CHEAP TRAVEL ANYWHERE // Tips For Traveling On A Budget

Want to travel, but afraid it might be heavy on the wallet? This video will give you my best tips for travelling on a budget (all learned from experience)

OUTLINE:
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Planning Your Accommodation
2:47 Eating Like a Local
3:45 Remote Work/Career Group
5:01 Ordering Food to Save Time
5:20 Staying Longer for More Months
6:42 Avoiding Cities as Possible
8:28 Avoiding Tours to Save Money
9:25 Travelling Off-Season
10:38 Speaking the Language
11:53 Know the Basic Local Language
12:50 Comment, Like and Subscribe!


I've spent a lot of time travelling and have quite a few of these. In no particular order:

1. Send a message to your Airbnb host beforehand.

Some people hate Airbnb, but I love it. Alternatives are couchsurfer.com or Facebook groups for those with more faith in humanity than I have.

I love using Airbnb and I like to message hosts beforehand asking if they have some special deals. Try to offer something good for them like a long stay or promising to take care of the place.

2. Eat like a local.

Avoid peanut butter, Nutella, ice cream. It's pricier in other countries.

3. Value your time.

This means that you should calculate how much your time is worth (Say $20/hour, or whatever you make at work)

Then calculate how long it takes you to cook a meal for instance. If you spend an hour cooking each day, that adds an extra $20 to your meal expenses each day.

:(((

Value your time. If you make more than like $10/hour, you're probably better off just ordering out.

4. Stay longer.

Your airfare will be a huge chunk of expenses. Say it's $600 to travel to wherever.

If you just go for 1 week, then your cost will be $600/week for airfare.

If you go for 3 months, your airfare just costs $200/month. That's MUCH better.

5. Don't take shuttles.

Public transit is cool.

6. Avoid the tourist crap and cities

If you see others going en masse, it's probably overrated. Paris, Macchu Picchu...

Ask locals their favorite places. I like to make friends before I go. Here's a video on how I do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlVJEgx3yjA

7. Avoid tours

The only time I take tours are when they offer equipment that I can't get (kayaks, scuba diving stuff, etc.).

In my experience public transit is better than renting a car, which is better than a tour.

8. Go in the off-season.

Check when the tourist season is for each country because it will be different for each country.

There are less people, prices are lower, it's in general more fun.

9. SPEAK THE LANGUAGE

I made that one in caps because it's crazy important. If you don't speak the language, you will pay the tourist tax.

Speaking the language helps you pay better prices, get recommendations for the best places (helping you avoid the tours), and helps you make friends.

You don't have to be fluent. You do need to speak enough to have basic conversation with someone.



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