Super Awesome
Tips For An
Affordable
Europe Trip
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#1 Wiselychoosetime oftravel
Choosing the time fortravel plays a major rolefor any travel, especially
Europe
Taking a balance of cost and weather, the best time is
Cost SAVING ON
flights, accommodation, local offers,
internal transportUPTO
April / May / September / October
#2 spend timecomparingflight options
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Put email alerts from thesewebsites when price fall.s
Use flightcomparison
websites likekayak, skyscanner,
cleartrip
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#3 choose
destination
wisely
You can travel for a month in Krakow, Poland spending the sameas in week in Zurich, Switzerland
#4 Play smart onaccommodation
Overnight transport will save youmoney, but it might get hectic
staying close to downtownmeans lesser cost of
local transport
#5 Choose the right combinationof transport within Europe
In most countries, trains and buses arecheaper if booked in advance
Understand thepublic transport ofthe city and use it.Avoid cabs unless
you are 3 or morepeople.
Intra city travel ischeaper with bus /coach, howeverwill take more time
For the hardcore, try hitchhiking. hitchwiki.org has a lot of information
#6 Do aquick tourfollowed by adetailed visitIf you have 3 or more days for a destination,spend day 1 just walking around (google forfree walking tours) and covering most placesby foot and then spend more time at the onesyou liked the following days
Visit the touristinformation centre,which is generally indowntown - good forinitial orientation and a
free city map
#7 Be carefulwith nightflights andlow costairlines
If you are taking a late night and or very early morning flight, check if there ispublic transport during those hours. Else, be ready to spend a bomb for a cab.
For some bigger cities, low cost
airlines like Ryanair & Easyjet fly
from a different airport that's quite
far from the city. Reaching the
airport sometimes might cost more
than the cost of the flight.
factor that in your planning.
If you factor in check-in luggage you mightactually be payingmore in a low costairline
check-inTAG
#8 Eat fromsupermarkets
and take-aways
Number of cafes and supermarkets do special deals an hour or two before theyare closing. Cash in on those.
More than 50% saving on your foodcost compared to eating inrestaurents
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