How to Travel the World on $50 a Day

In Eastern Europe, the major international bus company is also Ecolines (ecolines.net), which primarily serves central Europe, the Baltics, and other Eastern European countries, except the Balkans. (In the Balkans, national bus lines serve neighboring countries.

Most museums have special discount times or free nights. Even famous museums like the Louvre and the Guggenheim offer free entrance. If I don’t have a tourism card that offers free entrance into the museum I want, I look up the museum on the Internet to find out which days and times it offers free entrance.

We need to look for value when we travel. It’s about not taking the first offer you see. It’s about doing research and planning. It may be more work than just jet-setting off to some exotic destination, but it will help you save and stop wasting money on the road.

If the tap water in your part of the world is not drinkable, you can use Steripen (steripen.com) to purify your water, save money, and reduce your use of plastic bottles and waste

Given that flights are best bought around eight to twelve weeks out, I’ll begin to look for tickets around three months in advance and slowly see how the price is

Therefore, it’s important to know what you want to pay, not what you hope to pay. What’s the lowest price for you? What do you feel comfortable paying? Don’t wait for the perfect price; wait for your price.

The best time to book a ticket is six to eight weeks before your flight, or twelve to sixteen weeks ahead

The websites Airfarewatchdog, Holiday Pirates (Europe based), and The Flight Deal are great sites that will keep you alert of last-minute specials or deals.

I use Google Flights to look for a cheap major airport to fly into and then Skyscanner or Momondo for a budget flight to my final destination.

Moreover, early morning and late night flights tend to be cheaper. Few people want to be up at 5 a.m. for a flight or to fly overnight. Most business travelers leave on Monday and come back on Friday and families tend to travel over the week, thus midweek fares tend to be less expensive.