You are planning to travel every year to new destinations and you have not any Camera except Mobile camera, this is very shocking for me. You have to buy any Point and shoot camera.
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According to me you should not buy drone because of Drone is very expensive and most of the countries are not allowing you to to use drone as you already said.
One option is there, when you need drone, you can hire it on rent. This is the best option for you.