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10 Tips to Cut Your Travel Costs | Fabulous 50's — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:31:41 +0000

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By: francoisetmoi

francoisetmoi — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 16:02:18 +0000

In reply to ksederbe. Awesome tips, Kathryn! Thank you!

By: ksederbe

ksederbe — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 00:52:37 +0000

1. Travel: Look into train or carpooling options. The German rail site allows you to search in English for train connections. I have done a 1-country pass for 7 days of train travel and we got a lot of mileage out of it.
http://www.bahn.com/i/view/index.shtml

Also if traveling in Germany, many young people use mitfahrgelegenheit – a carpooling website that connects drivers with riders – you chip in for gas and can travel very cheaply. Between major cities (Hamburg-Berlin, ex) there are always lots of options and you meet interesting people.
http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de/

Also – budget airlines. You can travel very cheaply within Europe

2. Lodging: airbnb or hostels or couchsurfing

3. Food: I agree with Erin, buy groceries at a market or supermarket and picnic. You’ll get to try local stuff and explore new things, and save $. I have had some of the most memorable meals this way

4. Free days at museums – lots of museums have one day a week or month that is free. Look into this before you go if you know there’s something you really want to see.

just a few tips 🙂

By: takeawaytidbits

takeawaytidbits — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:30:57 +0000

Thank you! Just moved to London for a year, this really helped.

By: Wanderluster

Wanderluster — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 17:27:56 +0000

I have had amazing travel experiences doing nothing more than what you have on your list. Thank you for sharing it with everyone!

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:49:22 +0000

1 – don’t go in the “low season” – parts of it are not so low due to school vacations, and X-mas periode and weather can be a spell-breaker in most of Europe in this periode. Go in the summer and save by camping or, indeed, picknicking – its much less fun in November!

2 – go for longer periodes, and don’t rush around – you can go for two weeks in 7 destinations and will end up spending more than in 4 weeks in 4 destinations.

3 – choose your destinations – some places may sound cheap but end up not-so-cheap after all, while other places may turn out to be cheaper than you might think. Don’t be afraid to go off the beaten track.