Posts about Travel
The 3 biggest expenses when traveling are:
Accommodation
Travel
Food
Lets go through all of them...
Accommodation
The biggest expense when traveling full-time are short term Rentals, accounting for roughly 70%.
My hack is House-Sitting!
Which means you take care of other peoples homes/pets and can live for free in their House. I'm doing that already for 2 1/2 years full time.
- Between the Sits are days without one as there is never a perfect overlap. For that I use Couchsurfing to get to know nice people/cultures and also have the days in-between filled.
2. Travel
Flights can be expensive, but if you travel around Europe they are pretty cheap, if you fly light you can get to most countries for under $50, That means no check in luggage! Only a backpack and a 2nd carry-on max 8kg of weight.
Also try to use Buses (Blablabus, FlixBus) when possible or I often use Blablacar ride-sharing which is sometimes cheaper.
3. Food
First rule is to never eat out! Simple as that. I actually still do, especially in cheaper countries like Portugal, Spain, SEA, SA etc.
Buy groceries that are in season and local - Always try to find discounter supermarkets around you (Aldi, Lidl etc). In most western countries every supermarket has a weekly leaflet with often really good offers. So check them out each week and buy in bulk, if there is a good offer. -
Especially in Asia, Middle/South America go to local markets! The produce is so much cheaper there.
If I only prepare food at home and eat healthy, I probably spend around 15€/$20 per week on groceries. Granted I'm Vegan, it's actually a lot cheaper to make food at home. Most Vegan staples like Pasta, Rice, tomato sauce, vegetables, fruit, Müsli etc. are really cheap.
I still go out and try local cuisine, but I don't drink since 12 years, that saves a huge chunk of money. Normally I'm never out at night to party's, bars etc simply because it's not my vibe!.
Let me know if you have any question or would like to know more about some of the points. Happy to help :)
Here are screenshots of all my expenses for the last 4 months!
https://i.redd.it/4o960355c5oa1.png