Gallery: Got Wanderlust? Here's How You Travel The World On A Tight Budget

Your late teens and early twenties are arguably the best time for traveling. College breaks, gap years, and the lack of major responsibilities may offer you the time, but lack of funds and resources may force you to squander the opportunities. 

While its true that many of your non-famous, favorite Instagrammers have families and jobs that allow them to globe-trot whenever they want. There are others that manage it with budgeting, smart-thinking, and sheer determination. 

Getting the experience to travel all over the world, seeing new and exciting places, eating amazing food, and basking in different cultures, that's what traveling is all about. None of those things require excess luxury or bucketloads of money if you have the right tools. 

Traveling on the right budget of a college student or young professional definitely isn't easy, but it isn't impossible either. It requires the ability to be flexible, the willingness to be open to new experiences, a bit of savvy thinking, and these great tips!