How to fund a trip without having an income

My roommate from college is a fascinating creature. She topped her stream in school and pursued a B.A. degree in English and Media Studies - yet always, without fail, gets confused between 'lose' and 'loose', and 'quiet' and 'quite'. If a vendor asked her to calculate 67 + 25, she would confidently propose multiple incorrect answers until someone mercifully stopped her - yet she funded her grad trip solely by herself without having a consistent income to start from. Here's how she did it.

This article was originally published on March 22, 2025.