[petervandijck]

It all depends. You can get VERY frugal if you really want to.

Also, consider the possibility of spending 500$ on a plane ticket and 500$ on a cheap place somewhere sunny (with internet). This should buy you about a month or 8 weeks, depending where you go.

[GFischer]

Hmmm... travel expenses add up very quickly. If he does that, hopefully it's somewhere within the poster's country (U.S.).

And "sunny" is a very broad definition, I've heard Arizona is cheap this time of year :)

Also, can't he find very cheap travel and accommodation using the tools the HN community provides? (flight planners and AirBnB?)