Budget travel in Asia - Budget travel in the Philippines - when saving money becomes too expensive

Millions want to travel with lowest budget - but the same Millions demand high salary. Hence a mismatch between what you offer to others and what you demand from others. Budget travel in Asian countries - Philippines included - is common. Asia still is known for cheapest hotels, accommodations and restaurants .... But what is the real price for budget traveling ?

There is no low price with honest salary to those who offer the service you want. Low price always means low wages! Low wages in Asian countries - for example the minimum legal wages in the Philippines however are a disgrace to mankind. There simple is NO descent living with a legal minimum salary!

Hence using low price services, accommodations and food always results in others being exploited and abused ... by you! While the minimum legal wage in big cities such as Angeles City, Papanga is around 7 US$ per day - by far only a small percentage actually receives that tiny salary. I know more people working in tourist industry receiving far less than legal salary than I know employees receiving full legal minimum wages or even more than legal minimum wages.

What can YOU do for 7 US$ per day ?

Can YOU do all below for exactly 7 US$ per day ?:

1. Buy descent, healthy and natural food each day for an entire family ?
2. Pay rent, electricity, water and other fees for your entire family ?
3. Pay all medical bills for your entire family ?
4. Enjoy life with your entire family ?
5. Have a cozy apartment or house for your entire family ?
6. Have your own private transportation, motorcycle or small car for your entire family ?
7. Have all family members nicely dressed ?
8. Have all your children attend a quality education or apprenticeship ?
9. Have enough each day to share with the poorest and needy ones after supporting all your entire family ?

Above is only part of life ... some people on this planet also want some:

1. Recreation, fun, sport
2. Dine out / eat out with all family
3. Vacation and weekend trips to resorts
4. Pension for old age
5. Insurance
6. Investment for a better future
7. Travel the world - to such remote and most exciting places like Philippines or other Asian countries.

Others even want to have some luxury items such as TV, fridge, radio, telephone, household appliances, computer, camera and other gadgets that might add to the quality of life or diversification of daily life.

Whatever you save NOW during budget travels - you may spend later in multiple amounts for charity and to provide subsidy for totally exploited 3rd world countries. Saving NOW definitely is far more expensive than paying NOW a full and honest amount for all services received.

What to do if you simple fail to afford anything more than budget travel ?

Then you either may be far too young to travel at all OR you have been too lazy in your past working years !! Young people below 30-40 yrs of age may first need to work a few years or decades longer and harder until they can afford to travel while paying the FULL price or they may engage in jobs that include travel while working to combine travel and earning money.

If your budget is too low to pay FULL honest price - to pay exactly the very same hourly amount in US$ as you expect your employer to pay YOU - then you simply should refrain from traveling and focus on working more, working better and increase your professional qualifications until your earnings and your strength let you afford full services at full price.

To use or better abuse a day of a worker here in the Philippines for as little as just a few $ per day is nothing to ever be proud of. To pay 10 or 20 % more than legal minimum wage is no reason to be proud as well. Such low wages are a disgrace to mankind, a disgrace to human society ! Such legal arrangements for "minimum legal wages" are made to please investors and investors find a way to please politicians ..... at the expense of dozens of Millions hard working humans living below human dignity as working slaves of high society and politiciants.

Think twice before engaging in your next budget travel or before eating out at a low cost restaurant somewhere in Asia or any other similar low cost country. Use your heart when ever you use other people's time or services. Think of other people as being part of your very family. God is watching you and one day you may face the very same judgment and love you have practiced toward others being applied to you as well.

You can never receive more in your own life at home as you give to others - if you love to be treated with love, with dignity - then you should do the very same in all your life. At home as well as in "3rd world" countries. Sometimes the so called "third world countries" might be closer to God than the rich "first world" countries. It is love that opens the door to God after your life on earth and it is money that may separate you from returning home to God. Money you may have forgotten to spend in time when and where needed while alive on earth in your present body.

Love and bliss

hans