| Give up or cut down | In a year you save about | Which is enough for |
|---|---|---|
| A monthly glossy magazine | £32 | A travel towel, a clock, a moneybelt, a padlock and some travel sick pills |
| Your twice-weekly chocolate bar | £42 | A mosquito net and a first aid kit |
| A weekly magazine | £42 | A pair of trek sandals and a large bottle of sunscreen |
| A Friday lunchtime pint | £118 | A backpack and daysack combo |
| Going to the car wash once a week | £260 | A year's premium travel insurance |
| One bottle of wine a week instead of three | £520 | Volunteer project in an animal sanctuary |
| A sandwich from Pret on every work day | £580 | 2 weeks in one of Kuala Lumper's poshest hotels (or 3 – 4 months in your average Asian guesthouse) |
| A Starbucks grande latte on every work day | £580 | Between 20 and 60 tours of European cities. |
| Take the bus instead of a taxi twice a week | £624 | A bus pass to go all around New Zealand, plus a bus pass to do Australia's east coast |
| Going to a bar with a dancefloor, instead of paying a club's cover charge once a week | £780 | 2 vodka tours around Russia |
| Eating out once a month instead of once a week | £1,200 | A round-the-world plane ticket |
| A packet of fags a day | £1,759 | A trip to the Galapagos islands , a bus from New York to Miami, a flight from Laos to Vietnam, ten days in Egypt, a bungy jump in Australia, trekking in Nepal and a tour of Blackpool. |