This YouTuber went to Japan to travel for free by abusing people’s hospitality and committing fare theft on public transportation.
This YouTuber went to Japan to travel for free by abusing people’s hospitality and committing fare theft on public transportation.
There’s a whole class of YouTube travel influencers, that talk about how to travel for free, or reduce cost… and their tips are basically how do you externalize the cost of your vacation to the people you’re visiting. Through either begging, working illegally, or outright theft relying on the politeness of the population to not get you in trouble.
I really hope, that these influences are just being sensational, and the people are watching them from an outrage porn perspective. But I’ve seen some of these begging travelers in real life… Sadly
We have them often begging or selling stuff in tourist spot in Malaysia, and we call them Begpacker, because that’s what they are.
It makes me really angry when I see it. Somebody from a country where the minimum wage is like $15-20 a hour, begging for money from people were the average wage is like $1 a hour…
I have no right to be angry, I realize, but it just feels so entitled and… the squandered opportunities… Haha making myself angry again