Hi, I've been traveling for about 15 years and a lot of US Americans are justifiably upset to be living in their country right now.
If you have a remote job that pays over $500 USD a month, there are dozens of other countries you can be living in. If you make closer to $1000 USD a month remotely, the world is wide open.
If you don't have a remote job yet, teaching English on or offline pays at least $1600 a month for 25 hours of work a week.
You can use the extra time and money to figure out how to get closer to your dream job, dream country or chill out and watch movies or play video games.
You can also access health care, education or other basic civil amenities that may be unaffordable or inaccessible in the US, if those are a concern.
Plane tickets Sep. 2025 from the US:
Canada: $16 Colombia: $46 Panama $96 Ireland, Germany, Norway, Italy: $147-149 Japan: $209 Thailand: $221 Vietnam: $267 Taiwan; $272
Stay out of the US 11 out of 12 months(calendar year, not tax year) and you don't pay federal income tax that year.
Let me know if you have any questions.
That price drop is the monthly discount.
If you book a place for more than 27 consecutive days on airbnb, at any time of year, you get a pretty big monthly discount, often 30 percent and much more.
That discount is locked in until you move out, even if you only add a few days at a time to your stay.
I still agree with you that the general housing situation in Canada is awful. I usually recommend against people traveling there if they're looking to reduce their cost of living or for an easier way of life.
These prices and Canadian housing information are for the many people in this thread who are asking about Canada specifically, supplying incorrect pricing information, or are unaware of the current by-the-numbers costs of traveling, even in Canada or other expensive countries.