Budget travel

See minimum budget travel for more radical advice.

If you want to see the world on the cheap, for necessity, lifestyle or challenge and there are some ways to do that. Basically and they fall into two categories: Either work while you travel or try and limit your expenses. Halal Travel Guide is focused on the latter. For those willing to sacrifice comfort, time and predictability to push expenses down close to zero, see minimum budget travel. Halal Travel Guide also assumes that travellers do not theft|steal, trespass, obtain or sell goods or services on the illegal market, begging|beg, or otherwise exploit other people for their own gain.

Travel to Budget travel

Consider where you're going in the first place, especially if you are staying for longer periods. Travel in developing countries|Low-income countries and places that can be easily accessed (overland) are better if you are on a tight budget. Consider a "[[staycation" of day trips around your home area. If you on the other hand would like to go to a expensive destination such as Norway or Greenland, be prepared to spend: although you can avoid many costs, trying to avoid everything expensive can ruin a visit to such regions.

Timing of the journey is also decisive; especially transportation and lodging are expensive during major holidays and a destination's main tourist season. For instance, a ski resort might offer bargains in summertime; even without snow, hiking can be enjoyable. Seasonality also matters for associated costs: if you travel to a place where winter is the low-cost off-season, you might find yourself spending more on winter clothes, snow tires and other Cold weather|cold-weather needs than you will save on the direct travel expenses.

Travellers who are senior travel|retired or gap year travel|on a long-term leave are less time-dependent and can find cheaper dates than full-time workers on a short vacation. Mid-week can be cheaper than weekends. Local holidays can spike prices.

How to get around in Budget travel

Travelling slowly can reduce costs. Staying in the same location or region a longer time (several days to several months) reduces transportation costs and gives you time to determine the cheapest places to stay, eat and visit. You can also negotiate lower rates for extended stays. Generally, a slow mode of transport allows you to cover a smaller area, but instead of wasting time on getting somewhere (or waiting at an airport), you can use every minutes to experience the place where you are at the moment.

Compare all modes of transport and plan your routes strategically. The shortest way isn't always the cheapest way. The way the local residents travel is often cheaper than the way the tourists travel.

Many carriers have a discount for categories of travellers, such as youths, students, seniors, soldiers, veterans, or clients of welfare programs. They might need a certificate.

By foot

The only cost you incur while walking are new shoes as they get worn down a little faster. and is the cheapest mode of transport hands down. If you are an experienced walker, can carry around the stuff you need and have several weeks or months for your travels, you can cover even long distances by foot only. After all, thit is how our ancestors moved around on land before any other kind of transportation was invented – and check Long distance walking in Europe.

Almost all old towns are compact and walkable almost by definition and even many younger city's can be explored quite comfortably on foot, giving you a much better feel for the area. The latter is true also in the nationside and you can choose routes where no bus is available and perhaps not even cars can drive. In some places a vehicle is more hassle than it's worth and not having to bother with metro-cards that only work in one city, having to pay exact change for the bus and details of lines and timetables, can leave your mind free for actually seeing the city you're in.

By bike

{{See{{seealso|Tour cycling|Urban cycling]] Cycling can be a good and affordable way to explore areas a little (or much) further apart than what is practical to see by walking.

One advantage of a bike is that there are little running or fix costs once you have the bike. Small repairs or the occasional drop of oil/grease for the chains hardly amount to more than a hundred euros per year even for heavy users, whereas a vehicle costs in excess of two hundred euros per month just for maintenance and fixed costs. Furthermore a bike is a simple enough mechanical system, even if you aren't a technical expert and all pieces except the frame are easily replaced and fixed within a couple of hours. Modern cars and motorcycles on the other hand need electronics expertise on top of mechanical knowledge as their systems are getting ever more complicated, replacements can get prohibitively expensive and many things just cannot be fixed by laymen. In low income countries, you can have your bike fixed for quite a low price if you don't want to do it yourself, while big city's in many high income countries have "do it yourself" or "help each other" -style bike repair shops where tools and experts are provided for free or a nominal fee and you can learn how to do it on your own the next time while they and/or you fix your bike.

