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
how to pay for travel lifestyle	Kathy	114	08/28/24 06:26 PM
Debit Card block from your bank	kreckel1	71	03/06/17 08:35 PM
How Do You Economize While Traveling?	jen	61	08/18/16 10:47 PM
Cash is King! Some thoughts.	wbfey1	59	09/09/19 09:17 PM
Use cash, not a card!	Lee	53	12/27/18 09:14 AM
Euro is $1.12! When did that happen?	Lola	51	09/11/19 04:51 AM
70 year old female traveling solo concerns re ATM's for cash	erob1224	49	08/04/19 11:01 PM
Be smart! Do what Rick says! Pay in Euros!!	vmorton	49	09/13/22 07:41 PM
Bring Euros or use the ATM? The math seems to say bring them.	gulfside	48	09/27/15 12:07 AM
How are YOU saving for a trip?	Chriss	47	05/02/16 11:10 PM
Paying in Cash or CC for daily expenses	MariaF	46	11/02/18 02:44 PM
Does $200/day sound thrifty to you? Extravagant? Moderate?	avirosemail	46	11/15/21 12:21 PM
Money handling in Europe...So let me get this straight...	Mike in VT	45	05/15/15 09:45 PM
Health care in Europe	rgriffin7	45	04/26/19 08:10 PM
Purchasing business class advice	Karen	44	12/15/22 02:08 AM
Senior discounts	retiredinVT	43	10/08/17 02:58 AM
Adult opposite gender siblings sharing hotel room	Abby	43	11/05/18 08:04 PM
Chip and PIN on the way in 2015, sort of	phred	41	01/09/15 07:51 AM
Best travel credit card (or credit card in general)?	bkoss	40	08/17/21 07:09 PM
Schwab ATM/debit card	jajomax	39	04/16/19 07:36 PM
Capitol One Venture Card...or NOT. Seeking Other Recommendations	jlkelman	39	08/01/19 01:36 PM
Always Take A Second Credit Card	Andrea 🌎	39	11/06/21 09:36 PM
Notifying your bank	erectoch3	38	03/08/18 07:23 PM
Self-inflicted travel regrets (being a cheapskate)	Allan	38	08/03/21 01:17 AM
Bring euros or use an ATM?	lois	38	08/15/23 07:57 PM
Favourite Splurges and savings	jayhamps	36	02/23/18 06:59 PM
Lesson learned: bring cash	cynthiabkemp	35	10/06/18 05:37 PM
Back up Credit card?	Nancy	34	04/26/19 12:53 PM
Euros	monty	34	09/10/19 03:50 AM
Mom traveling with grown son-accomodations are expensive	Sandra	33	09/10/14 04:05 PM
Why are you in Germany today?!?!?!	Mark	33	08/11/20 02:50 PM
Chase Sapphire	jules m	33	06/19/22 12:35 AM
Traveling to Europe in April. Change $$ to Euros now to get better exchange rate?	paulgoodman	32	04/05/15 02:17 AM
Credit & Debit Card Fees	taylorc7	32	05/25/18 05:30 PM
Cash vs. CC	khansen	32	10/20/23 02:25 AM
Delta fares	jules m	32	03/11/24 01:25 PM
Updated list of "true" chip and PIN cards?	Lola	31	01/22/18 09:50 PM
Conflicting advice about cheapest way to get local currency (Europe)	tph2010	31	06/30/17 12:28 AM
Finances Changing Travel Plans?	joe32F	31	04/17/25 02:50 PM
Capital One issues chip & signature cards	Sarah	30	07/18/15 11:53 PM
What to do with that pesky leftover currency	phred	30	03/12/16 07:02 AM
Have the bank fees using ATM fees in Europe gone up?	travelfan	30	06/11/16 06:47 PM
traveling without reservations	Joann	30	03/18/17 11:05 AM
best way to convert cash dollars to euros?	Packy	30	09/02/18 10:42 PM
Apartment meal ideas	travel4fun	30	10/12/21 05:26 AM
Visa Debit Chip and Pin	Jeremy	29	12/29/15 08:09 PM
currency exchange into Euros from Homestreet bank in Seattle	roberta.nasser	29	06/09/17 08:35 PM
ATM more risk than Credit Card?	Karen	29	01/05/19 04:30 AM
Non-rich solo travel	Mike L	29	04/22/20 05:04 PM
Apple Pay	Horseless	29	06/08/21 09:01 AM