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When we travel we have 3 main costs, Accommodation, Transportation and Food and to stay longer on the road we have to try to reduce this costs to the maximum, here I share some of the strategies I use. If you want to get more detailed information on how to travel around the world for cheap, check out my book JUST GO [EN] [PT] [ES] [DE] [FR].
Accommodation
Hospitality networks: Are my favorite option for accommodation. The biggest websites include: Couchsurfing, BeWelcome and Trustroots. I used couchsurfing in over 100 countries and had amazing experiences. Basically you stay for free in a local house for a few days in exchange for the a cultural exchange. Here I explain how does couchsurfing works.
Airbnb: Is also part of the shared economy and basically you rent rooms or houses in a reasonable price from people around the world. I’ve used Airbnb in South Africa, Indonesia, Japan and Australia. Join Airbnb here and get up to US$ 35 credit with this link.
Hostelworld: If you think about hostel, this is the best and most complete searching engine. I’ve been using frequently since I started to travel abroad when I was 21 years old. You can book shared rooms in a hostel and pay up to 5 times cheaper than getting a private room.
Booking.com: This website has more options of hotels but was very useful in a few countries where hostels are not that popular. Sometimes you can get better deals booking a low cost hotel here rather than a hostel.
Travel Insurance
WorldNomads: It’s a simple and flexible insurance for travelers. I’ve been using it since I started traveling. If you have any emergencies you pay your costs and ask for reimburse. Get a quote of a travel insurance here.
Money Transfer
The best app for money transfer between countries is Transferwise. You can get a free transfer in Transferwise with this link! For online payments you can use Pay Pal. In Thailand when I lost my bank cards I used Western Union to receive money from home. I have a bank account in N26 is a digital bank super simple and easy to use, no fees! Create your account here in 5 minutes.
Communications
Nowadays internet is crucial to research and plan your trip. Considering that, if I plan to stay over 2 weeks in a country I buy a SIM card and put data mobile credits. Learn here how to get a SIM card overseas. I also add credits to Skype so I can make calls to any numbers abroad with reasonable price. Those are some of the SIM cards I kept from my travels.
Work & Volunteer
Workaway: Connects travelers with hosts that offers many types of volunteer jobs in exchange of accommodation and sometimes food. I used the website to work as a housekeeper in Japan, English teacher in Myanmar and farmer in New Zealand. Check here how to volunteer in exchange of accommodation or Register here to be part of this community.
Worldpackers: This website connect travelers with organizations looking for volunteer staff mostly in hostels. I had a great experience while volunteering in Thailand as a English teacher in exchange of accommodation and food. Click here to read about this experience.
Wwoof: World wide opportunities in organic farms link volunteers with organic farms and growers. You exchange work for accomodation in one organic farm environment.
Findacrew: is an international online marine crew and boat network that offers a database to match boat members with crew. I helped a sailing boat owner in his round the world trip and got free transport and free accommodation to visit the USA east coast, Bahamas, Haiti and Dominican Republic. Here I detail my experience.
Transportation
Hitchhiking: This is is the cheapest way to move around! Of course, not the safest but the most adventurous. I have travelled over 10.000 kilometers this way including from Tokyo to Osaka in Japan (500km in 3 cars) and from Sydney to Cairns in Australia (2600km in 14 cars). I also hitched in Africa, Europe, Asia and South America. The website Hichwiki has ton of information about hitchhiking around the world.
Ridesharing: In a simple way, you pay for a seat in a car that is going from one city to another. It is super comfortable and sometimes cheaper than the bus! The biggest website is Blablacar. I travelled all around Europe with it and I explain here how to use it.
Low-cost: FlixBus is a low-cost bus company that will offer you very cheap prices to move by land in Europe.
Flying: I try to avoid flying, for the environment and for my pocket, specially in short distances. But when there is no option or for long hauls I would use Kiwi. Adding stop overs is a trick that I use to reduce the price of the ticket (but of course, increase time of your journey). Now and than I check Secret Flying that features some fare mistakes.
Gear & Backpacking
When you think about gear you need to think light. I have a MacBook Air, one Go Pro (for videos and underwater pictures) and I just got rid of my professional camera Nikon D300 to travel light. I have also a external hard disk where I store all my information.
Backpacking is a very singular equipment. I think every person needs to feel it. I use to have a Deuter Quantum 80 + 18 litters but I decided to downsize for a Columbia 40L. Nowadays I use a Osprey Farpoint 55, check her here. Traveling has never been so easy!
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