Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160225225013/@comment-27121183-20160304092952

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: We don't have any indication of them being people of wealth who could pay their way, presuming none of them stole or "borrowed" family money ... But there's also no indication that transport would be financially out of their reach. With air transport so common, if feels to me that a boat ride seems fairly insignificant, and not all that expensive.

(That said, if it is quite common, there's also the possibility they just ask to ride along with someone.)

Sentry 616 wrote: Where would they get the money? This is one of my main minor gripes with RWBY -- there's been no real show of needing or spending money besides Weiss and Pyrrha with charge cards at the noodle stand. No one has a job that we know of;  outside of Weiss being uber rich, no one can be labeled as rich-poor-middle and the school presumably pays for the basics (we don't even know if tuition, etc. is involved), but how do students pay for the rest?

But to answer your question, I can only assume they have their own ways of obtaining money, be it trust fund, stipend, money from relatives, PT job, etc. If only because money has never been an issue for anyone before.

Plus, they've been planning this journey for a while. Long enough to either work or save up or beg money from someone. I can't imagine they'd sit on their asses, waiting for Ruby to heal, and not save and plan for such an important trip.