S3.E9 How Procurement Thinking Can Stretch A South America Travel Budget

About this episode

The episode explores how procurement principles can be applied to travel budgeting for a long backpacking trip across Central and South America.

Send us Fan Mail Forty-seven and a half hours before a flight, Luke admits he has not packed, has no local currency, and only has a rough budget for a four to six month backpacking trip across Central and South America. So we do what we do best: drag travel planning into the world of procurement and see if cost control can survive contact with real life. If you care about smart spending, practical budgeting, and making better choices under pressure, this one hits close to home. We translate ...

People in this episode

Host: Luke

Topics covered

• procurement
• travel budgeting
• cost control
• smart spending
• backpacking

Keywords

• procurement thinking
• travel budget
• backpacking trip
• cost control
• smart spending

Mentioned in this episode

Places: South America, Central America

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