Money-Saving Strategies

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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
Europäische Reiseversicherung	Lola	8	12/23/22 05:58 AM
European Travelers Checks	Richard	19	06/05/19 11:58 AM
European trip - food costs	leah.gregory	19	06/05/17 05:38 AM
Euros	monty	34	09/10/19 03:50 AM
Euros at the ATM?	peggy	25	09/03/17 01:10 PM
Euros from Heathrow ATM?	Joel	20	03/10/14 07:29 PM
Eurostar, small savings	Larry	1	10/16/14 06:22 PM
Eurowings?	tkg43307	4	03/19/17 01:34 AM
Evacuation Insurance Quotes	Bruce	6	09/13/15 09:30 PM
Evacuation insurance vs out of pocket cost	TheOtherKathy	11	05/08/23 06:50 AM
Exchange Cash vs Using Cards	Ellie	28	05/07/21 09:20 PM
Exchange currency before trip or when we arrive?	Seattle1984	13	07/13/15 06:11 PM
Exchange for Norwegian Krone, Swedish krona and British Pounds before trip?	Seattle1984	3	05/18/15 12:40 AM
Exchange Rate Concerns?	joe32F	17	04/18/25 10:06 PM
exchanging dollars to euros	coevan	9	09/27/14 04:19 PM
Existing Condition Travel Insurance Issue	foubya	5	03/27/24 03:51 PM
Expedia points: unexpected casualty of COVID lockdown	avirosemail	10	07/18/21 12:29 AM
Expenses estimate for Portugal and Spain trip	LMW	3	05/31/17 04:57 PM
Extra change?	erectoch3	22	03/26/18 02:35 AM
Family hotels	rawsonbudd	8	06/23/17 06:11 PM
Family Trip	kavy	2	07/11/25 06:12 PM
Favourite Splurges and savings	jayhamps	36	02/23/18 06:59 PM
Feedback on your sites, DVDs, and TV programs.	dixie	3	02/24/15 03:19 AM
Finances Changing Travel Plans?	joe32F	31	04/17/25 02:50 PM
Financing my next trip with ebay	Nicole P	22	07/18/14 10:31 PM
Firenze Card and Children	kim_niedzwiecki	1	02/13/15 11:58 PM
Firenze Card Suggestion: Getting Four Days out of a Three Day Card	abhuffman	2	07/19/16 11:59 PM
First time back in Europe in over 30 years	jamescoste	14	04/04/17 11:11 PM
flights	marie	3	06/18/15 05:12 PM
flights	marie	5	06/18/15 04:42 PM
Flying from Portland Oregon to Germany	msuzanne_lawr...	21	10/12/19 09:05 PM
Flying in and out of Canada	joeandtamiclark	5	03/27/15 05:45 PM
Flying out of Canada to Europe as US citizen?	kevin	11	03/04/16 06:51 PM
flying to scandinavia	wahoodd	6	04/21/14 07:15 PM
For any Accor hotels fans	selkie	6	12/14/17 05:43 AM
Foreign ATMs and US Credit Unions	Diane G	9	07/30/24 06:54 PM
Foreign Conversion Rates	cathyvonderhaar	20	11/08/17 12:28 PM
Forints, Euros, ATMs, oh my	dpalmier53	9	09/18/17 07:18 PM
Found laundromat nearby thanks to Rick Steves guidebook!	barryboa	5	09/29/16 08:57 PM
free cash for senior citizens?	Robert	5	05/28/14 08:37 PM
Free GPS	Stephen	7	05/03/21 12:36 AM
Free Hilton silver status	phred	3	01/05/24 05:37 PM
Free Lodging Anywhere in the World	Gobbledygook	4	06/09/15 07:32 PM
"Free" walking tours	staynsavor	13	10/18/22 06:21 PM
From Texas to Europe cheap alternative	webm99	13	08/13/18 09:49 PM
FYI: some airlines no longer participating in popular online ticket websites	SuzieeQQ	4	06/29/15 11:13 PM
Germany hotel pass deals	Philip	2	01/25/14 06:46 PM
Getting a part time job just for travelling?	rob in cal	12	01/18/16 03:02 PM
Gift Cash Card usage	zcorsair	7	07/14/17 01:09 AM
Global Blue VAT Tax Refund in Norway	onlyme04	2	07/31/24 05:14 PM