly just backpacked through rural towns, went diving or hiking

parents got angry over time
didn't want to come back so naturally I got into a University of HK
traveled China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Mongolia, South Korea, Japan and India during that time
i didn't really study

money ran out
and got expelled kek
had to return to Germany to study for real
if I could I would do it all over again

>where would you go and why?
you have enough funds for >2y if you aren't wasteful
just choose a region (just watch Planet Earth and go wherever you find most interesting)
pick a country and stay for ~2months (or as long as the visa allows)
you likely meet some people from neighboring countries, pick one and go there next

get a ~60L backpack + daypack
get functional clothes for the climate you're going
get your medical insurance + vaccines
and hop onto the next airplane
that really all there is to it

>>2887613
>I wasted my life, do like me!

>>2887613
>you have enough funds for >2y
Terrible idea to travel 2 years for a newbie.
If he never travelled before, there's good chances it will be too much, he will crash after a month and it will all be blurry after that.
He might as well just skip the wanking around part and directly go study in a foreign university. He'll spend some of his funds there, then he can spend the rest doing small trips from there.

>>2887250
"Working Holiday" visas are for people like you.
With what you have saved up, you can make it last a long time.

Once you turn 25, you lose many options.

>>2887614
where exactly did this "wasting my life" happen?

I traveled ~5years and had a wonderful time
got my masters degree with 28yo, that's plenty young and literally no one cares
what exactly have I missed by not starting waging a few years earlier?

>>2887617
>Terrible idea to travel 2 years for a newbie
that's why I said to start with 2months
he can leave after that or continue
the point is get started somewhere and don't have a fixed return date

>there's good chances it will be too much
why? like how?
I've done exactly this and was completely fine
I have plenty friends that did so as well and all enjoyed there travels
OP is 18
with 18yo you're resilient and adapt quickly, your advice would apply to a 40yo

>directly go study in a foreign university
if you study seriously, you don't travel that much
student exchange program are a lot easier so you have more free time, if you want to go that route

but I don't understand the problem with just traveling for year first
if he works occasionally on the side, he'll likely barely use up 10k/y

>>2887620
At 28 with a masters and no real career advice your resume is likely going into the trash at any non wagie job.

>>2887623
28 is still pretty normal
you have people that took longer in school, double bachelor / master degrees, PhD drop outs, or people like me that graduate at this age
also remember, bachelor+master takes 5y at minimum, most STEM take 1-2y longer
maybe this is EU specific
but as long as you start <30yo I never heard that this is a problem anywhere

admittedly I studied electrical engineering
which is one of the easiest fields to get a /comfy/ job

all this has nothing to do with OP anyway
traveling for 1-2y with 18y is not something that downgrades your resume in any way

I'd just invest that money you are still plenty young start traveling at like 25 years old in earnest when you have a career, in the meantime you can take little vacations and such

>>2887636
>a career
*spits drink*
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-
*wipes eyes*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

>>2887636
>start traveling at like 25 years
and why not travel now?

as soon as you start working
you'll have like 30days of vacation per year, maybe 35 if you get lucky and negotiate well, so at most ~9weeks off (depending on the country, a lot less)
and most employers will give you shit for taking >4weeks at once

having money to travel at 18 is one of the best situations to be in
>plenty time at hand
>no need for (expensive) comfort and a lot of energy
>easy to make friends
you'll lose all these gradually the older you get

>>2887623
you're missing the fact that nobody progresses past the "broke college student" lifestyle in euroland anyways

>>2887646
>nobody progresses past the "broke college student" lifestyle in euroland anyways
the salaries are not that much worse
especially if you account to overall cheaper cost of living

engineering roles make 80-100k in central / western europe (i.e. Germany, Netherlands, Denmark etc.)
while it's like 100-150k in the US
adjust that for cheaper housing, services (everything going out) and everything education for kids typically being free, you'll end up with nearly the same real disposable income

the upper ceiling in the US is a lot higher though
>200k salaries (in non-management roles) are nearly impossible in the EU
not that this is the average / median in the US either, but at least its possible

>>2887285
believe it or not, memecoins

>>2887659
Whatever you do don't waste the entire 60k, invest in boring shit and spend maybe 5k on a nice vacation. 99% of the time travel is mostly overrated shit anyway
t. 27 year old boomer

>>2887662
>/trv/ board
>discourages from traveling
ridiculous

>99% of the time travel is mostly overrated shit anyway
no its not
most of you guys really never traveled for longer
and it shows
or /r9k/ perma doomer tourists

>spend maybe 5k on a nice vacation.
yes, blowing 60k on a stupid resort and flights would be a complete waste
but with 18 and that much money, you ain't doing a "vacation"
you can backpack (or modern variations of it) for multiple years (or however long you want, like 1y)
that's a completely different experience and what travel is supposed to be

>>2887678
When you are 18, you have multiple opportunities to travel for cheap.
You have ways to make other people pay, in exchange of like 15 hours of work/study a week.

When you are older, no one will pay shit for you (unless you're an eternal leech, a woman and so on).
Blowing 60K and CONSOOMING travels is something you do when you have no other choices.

>>2887678
>you can backpack (or modern variations of it) for multiple years (or however long you want, like 1y)
>that's a completely different experience and what travel is supposed to be
Is it really? Why do retards spend $5k on a two week trip when you can live off of $5k in a year? $60k budget for 1 year is asinine. Nowhere in the world requires that much money

>>2887682
yeah exactly my point

also most old people have an internal resistance to meeting new people
it's so much easier to befriend another 18yo if you're that age yourself
some of my longest and best friendships come from exactly traveling like this directly after school

>>2887684
>Why do retards spend $5k on a two week trip when you can live off of $5k in a year?
convenience
and opportunity cost
your "adult time" has a very clear price (your salary) as opposed to an 18yo

also as you get older, your desire to explore and for new experiences decreases

i wasn't trying to suggest spending 60k for just year
that's of course way too much
but just saying that he has the freedom to freely select a duration without being constraint by the funds