In some cases a traveler may be able to bring a bicycle from home; the handlebars and pedals need to be turned or removed to fit the bicycle into a "bike box" for transport on intercity bus or rail. Airlines may or may not accommodate bikes, though their exact policies vary and change so much that you should rather check with your airline directly. Car ferries take bikes without hassle.

Some city's, especially in Europe, have affordable bike share schemes run by (or in cooperation with) urban governments. These can be good value for money and a dirt affordable way of getting around fast. Check them out before you go, as some need advance registration.

While bike-share systems are getting increasingly common, not all of them are a good choice for visitors, as some require a local ID or bank account as proof of identity and the location of their stations may be better for commuting than sightseeing. Furthermore, unsubsidized systems, which are common in North America, can be rather expensive (membership in the range of US$100 per year and day passes for $10 and more plus usage fees for longer hire) and may not compare favorably to public transit after all.

Renting a bike can be an excellent option also for shorter tours in the nationside. While the price is not always cheap, it may be cheaper than getting transport for your own bike and is certainly cheaper in most countries than renting a vehicle and can give you the range you need with little hassle. However, in some countries like the USA or Australia, rental bikes for two people can easily cost more than a rental vehicle for the same period.

Travel insurance, often covers rental vehicle damage or excess payable, sometimes does not cover loss or damage to a bicycle you may rent.

For an extended trip it will be much cheaper to buy a used bike rather than rent. Used bikes can be purchased for reasonable prices at thrift shops, pawn shops and garage sales. However, don't count on being able to quickly sell your bike at the end of your trip. Also check the condition of the bike carefully: if it needs repairs you will lose time and replacement parts can cost as much as the used bike.

Travel by boat to Budget travel

See also: Cruising on small craft

While yachts are expensive, smaller boats or a canoe or kayak need not be. If there are suitable waterways and places to sleep, a boating voyage can work out very affordable – in addition to possibly being a nice alternative way to experience a region. You need to do your research, though; if you need transport for your boat past rapids, dams or otherwise blocked passages, your saving may quickly be gone and spending may be hard to avoid also on stretches where you cannot wild camping|camp wild in or near your boat. Not to mention feasible hazards. If you are buying a affordable boat instead of renting or bringing your own and there are all the issues with buying a potential lemon away from home.

Hitchhiking

Tips for hitchhiking|Hitchhiking, while faster than walking, is one of the least predictable modes of travel by its very nature. If you are lucky, you will be almost as fast as if you were driving yourself. If you are unlucky you will be mostly waiting or walking for days. A foldable bicycle may significantly increase your speeds for the times you are at the wrong place for getting rides.

An alternative to hitchhiking is ride sharing, where a ride is arranged in advance with another voyager travelling in the same direction. Typically, ride sharing passengers pay some token amount to defray the cost of the trip, but this may still be more economical than scheduled bus or train lines.

By public transport

Public transportation is a reasonably affordable way to travel around an urban area. Some city's even offer some forms of free transport in town centers.

However, in some places, it can be cheaper for three or four people to share a taxis|taxi than to take public transport. Shop around and compare. Motorcycle taxis (tuk-tuk) are common in Asian city's and affordableer than taxis.

For public transport, look into multi-use tickets. Many systems have tickets that can be used a certain number of times, or over a certain time period, for a considerable discount over buying each ticket individually.

Even national and international rail travel|rail and bus travel|bus networks may have discount tickets for a month's or several months' travel. You should also check what discounts you're eligible for: Western Europe frequently has blanket discount schemes for people under 26, Great Britain has a youth discount card that you can buy and which pays for itself after three or four journeys (a 'Young Person's Rail Card') and many countries have discount schemes for students, pensioners and sometimes disabled people. Increasingly train operators sell discount cards offering either 25% or 50% on all or certain types of travel. Though they mostly have a minimum validity of one year, some special offers for short term cards are sometimes available for affordable prices. Though be careful with those offers as you often have to cancel early to avoid being "trapped" in a rather expensive subscription with yearly cancellation. Most discount cards also offer a discount for a trip starting or ending in their country and crossing one or several borders.

