How to travel if you're young and broke :)
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1. Volunteer work for food and accommodation
WorkAway is the largest cultural exchange platform in ~170 countries.
How it works: You create a profile, choose a host, and agree on assistance with accommodation and food.
Unique feature: you need to pay for participation (membership), so check your host in advance.
Worldpackers — Volunteer work and exchange experiences and assistance in different countries.
The platform says they check all hosts and offers ratings and reviews. You can send a private message to any person who left review and ask any questions about the host.
(I'm going to try it for the first time in Morocco in a week and attach photo proofs :)
WWOOF — A platform where you can help on organic farms, ideal for ecotourism and eco- activists. Most hosts wait 3-4 hours a day for assistance, the rest of the time is yours.
2. Cheap Flights
You can compare all prices here:
Skyscanner - I use it all the time for any international flights. I especially love to check "explore everywhere" to see which cheap and direct flights exist every month from my city.
Aviasales - you can use it to compare ticket prices if you travel to or around Russia. Payments are accepted with any bank cards (including Russian cards). To make even the most of it - after finding the ticket you need you can go to that specific air-company website and buy your ticket directly.
3. Booking excursions and attractions for free or almost free
If you don't have the budget for excursions, you can use the GetYourGuide platform.
Important: you need at least 3,000 followers on social media to receive a voucher (up to €200) for free entry to attractions.
If you don't have any subscribers, you can work through affiliate/referral links and earn cashback for every booking, allowing you to travel almost for free.
Guruwalk - another great service where you can book free walking tours in any country (you can leave tips if you like your guide)
Showaround - is a platform that connects travelers with locals for tours. Currently, the site features over 2000 locals in about a thousand cities worldwide, and it's growing fast – so finding a local for some insider knowledge has never been easier.
You can either book a tour with a local for free or with some payment in a foreign city or you can also become a local tour guide in your own city - I did it in Moscow for 4 years and can surely say it's the best experience of my life :))
4. Find travel companions and free accommodation
Couchsurfing through this service you can connect with locals and ask for an accommodation for a couple of days for cultural connections.
Here you can also chat with locals and other travelers and create your own events in every city, for example, "I want to explore the area". Then you can see who is ready to join you and meet up :) easy peasy xoxox
It's not only saves you money but also connect you with many beautiful local people and travelers around the world.
Travel Ladies is a service for women where you can find free accommodation from other travelers or locals.
Designed specifically for safe travel:
• Ability to see who's nearby in your city/country
Perfect for solo travel: you can find a travel buddy or a host willing to host you for 1-3 nights for free. There also local chats for every city and you can post your pictures and texts as your personal blog.
5. How to stay connected to the internet in every country
I've tried many different eSIM services and found the most affordable one - MobiMatter is my favourite that I use all the time in my travels. With my personal code VMONS93296 you can get 50% cashback (up to $5) on your first purchase.
That's all!!!! Thank you for reading till the end and hope this article was useful for you! Wish you many fun travels, kissss))))))
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