A three month trip to Europe can cost anywhere from 2,500 to 25,000 – it all depends on how you travel.
So you either make do with what you’ve got, and travel on a budget. Or you save up more before you go, allowing you to do more of the things you want to do and see.
If you ARE traveling on a budget, what are some tips and tricks for traveling cheaper?
I think one of the main things you can do to help the budget whilst on the road is to watch the little things. The little expenditures can really add up, so if you can cut out the things you really don’t need – you’ll end up saving a lot! Quit coffee for example.
Here are five hot tips to help keep that budget down:
– Spend more of your time in rural areas of countries like Portugal or Spain or Eastern Europe. Staying for a long period of time in central London or Paris is not going to help that budget of yours.
– Get into the habit of ‘dining in’. This means cooking at your hostel using food you have purchased from the supermarket. Buying food at a cafe or restaurant three times a day will see your money running out like you wouldn’t believe.
– Don’t take any mobile phone credit with you. Only use the free wi-fi spots at places like cafes and libraries.
– Make sure you bring along appropriate discount cards. If you have a valid Student ID for example, you will find loads of discounts all around Europe – from bus and rail tickets to museums.
– Try to withdraw less from the ATM, don’t be there every single day taking more money out. Try to budget for the next three days to a week at a time. Those little foreign currency fees and ATM withdrawal fees will start adding up.
– Use hub cities when flying. Places like London, Rome and Paris will have airports that operate the budget airlines. Can get a low cost ticket – ending up somewhere with a small airport and having to fly out of there will result in a much higher ticket price.
This was a guest post from ActiveBackpacker – click here to check out the post on planning a European backpacking trip.
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