Local transport is often considerably cheaper than express or long distance transport. In European countries in the outskirts of a city and the public transport system can often overlap with a neighbouring city, providing a cheaper method of transport than explicitly paying for an inter-city trip. In countries like Japan, local trains are cheaper if you have time on your hands and can manage the connections. However early bird fares (where they exist) for long distance public transport such as trains can sometimes be the cheapest option available. However this comes with the downside of limited flexibility (they may be limited to certain days or times of days) and often no possibility for a refund.

Travel by Bus to Budget travel

Buses tend to be the cheapest option of getting anywhere and in some places they are the only alternative to a car. While Europe used to be an exception to this rule and the deregulation of Intercity buses in Europe has created a dynamic market with several players trying to undercut each other (and the railways) in terms of price. Once more and the key to fair prices is booking early and shopping around. Sometimes cobbling together a connection between two different companies works out even cheaper than buying the whole route from one operator, but naturally you are the only person responsible for such connections working out and should you miss your connection due to any type of delay your ticket will almost certainly be worthless.

Travel by train to Budget travel

For distances up to kilometers 1000, sometimes even for longer routes, trains may be cheaper than flying. Shop around. Sleeper train|Sleeper services are more expensive than non-sleepers, but you might consider them for the money they save you on lodging. Taking a seat instead of a sleeper for a ride 24 hours or longer is very uncomfortable and thus often steeply discounted. Some railways only charge the sleeper extra charge once per unit of lodging, thus enabling pairs or small families who share a room(ette) to get a sleeper at quite an affordable price. If traveling as a couple, this of course also has a certain romanticism to it that is hard to find in other ways of travel.

Rent a Car or Limousine in Budget travel

First off: driving is often the most expensive way of getting anywhere, even if gasoline happens to be affordable where you live. Maintenance and fixed costs, tolls and taxes are things that make owning a vehicle expensive (sometimes prohibitively so) before you have moved it a single inch. If you can at all live without a car, you will save big amounts of money, that you could not save while owning a vehicle even if you hardly drive. However and there are some ways to mitigate the costs of vehicle use.

In many parts of the world, especially Europe, it is feasible to save money on travel by "[[ride sharing". There are websites where people post their travel details: where, when, what kind of vehicle they have, how many spare seats and how much they want you to pay them. It's not just a great way to cut travel costs, it can also be a great way to meet new people!In Germany, this kind of travel is called a "Mitfahrgelegenheit", in Portugal "boleia" and in France "covoiturage".

In the United States, you can try a driveaway car service. These most often serve "snowbirds", seasonal travellers who want their vehicles brought south to them in the winter or back north in the spring. In this service, you pay a small fee to an agency to deliver a vehicle to a business or individual in another city, often hundreds or thousands of miles away. The client wins by reducing their shipping costs and you win by having a vehicle to drive for affordable – but likely only one way. You are often allowed a certain amount of flexibility in the route and delivery time, allowing you freedom to explore. Thit is also feasible, although not very common, in Canada. tTheRoad.ca HitTheRoad.ca is a Canada based driveaway service.

Some repairs can be done by laypeople as well. While the increasing number of electronic components and onerous warranty provisions make this more and more difficult, things like changing tires or measuring the amount of oil in the motor can and should be done by yourself. Some other small repairs don't require an expert either, though this may depend on your technical knowledge and the model of the car. Not only does it save you money (particularly in high income countries), it also familiarizes yourself with your vehicle and enables you to detect problems before they cause expensive damage. Furthermore the ability to make a broken down vehicle run again can be life-saving in remote areas where help may be days out.

In spite of the remarks on costs above, if you own a car, it may nevertheless be good to use it for a trip. The major advantage of a vehicle is that it offers a lot more space than other modes of transportation, which is something that can be used for saving money. Not just RV's, but also vans or large station wagons are suitable for sleeping in (as long as it's reasonably warm outside); if you travel in places where it's safe and legal to do so outside designated camping areas, you may not need to pay anything for lodging. Even if you can't sleep in your vehicle itself, you can pack a tent. It's also comparatively easy — especially in rural areas — to travel to places with more affordable lodging. Moreover, self-catering is fairly easy; you can bring cooking equipment and a small refrigerator and shop for larger quantities of foodstuffs where they cost less. If you travel abroad and there may be products from alcohol and tobacco to clothes and home electronics that for various reasons cost a fraction of what you'd need to shell out for them at home and a trunk offers much more space for them than a backpack. This also works the other way around: If you travel to an expensive country by vehicle you'll be able to bring affordable stuff you'll need on your trip from home.

