Quote: (08-17-2013 01:41 PM)Montana Wrote:
I got a verbal from the boss yesterday that it shouldn't be a problem to get a 4wk on 2wk off rotation. I'm hoping everything go's smoothly throughout the winter so they can honor those dates. Phillipines is my 1st choice and indonesia 2nd. I went to school with a guy who works on an offshore platform and they get a 1month on/off schedule.
So it sounds like what you are saying is that in the near future, you are going to have a regular schedule in which you work four weeks and then you are off for two weeks.
Accordingly, you will have several of these two week period opportunities, on a regular basis to make these kinds of travels or worldly explorations. So far you are planning the first of these excursions, which would maybe be the Phils. Maybe you would begin to do this kind of thing several times a year and add other locations?
So, if the above is correct, then how many times a year would you make these kinds of trips? And, does the frequency of your trips affect your decision about where you would go first and then whether you would come back to the same location or just change locations in the next trip?
If I had a situation like that, then I would be assessing my finances to figure out, on a practical basis, how many times a year i would be able to do this. Maybe it is $1,500 to $4,000 or so each trip (including airfare), depending on how luxury you want to make it and how far in advance you can reserve a low fare air ticket?
Sounds like your initial choices of Phils or indonesia may be good... but I think some people had suggested just to stay at one location for the whole 2 weeks (I tend to agree with that b/c logistics of moving around can steal valuable relaxation time - though of course sometimes it still may pay off to mix it up a little bit), and since you posted about latin america, maybe that would come on a subsequent two week trip?