Hey all!
One of my new year's resolutions this year is to be on a plane once a month and it's been going pretty well so far! I've been doing mostly weekend trips, with a few bigger trips.
I came up with this idea because one of my favorite pastimes is messing around on Google Flights and seeing how cheap of a ticket I can find. I always wanted to book those cheap tickets and decided this was the year to do it! Wow, did I choose a bad year for that!
I used to scroll around on Flights and be able to find $300 flights domestically and even to Latin America. I would see $500 RT Europe flights. Heck, I would even see $100 domestic flights from my local (tiny) airport! I know a good deal sometimes pops up here and there, but they're so much more rare nowadays than I used to see.
Scrolling now, I rarely see a RT Europe flight for less than $750 or Latin American flights for less than $500.
All this to say, I was so excited to spend this year doing budget, spontaneous traveling, but now it seems like my definition of "budget" needs to increase by at least $300.
I'm determined to complete my goal, but it just sucks to stretch my budget so much further than i anticipated.
This is a first world, privledged problem, but I just recently started exploring my passion for traveling (especially budget travel) and it feels like it's being taken away.
Note: This is just a rant, I know there are larger factors at play in the cost of flights that are far more important than my silly new year's resolution.