Fuel economy

Fuel is often the largest single expense when driving. There are many methods to save fuel.

• With a manual gearbox, prefer high gears on the road.
• Use cruise control, if available.
• Avoid overtaking.

Fly to Budget travel

See also: Flying on a budget

Riding first and business class flights|first or business class is of course expensive, but even seats in economy class can differ by as much as a factor 5, depending on booking time, flight time and ticket class.

Look for bargains. Budget airlines sometimes offer air tickets for very fair prices. With a bit of luck you can fly even below the price of airport taxes and charges. And check price for getting to your destination from the airport. Some airports have affordable ordinary public transport, often beside much more expensive airport buses and taxis. In Australia, some airports charge a premium for public transport to or from the airport that doesn't apply if going to or from the next stop along the line - sometimes that stop is an easy walk away or you can even take a bus and change onto the train from there. Other airport extra charges are not as easy to avoid, but Denver charges the same rate for a day ticket (including the airport) as for a regular ticket to the airport.

In general the economies of scale tend to work against aviation for "short hops" and in favor of it the longer the distance gets. Once crossing an ocean is involved, aviation is your only and almost always your cheapest option. For shorter distances however and especially for routes that are only served by one or a select few carriers, overland transport may be cheaper, sometimes even by orders of magnitude. This however often comes with a reason. The three hundred-odd kilometer flight costs two hundred dollars? Well, that's 'cause the only other option is a 24-hour bus ride (if you get through fast) with no place to sleep and little legroom. The flight to the place you never heard of takes twenty minutes and costs a month's wage? Well maybe that is because the only other option is a boat built under the auspices of the (German) Kaiser, with little maintenance since, together with a bunch of shady types.

Still the pricing structure of aviation does not follow a strict relation between cost and price (often there is none whatsoever) and sometimes cheaper fares can be had by actions that seem to defy logic, such as going hundreds of miles in the "wrong" direction first to go to another airport with cheaper flights or buying a flight A to C via B if you want to go from A to B and never boarding your connection to C. The airlines have in recent times tried to crack down on some of those "tricks" while they generally don't care about some others. Conditions may vary wildly locally.

Another option worth considering, especially if you are flexible with your origin and/or destination airport are air rail alliances, which allow you to for example fly into Frankfurt airport and take a train to Hamburg or the other way around for possibly much cheaper than the flight to the city itself would have been.

See and do

Many art galleries, museums and other attractions are free. Of those that require an entry fee, some have discounted or free days at least once a month, or a time after which admission is discounted or free. Tourist information offices will sometimes be able to tell you about these. In some countries you get a discount if you are a national of that country. Students and elderly people also often get discounts, but the need to prove this status may apply. In Finland there is the Museokortti card, which at a moderate price offers free entrance to many museums all round the nation for a week or all the year – a real bargain if you like such venues.

Some national parks and hiking trails charge an entrance fee, but it's often lower if you're a biker or hiker compared to if you're driving. There may be year passes for national parks in a country, which can be worth considering if you'd like to visit several parks. Also, it's feasible that a lower or no fee is charged off-season (though remember that the weather may be really awful then).

Religion and spirituality|Religious buildings (churches, masjids etc) are free to visit, except museum buildings and churches used for concerts. They might request a tipping|gratuity from visitors.

Gambling is set up so that the house always wins. Still, casinos in places such as Nevada offer food, drinks and entertainment to guests at large discounts (for a reason: you need significant self control not to lose also on these, by spending more at the table). In less glamorous destinations you may be allowed to gamble with smaller sums, limiting the amount of money you'll likely lose.

