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Welcome to my post all about how to travel Europe on a budget, if you're like me, you would rather travel for longer and see more amazing things and meet more awesome people than just spend all of your money in a mere few weeks.
Hospitality Club – Gives you access to a large community travel info for idaho colorado nevada of friendly members and have a certain amount of security screening for hosts. The least pretty of the bunch, but who said non pretty sites weren't valuable? Check it out here .
Remember that you're not just using this person (host) for free accommodation, the whole idea is that it's about meeting new people, making new friends and networking on the traveler's grapevine. If you only want a free night but don't want to talk to anyone or socialize, then this is not for you.
Either way, WWOOF'ing is a great concept, and essentially allows you to work 4-6 hours of the day on a property in exchange for food and board. It allows you to spend time in some real local areas with nice local people, and it's a very different experience to staying in Hostels in the capital of that country, for example.
My best WWOOF'ing experience was when I worked with a friend on a property up in the Pyrenees in France, close to the border of Spain. The view and back drop of the place was simply stunning, with stony cliffs, lush forestry and even a waterfall and swimming hole nearby! The lady who was hosting us was delightful, and we were fed fresh food and delicious French rose wine. We still had to work of course, but a bit of hard work can be an extremely satisfying travel info for idaho colorado nevada feeling. After we were finished, she even helped me get a job at a vineyard grape picking nearby. And that was another whole great experience in itself!
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WWOOF'ing is world-wide, and is a super network of farms and hosts willing to take you on. You will need to pay for registration and membership with the WWOOF'ing community, but trust me; this is no scam, so if it sounds like your sort of thing then go for it.
House sitting for people who would like their house occupied whilst travel info for idaho colorado nevada they are away for extended periods of time is certainly a viable option. Of course it is more for those with long term travel plans in mind, but it can be a great way to begin living in another country and get a feel for the local place and culture.
Hostels are currently the biggest way to travel Europe cheaply. The cheapest way to do it is to stay in a large dormitory room. The advantage to hostels is you make loads of new friends of like minded backpackers, and often hostels will have kitchen facilities which can help to drastically reduce your food bill.
AirBNB gives you the option to pay for someone else's apartment or a room in their house. Can offer a lot more comfort and privacy than hostel's, but can also save you a bundle compared to paying for hotels. Worth checking out if you don't plan on staying in any hostels, or want a break from the 15 bed dorms!
Hitchhiking is definitely do-able. On my first backpacking trip through Europe when I was 18 I hitchhiked a lot with a friend. We only met friendly people – and even got a lift in a sports car from a guy who 'remembered the good old days of backpacking'. So it's not all weirdo's and scary characters.
We did meet a couple of strange people in our hitchhiking trip though, and my honest opinion is that a solo female traveler shouldn't be hitchhiking, call me old fashioned if you like, but there it is. Being two males certainly made hitchhiking a much more comfortable affair; I'm not trying to dissuade anyone from doing it, just giving my views on the matter based on my own personal experience.
Well, for those travelling Germany, there is a site called Mitfahrgelegenheit , which is one of those obscenely long German words that essentially means 'car-sharing opportunity'. travel info for idaho colorado nevada And that's exactly what it is.
Travelling via train is probably the most common and the easiest way to get around travel info for idaho colorado nevada Europe. For non European travel info for idaho colorado nevada citizens the best way to travel Europe by train would be to purchase a EuroRail pass, which will allow you to use the same ticket travel info for idaho colorado nevada to train through multiple European countries. Check out these two sites:
I think RailEurope is generally cheaper then EURail (but do your own research) – however a global pass for 3 months will easily set you back over €500. So it's not exactly cheap, but it is EASY and makes the travel travel info for idaho colorado nevada section of your trip a real breeze.
If you are only going to one or two countries, it can be a lot cheaper to just get a train pass for that individual country instead of a global pass – so always investigate your options to get the best deal.
These guys handle most of the international bus trips, don't bother trying to use them from one city to another within the same country (I tried to organize a bus from Cologne to Munich for example, but had no luck with EuroLines).
