Originally Posted by KoKoBuddy

"Any student can book a trip anywhere on a credit card, while 20 years ago you had to walk into a travel agency,"

True.

But then who pays the credit card balance?

I read the whole article and at no point does it mention how these 18 year olds afford the travel. Are these the same kids who graduate with $50K of student loans and then moan about having $50K in student loans?

I'm not knocking their passion for travel. But it just seems to me like they're racking up a lot of debt to do it and not getting all that much out of it. I guess I'm old fashioned and think it's not the end of the world if you have to wait a few years out of college before you can actually afford the trips. Even with the most discounted fares around, going to Fiji is not cheap. Besides if flying to Fiji to eat at the airport McDonald's really considered "travel to Fiji"?