Money-Saving Strategies

Share your best budget tips

When traveling on a budget, there are many ways to make Europe affordable. From eating and sleeping cheap, to getting value from a great guidebook, to avoiding high-cost flights, share your best tips to save money.

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Title	Author	Replies	Last Post
Purchasing a Phone in Europe	Barbara	21	06/05/14 03:58 PM
Tipping at hotels	Barbara	24	04/11/14 08:01 AM
Travel Insurance for New Zealand sight-seeing, hiking, kayaking, etc	Barbara	6	01/04/20 03:59 AM
Recent Positive Chase Sapphire Card Trip Cancellation Experience	Barbara N	4	06/30/25 01:26 AM
Airbnb vs. HomeAway/VRBO vs.Booking.com	Barb Z	20	03/02/18 06:06 PM
Shopping for home remodel	Barkinpark	23	01/05/25 12:02 AM
Found laundromat nearby thanks to Rick Steves guidebook!	barryboa	5	09/29/16 08:57 PM
Best option for chip and PIN Mastercard	beth.chaplin	9	03/29/15 10:30 PM
When using credit card - should you tell merchant to use their currency rate or US?	betsyjaney	17	09/10/23 08:30 PM
My Way vs fully guided tour	bevkirklandextra	10	01/22/16 11:29 PM
ATM only card in Europe	b.farmer	3	04/20/17 01:33 AM
Budget for a Month in Europe	bguay	14	04/09/14 12:46 AM
Critique My Budget/Itinerary!	bguay	8	07/23/14 02:15 AM
Anyone here use WithFaye for trip insurance yet?	Bill	0	09/15/24 10:59 PM
Best travel credit card (or credit card in general)?	bkoss	40	08/17/21 07:09 PM
DCC, Dynamic Conversion Charge	Bob	10	05/24/23 01:23 AM
Maximizing Chase reward travel with jet blue card?	bobbijoann	5	01/06/24 12:29 AM
US credit bureau account freezing made easier?	bobbing	2	07/26/18 05:33 AM
Health Ins Coverage in IT, GE, PO & IL	bobeso	15	03/14/23 12:47 AM
Best Travel Insurance??	bobglaser22	9	07/08/22 10:18 PM
Mag Stripe only ATM Card	Boltface	10	05/07/18 09:33 PM
cash?	bonemjt	21	04/14/23 08:30 AM
Amsterdam to Paris to Gimelwald to Rome	Brandon	4	01/31/17 09:45 PM
Travel to Dublin, Belfast, and Scotland	brohr	3	03/18/17 10:57 AM
Evacuation Insurance Quotes	Bruce	6	09/13/15 09:30 PM
Citi/Costco Credit Card	Bruce	8	07/31/16 12:28 AM
Alaska Airlines VISA Credit Card - No More Foreign Transaction Fees	Bruce	2	06/15/16 03:44 AM
Check Your Credit Card Benefits - Trip Interruption/Cancellation	Bruce	7	11/17/17 12:01 PM
Prepaid European VISA cards	Bruce	8	07/06/18 02:17 AM
Are some airports cheaper than others?	brucedimon	7	07/21/14 05:30 PM
groupon.it anyone?	bsibiski	5	04/10/14 02:54 AM
EurAide just saved me a bundle on rail fares!	bs.porter	8	06/30/15 10:43 PM
Package Deals vs purchasing airfare and hotel separately	Canashaw	6	05/02/15 06:09 PM
ATM Madrid Barajas (Updated)	Car Education	11	01/09/20 09:17 PM
Camping.	carloopatricio	17	03/05/15 09:24 PM
Cash vs. Credit in Europe	Carol C.	20	08/14/22 05:33 PM
Okay, so I'm going to St. Petersburg. How do i save money.	carolchalker7	6	06/27/19 08:32 PM
Economical way to spend July 2022 hiking in Europe	carole.schlappi	5	07/09/22 12:00 PM
TravelToe worked well for me.	Caroline S	1	05/01/14 08:47 PM
Airport ATMs- be careful which ones you use	Carol now...	25	04/09/15 03:10 PM
Trip Report: How my cards worked in Europe	Carol now...	18	07/22/15 02:00 PM
Global Entry for 1/2 price	Carol now...	8	10/06/15 01:04 AM
The value of a polite request…	Carol now...	28	06/13/22 01:55 AM
Dynamic Currency Conversion Example	Carol now...	6	08/15/22 04:13 AM
Venice Public Transport Prices increasing on Sept 1st	Carol now...	4	08/02/22 09:54 PM
SIM card - to buy or not to buy?	carolr	6	06/04/17 06:50 PM
WW 2 tours in Normandy	carolyn.troy	4	11/28/19 08:57 PM
Foreign Conversion Rates	cathyvonderhaar	20	11/08/17 12:28 PM
Debit Visa card question	cathyvonderhaar	12	08/08/17 04:07 PM
Urgent: how many cards to take?	cathyvonderhaar	22	08/27/17 05:31 PM