If you are a 20-something living in America, chances are you’ve been lectured about the benefits of traveling.

As we’ve been told again, and again, and again, and again, traveling when you are young is one of the most rewarding and enriching experiences a person can have. And for a person in their 20s, there is no conceivable reason that you can’t take off for a trek around the world, besides the fact that you must be scared, lazy, or haven’t yet been enlightened to the ways of the world traveler.