You could start by taking a look at where your money is going and if there is somewhere you can cut back to make greater headway with your travel goal.
2
他以为你父亲不是象你舅父那样一个好商量的人,因此,决定等到你父亲走了以后,再来看你舅父。
He did not judge your father to be a person whom he could so properly consult as your uncle, and therefore readily postponed seeing him till after the departure of the former.