This company arranges 'bus loops' that offer pre-paid routes through Europe via their own bus system. They offer drop offs at your hostel door and other various travel packages. It's a little more 'hand held' – but can be a good option for first time travelers.
Use Kayak and Skyscanner to compare prices. Kayak will also compare AGAINST a bunch of other companies as well. This will give you a good general idea for the prices (but will open lots of windows on your computer, so be prepared!)
Next I check the two big budget travel info for idaho colorado nevada airlines in Europe, which are EasyJet and RyanAir . But remember, these companies add on prices after the initial 'price flight', so you will pay for luggage etc. So always get the 'final price' from them by clicking through (but not paying, obviously!).
Make sure the flight you are after is flying into the airport that you want, some cities have multiple airports, with one being an airport for 'budget' airlines, and another for normal airlines. EasyJet tends to operate in better airports than RyanAir travel info for idaho colorado nevada for example – and it will cost you more to get into the city from a further away budget airport then the main airport travel info for idaho colorado nevada for that city.
Remember to factor in all of your costs. Will you need to get a train or bus into the center of the city from the Airport? How much will this cost? Will it ultimately be cheaper just to get a train or bus all the way instead of flying once you tally up all of these extra flight costs? You need to be asking yourself all of these questions to ensure you get the best price available for your travelling.
So those are all of my tips for travelling through Europe on a budget. I hope they prove a valuable resource for you and your backpacking adventure – if you have any of your own tips or advice to give for readers, then please leave a comment or send me an email.
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I ve been aching to go to Europe for several years now, but with uni, it s proven to be a very difficult task. My sister has gone twice the past few years, each time for 6-8 weeks, and she has spent over $20,000 each time, so I never thought it was possible to do it cheaply (although travel info for idaho colorado nevada my sister thinks she is royalty). Finding blogs like this is an absolute GODSEND, and I would dare say this is the best backpacker blog I ve encountered for beginners like me.
I m going in mid-December 2012 until the first week of March 2013 and budgeting for 100 Euros per day. In the real world I m a typical uptight finance student/math geek so I m going to use the opportunity of flying solo in Europe travel info for idaho colorado nevada to just forget about the real world for a while. I have a rough itinerary planned out, but I m going to wing it when over there. I m going to keep a journal and catalogue all my events and expenses so that I too can help push other nervous dreamers like myself outside the door.
Your trip sounds wonderful, 100 Euros a day is more then enough if you are happy to sleep in hostels and do some cooking at the hostel every now and then (or eat supermarket food). Don t worry though, a budget travel info for idaho colorado nevada like that DEFINITELY gives you room to eat out and do the drinks thing as well. Although get into the habit of pre-drinking at the hostel so you can limit the amount of drinks you buy at bars.
Best of luck with the trip, if I can help at all with any questions you have shoot me an e-mail. Also, if you re passing through Rotterdam travel info for idaho colorado nevada in The Netherlands, let me know (as that s where I m living at the moment).
we want to leave as soon as possible but are having a hard time finding our transatlantic flight! i was thinking of flying into amsterdamn from toronto but it doesn t really matter to use were we start.
It really does depend on so many factors, I use Skyscanner.net a lot for flight research. I recently booked a flight in December from Amsterdam to New York with Icelandair for about 310 Euros which I thought was pretty cheap.
London definitely is one of the cheaper hubs to fly into because there are four airports that are defined as London . You ve got Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and Stanstead. Just having travel info for idaho colorado nevada a quick look for example, travel info for idaho colorado nevada if you were to fly from Toronto to London on the 4th of July you could do it for 429 Euros. Catching a connecting flight from London to Amsterdam or using EasyJet or RyanAir is always quite cheap if you book in advance as well.
Having another travel info for idaho colorado nevada look on the same date, you can fly from Toronto to Amsterdam for 352 Euros, so this is even better!!! Both of these cheaper flights are with a company called Air Transat that seem to operate heavily out of Canada, so you