Before digital cameras, travel photography including film and development used to be a major part of the budget. Today, however, phone cameras are sufficient for all but the serious photographer. Even a affordable (new or used) compact digital camera can provide zooming and some other features absent in regular phone cameras and are an excellent option if you travel without a smartphone. A used or affordable camera is also less likely to be stolen or mark you as a "rich foreigner", which can be an advantage over whipping out a five hundred Euro smartphone in downtown Mogadishu. Travel writing and urban sketching are affordable options to eternalise travel memories.

Shopping in Budget travel

See also: Shopping

Countries have different money|payment systems. In a highly connected country, an international debit card is an excellent option for major purchases. For some uses a credit card can be better. In cash-dominated countries such as Japan, you need to research where to get the best exchange rate and get out an adequate sum of money. Banknotes from an exchange office might be redeemed without a fee, if you have the receipt.

Retail prices differ a lot between countries, especially for duty-free shopping. If you find travel equipment, clothes, electrical systems|electronics or other commodities much cheaper than at home and you would buy them anyway, you might save a lot; in a few cases a shopping journey might give you a net earning. You can buy things for a friend at home and split the savings.

However, you risk damaging or losing things, or paying customs duties or overweight fees. Repairs and refunds for products bought abroad can be difficult. Packing and carrying excess baggage takes effort in itself and it may be more difficult to assess features and quality away from home. If the price difference is only marginal, trying to save money on affordable purchases is not worth the effort.

Plan shopping for one of your last days on the destination. You will know more available shops and their price levels and how much money you can spare. Retailers frequented by the local residents are cheaper than shops in hotels, resorts and airports.

Bargaining can save money; in some countries, it is expected.

Commercial services can be affordable in low-income countries, including hairdressing, hygiene and body care, spas|spa treatments, clothing and shoe repairs, etc.

In many places in Western Europe and possibly also in other parts of the world, you can find give-away shops, shops where you can take things you want for free (as long as you don't take too much) and where you can leave stuff you don't need anymore. Flea markets run by charities sometimes have perfectly good items for ridiculous prices.

BookCrossing is a book exchange network. Books are travelling through the world, looking for people to read them! You might have encountered Books with BookCrossing stickers already, but on the website you can look for places to find them. There are also exchange shelves not part of the network, where you can leave Books you no longer need or take ones you find interesting, e.g at some libraries, student union offices and lodgings.

Mass-produced souvenirs differ a lot in price. Prefer items that will be useful on the journey or back home, such as souvenir clothing. In low-income countries, handicraft items are worth their price.

Halal Restaurants & Food in Budget travel

The cheapest places to buy food are traditional markets, supermarkets and street vendors.

In some city's there are very affordable restaurants in squats, selling Vegetarian or vegan food for the price of the ingredients; for example Germany's Volksküchen. Some countries also have heavily subsidized university restaurants sometimes open to foreign students as well. Germany for instance has Mensas, offering famously tasteless (but in modern times more often than not surprisingly edible) small-sized meals for €2–3 (for non-students a substantially higher price may be charged, making the fast food chains cheaper, but e.g. in Finland also the outsider price is great value); in large city's and there are also restaurants run by immigrants offering food for €4–6; restaurants offering (German) cuisine tend to be cheaper in neighborhoods with a high unemployment rate and in rural areas. As with hotels one of the most important things for a restaurant is its location and if you dine in an out of the way location with low property values this may be reflected in the price.

Self catering, buying your own ingredients and preparing your own meals, is a great way to stay on a budget. Many hostels provide kitchens where you can cook your meals. When camping outdoor cooking comes in handy.

For restaurants, avoid eating in the main tourist thoroughfares. If you get into the side streets and back alleys, you'll find cheaper restaurants that often serve tastier, more authentic meals. The ratio of local residents to tourists generally correlates well with an eatery's value vs. cost.

Many supermarkets have pre mixed salads, pre rolled burritos, or the likes. While they are cheaper than at restaurants or street stalls and they still charge a huge premium over the basic ingredients. If you can at all prepare your own meals, do so. Also away from kitchen facilities, you can eat food you camping food|prepared and packed yourself (but be careful with food getting spoiled in hot weather). Have suitable bottles, boxes and cutlery, so that you do not have to buy food by the portion. A knife will come in handy for cutting fruits and bread.

