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
Clothing Sales	Zoe	4	11/06/14 10:16 AM
Schwab Chip and Pin	pam	4	05/12/15 05:04 PM
Radius Neuschwanstein Castle tour	masa_deguchi	4	05/19/15 09:03 AM
Free Lodging Anywhere in the World	Gobbledygook	4	06/09/15 07:32 PM
ATMs at Marco Polo airport	retiredinVT	4	06/04/15 06:51 PM
FYI: some airlines no longer participating in popular online ticket websites	SuzieeQQ	4	06/29/15 11:13 PM
Rick Steves Audio Europe	geochuck	4	06/24/15 06:11 PM
Report: Credit card use on recent trip	Joe	4	08/30/15 06:30 AM
Another United "BUY MILES" Sale	AllieH	4	12/29/15 09:28 PM
Canadian "no fee"Tangerine Bank experiences?	Sherry	4	01/13/16 08:16 PM
Travel Reward Cards: Capital One vs Chase Explorer vs Chase Sapphire vs ?	AllieH	4	04/29/16 02:54 PM
Is anyone familiar with Train Split?	Simone	4	03/31/16 06:14 PM
Washing your clothes: Try this Laundry website	Shelley	4	03/31/17 02:44 AM
Amsterdam to Paris to Gimelwald to Rome	Brandon	4	01/31/17 09:45 PM
Eurowings?	tkg43307	4	03/19/17 01:34 AM
7 day budget to Rome	egomez273	4	05/09/17 01:59 PM
Visiting Milan Italy? MilanoCard was worth getting ... http://www.milanocard.it/	Ira Serkes	4	05/15/17 02:26 PM
Money exchange at Gatwick	SLORD	4	08/30/17 07:39 AM
Hotel Freebies	Robert	4	09/09/17 05:28 PM
Which is cheaper? Nice or Barcelona?	erinscheetz446	4	01/04/18 01:42 PM
Shipping Regular Mail from Spain - a Very Bad Idea!	tuzywall	4	01/14/18 10:28 PM
Oslo to Stockholm to Malmo	WhateverLA	4	03/13/18 09:33 AM
England Castle passes???	tfattal26	4	07/08/18 03:22 AM
Travel Insurance question of a different sort...	Gretchen	4	08/12/18 11:54 PM
Advance ticket purchase Barcelona	fjb	4	03/22/19 10:54 PM
Series One Euro Banknote Still Valid?	Grier	4	03/19/19 05:32 PM
Question for home exchangers	Lola	4	05/03/19 12:46 AM
Roma Passes	pbehie	4	09/27/19 07:15 PM
WW 2 tours in Normandy	carolyn.troy	4	11/28/19 08:57 PM
Paris Pass - saving money on museums	jeshot5	4	02/27/20 08:05 PM
Large hotel groups with reasonable coronavirus cancellation policies.	Lola	4	03/15/20 02:43 AM
Allianz travel insurance	JF	4	06/14/20 06:25 PM
Venice Public Transport Prices increasing on Sept 1st	Carol now...	4	08/02/22 09:54 PM
Black Friday RS Tour Sales for 2023?	Luv2Go	4	11/22/22 03:55 AM
Minimal Travel Insurance	scott.d.warner	4	11/30/23 07:34 PM
Medical and evacuation insurance	dpiercejr63	4	07/29/23 04:25 PM
Your experience claiming benefits of high end travel cards	PEDMJR	4	08/13/23 03:59 PM
senior discounts	ccstarr73	4	02/04/24 10:47 PM
Help with VAT refund	Coffeetogo	4	03/07/24 03:53 AM
Travel Insurance for Europe	Ginger	4	01/31/25 11:10 PM
Recent Positive Chase Sapphire Card Trip Cancellation Experience	Barbara N	4	06/30/25 01:26 AM
Photo savings	Larry	5	01/27/14 04:10 PM
groupon.it anyone?	bsibiski	5	04/10/14 02:54 AM
free cash for senior citizens?	Robert	5	05/28/14 08:37 PM
Paris museum children FREE but do they need to queue up?	mpmclane1	5	12/11/14 03:14 AM
Shipping purchases back to the U.S.	pwell13	5	07/19/14 11:42 AM
Moved from CHI to Dubai, now cannot use nonrefundable flight from CHI, any ideas?	Sarah	5	10/13/14 05:00 PM
Flying in and out of Canada	joeandtamiclark	5	03/27/15 05:45 PM
RS discounts at various shops in Europe	kathy	5	01/27/15 08:53 PM
ATM/Debit Cards with no foreign transaction fees?	Frank	5	03/31/15 02:58 PM