I spend $17,000 a year on solo travelling and leave my boyfriend at home - I won't let a relationship stop me from seeing the world

2 months ago

A young female who has spent $17,000 connected travelling this twelvemonth unsocial has told really she often leaves her fellow astatine location to bask solo trips.

Skylie Shore, 21, has loved travelling since she was a teen and now prioritises it supra everything else.

This twelvemonth she has already been to 5 countries and done 4 solo trips, spending $7,000 - but she still has a batch much recreation to look guardant to.

In August Skylie will time off down her boyfriend, Stephen Pogorilich, 24, to return a two-month travel astir Europe, Japan and Canada, costing her a further $10,000.

While nan mates still emotion to return trips together, travel-obsessed Skylie refuses to fto her narration clasp her backmost from exploring nan world.

Skylie, a firm arena planner, from Cranston, Rhode Island, US, said: 'I person spent $7,000 connected places I've already been this year.

Pictured successful Ireland, Skylie Shore, 21, from Cranston, Rhode Island, US, has spent $17,000 connected recreation this twelvemonth alone

The travel-obsessed firm arena planner (pictured successful Italy) often leaves her fellow astatine location to bask solo trips

Skylie, who is pictured in Grindelwald, Switzerland, has loved travelling since she was a teen and now prioritises it supra each different activities

'But successful my mind I really emotion to travel. I activity to travel.

'I'm obsessed pinch travel. It consumes my life.

'I would ne'er extremity that conscionable because I'm successful a relationship.

She added that her fellow Stephen is 'super supportive' and ne'er holds her back.

Skylie fell successful emotion pinch travelling aft going connected a 'mission trip' to Costa Rica aged 14.

Such trips usually spot groups return portion successful organization work activities overseas and are often organised by churches.

Two years later she went to China connected a schoolhouse speech travel and she has prioritised recreation ever since - moreover if that intends going alone.

Skylie visited Italy aged 18 and has been to Switzerland and Ireland by herself this twelvemonth and loved each of it.

Skylie, who has planned a two-month solo travel for August, is pictured successful Iceland, which, on pinch Switzerland, ranks arsenic her number 1 destination

Skylie is pictured pinch her information defender boyfriend Stephen Pogorilich, 24, who is supportive of her solo trips

Skylie loves having caller experiences and moreover tried paragliding erstwhile she visited Switzerland

She said: 'I really emotion trying caller things and getting retired of my comfortableness zone.

'I emotion to learn. You're learning without realising it.

'My favourite is simply a necktie betwixt Switzerland and Iceland.

'I emotion nan greenery and being extracurricular pinch nature.'

When Skylie met Stephen, a information guard, he didn't person a passport.

She added: 'He's a beginner. He likes to spell a fewer times a year.'

This twelvemonth nan mates person visited nan Bahamas, Saint Thomas and Puerto Rico together.

When Skylie travelled to Ireland and Switzerland, however, Stephen remained astatine location pinch her dog - a Corgi and Labrador operation called Dobbie.

Skylie and Stephen do sometimes recreation together and visited Magens Bay Beach successful nan U.S. Virgin Islands

Pictured successful Ireland, Skylie has told really she loves being extracurricular and successful quality erstwhile she is travelling

She said: 'The full travel revolves astir what I want to do. It's each bully memories. The travel is what you make it.'

Skylie explained that her fellow looks guardant to receiving pictures of her travels.

She said: 'He wants to make judge I'm safe. He checks successful and FaceTimes.'

Skylie is embarking connected a two-month solo travel astatine nan extremity of August and will sojourn Portugal, Spain, France, Moscow, Turkey, nan Netherlands, Poland, Japan, Indonesia and Canada.

She said: 'I person everything planned out.'

Skylie hopes to animate others to return trips aliases clip retired for themselves.

She said: 'Do it erstwhile you're young - clip is ne'er promised.

'Start mini if you request to. Get comfortable pinch being pinch yourself.'

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