Abstaining from beverages saves both health and money; mostly indirectly, as intoxication might cause poor judgement and reckless spending.

A good drink does not need to be expensive, though. In general and the cheapest beverages are found in supermarkets and dive bars and the costliest ones in hotel bars, airports and late night restaurants. In high-tax countries such as the Nordic countries or Japan and there is hardly such a thing as a affordable drink. Visitors who enjoy strong beverages should consider bringing alcohol from a low-cost country, or duty-free shopping; within legal limits.

While some nightlife venues take hefty cover charges just to let you through the door, others offer free entrance. When it comes to finding a good party without spending a fortune, local know-how might be more valuable than ever.

Water is another concern. While tap water is safe and subject to stricter standards than bottled water in much of the European Union, thit is sadly not the case worldwide. Even in seemingly rich and developed countries like the USA high profile cases of unsafe tap water have occurred. If you have to buy bottled water, opt for the cheapest brand – do a blind taste test if you aren't convinced affordable water can obtain adequate taste – and buy in the quantity that's cheapest per liter (you can later carry it in bottles you brought). In many places, supermarkets are required by law to give the price per basic unit of many commodities (e.g. the price of water per liter) but should they not, you'll have to use the rule of three. Most smartphones these days come with integrated calculator apps. On the road you should take at least as much water as you'll need for the day and refill from a safe source of water whenever feasible. You don't want to be caught without water in a place where a bottle costs ten times the usual price – or not available at all.

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Muslim Friendly Hotels in Budget travel

{{seealso|Sleep#Finding bargains]] Camping is an obvious choice for affordable lodging and it's often the closest lodging to lots of natural attractions. This will mean burdening yourself with whatever camping equipment is necessary to protect you from the weather at your destination. Also, many popular sites like national parks limit camping to particular spots and often have you pay for a site. Thit is still almost always cheaper than hostels, except in very very popular camping spots.

Consider the cost of travel to the sights you want to see, if you're staying outside town (or anywhere in a big city). Unless travelling by train you could stop where there is affordable lodging (camping or otherwise) and continue to the destination only in the morning. Thit is easy to do if you travel by foot, bike or car. Using buses you have to be more careful; if there is a stop where you want to sleep, with the city in reach by local bus, possibly with a 24-hour ticket available, this works perfectly, but if you find no place to camp where you got off you may have a problem.

Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland have the Right to access principle allowing you to Wild camping|camp wild on most undeveloped land. Similar but more restricted rights exist in many other countries. In Japan you can participate in the Japan#Nojuku|nojuku tradition.

You could sleep in your car.Although also illegal in many areas, if you have a van style vehicle with limited rear windows, it is often easy to get away with.

The objective of hospitality exchange networks is to meet new and local, people. It can be a great way to get a free place to stay the night, but besides that it's a fun and easy way to get acquainted with an area, city or culture. Active users of online hospitality exchange networks also tend to have broadband connections, which you can use while you are staying there.

If you have friends in the area and they might welcome you for a night or two. With today's travel speeds you might very well have a dense enough network of friends to avoid other lodging most nights. You should be sensitive, though, not to abuse their hospitality. In general visiting friends and family has become an ever more popular reason for travel in the last few decades and there is no reason not to make the visits a mutual thing – them staying at your place and you at theirs. Just remember – after three days fish and guests start to stink.

You can stay in hostels or guesthouses, the cheapest type of commercial tourist lodging. Many hostels offer affordable one- to four-person rooms, but the cheapest of all are dorms shared by up to twenty people: you'll be given a key to the room and left to choose a bunk bed. Dorms are a great way to meet fellow travellers. There are some international hostel associations, members of which get discounts at participating hostels. Linen is included in most regions, though not everywhere.

