Twenty-one GIFs that sum up what it’s like to be a broke backpacker

When you check your bank account at 9am

When you check your bank account later that evening

When you re-check your bank account the next morning just in case

When the Bank of Mum and Dad offers you a loan

When those funds land in your account

When you work out a daily budget for the rest of your trip

When you wonder if you can stick to it

When you attempt to stretch your budget in the kitchen

When you treat yourself to a restaurant dinner

When you split the bill with a bunch of cheapskates

When some guy in the hostel common room says he travels on a budget of $20 a day

When he boasts he’s travelled to 58 countries for less than $8000

When he then whips out his $2000 laptop and $4000 camera

When you convince yourself to book that $500 tour

When you then go and drop almost that much at the bar that night

When you hear there’s free brekky at the hostel

When you hear there’s anything free, really

When you realise you forgot to switch off data roaming overseas

When you check your bank statement and see how much you’ve spent on international ATM fees

When you finally accept your fate

When you hop on the plane home