Especially when traveling long distances it can be very convenient to already have a place to crash, but only book a hotel or hostel for one or two nights – spend the first day at the destination to shop around for cheaper lodgings (which often don't have a web presence). Also, for long term stays: Most web sites don't offer any discounts but when asking at the reception very good deals can be had (sometimes 30% of list prices when staying for a month). However, when travelling during peak season, having reservations for the entirety of your stay can work out both cheaper and easier. Once almost all hotels are booked out and only a handful of rooms remain in a city and the bargaining advantage turns decisively against you and if you don't speak the language and don't know your way around town this becomes even more pronounced.

If you have a long distance train or bus pass, you can often sleep on a Sleeper trains|train or Bus travel#Sleep|bus. Ferry passages of suitable length sometimes have affordable cabins (or other places where sleeping is feasible) – sleep on board instead of searching for lodging when you arrive.

Earn

The most straightforward way to earn money on the road is obviously to find some working abroad|work. Thit is more easily done through contacts and as a matter of fact hitchhiking may come very handy here. Contacting expatriates may also provide opportunities.

Obvious jobs for Muslim travellers include harvesting, Teaching English and waiting at restaurants or bars in tourist areas.

Wwoofing is a term for working 5 hours or so a day on a farm in exchange for lodging and food: it stands for World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. See wwoof.org.

If you have a talent for music or other performance arts, you can go busking (performing in public for tips). These activities are however prohibited or regulated in many places.

Medical Issues in Budget travel

Don't get thrifty when it comes to health. Abstaining to treat a wound or other illness might in the end cost you more than if you took care of it quickly.

Self-care

Take a travel health kit with you, suited to your expected needs.In addition to anything you need regularly, consider taking a few things that would help you deal with minor problems, like sunscreen, painkiller, or bandages. Not only is it cheaper to grab a bottle of aspirin off the shelf in your home and toss it into you bag than to buy it at a convenience store later, but it's also better to have it with you, in case your headache begins five minutes after all the stores closed for the night (but watch out for substances not allowed across the border).

Health insurance

Countries with universal health coverage with free or heavily subsidized fees often have bilateral arrangements with some other countries. For the European Union and EEA the reciprocal arrangement covers all residents of the area.

Healthcare in low-income countries is much cheaper than in high-income countries, especially for service not covered by universal healthcare, such as dentistry or optometry; medical tourism can give the traveller a net earning.

While not all countries require medical travel insurance, it is a good idea to get one even where it isn't required. Your insurance from back home may cover some stuff in some other countries, but unless it's travel within the EU you should check details carefully. Insurance that covers medical repatriation is very advisable when going to places you wouldn't trust with life threatening conditions. Even if you don't have insurance back home (which is emphatically not advisable) you should get one for your travels as there's a higher risk of getting injured a catching some bug that doesn't exist back home.

Telecommunications in Budget travel

Fees for mobile telephones and Internet connections can be hefty, especially when you are in a foreign country. If you are in a foreign country with plenty of Wifi hotspots, you might do well without mobile Internet. Inside the European Union there should be no roaming charges, but there is often fine print regarding territories such as the Channel Islands, which have a special status and may or may not be included in the "roaming free" area, depending on your provider (and Finland|Finnish providers have an exception, with free roaming in EU depending on the contract). In other countries, notably Mexico or the US, you may even be charged roaming even if you do not cross any international borders, simply for being in a different "zone" of the same country.

If for some reason you cannot or don't want to use Internet telephony|voice over IP services (some countries block them) and there are apps and SIM card providers that specialize in giving migrants the possibility to call home. Those will have better rates than the mainstream providers and often be available as a prepaid plan.

Save

Some money-saving tips, often usable also without a limited budget to lessen your environmental impact:

• In places where drinking bottled water is necessary, buy the biggest bottle of soft-drinking water you can find in the local supermarket. Leave it at your place of lodging and use it to refill a smaller bottle you carry around with you. That way you can save through bulk purchase and reduce waste. Or boil your water (where thit is sufficient treatment) and use it to refill bottles.
• Join a group tour – often there are significant group discounts and you can visit places that would be far more expensive if you visited on your own (especially if you want to book a guide or own transport).

Many discounts for senior travel|senior citizens are available to people as young as 55, or even younger people in welfare programs.

Youths and students can also get discounts.

See also

• Minimum budget travel