Travel Advice from an Abrasive Millenial
I made this departure flight thanks to TSA allowing me through security with 24 individual tequila, Baileys, and rum pocket shots. They were sealed, 3oz, clear bottles packed in a clear plastic bag, pulled out with my toiletries, because loop holes are everywhere and it is my job as a middle child to exploit them.
For my very first trip abroad, I stayed in Dublin for a week with two friends who were also figuring out this whole ‘travel while broke’ thing with me. It was not glamorous: we packed multiple boxes of meal bars so we would only have to buy dinner (and drinks. mostly drinks), wore the same three outfits for a week, and took public transportation everywhere.
This whole ‘book one-way tickets from central hubs’ equation for travel is an art form — so here is an example of my next trip that was planned this way. I successfully followed a budget of about $100/month spread out from September to February, and now have the confidence of Beyoncé’s left boob.
One week of accommodations in Lisbon, Seville, and Barcelona + roundtrip transatlantic flights + transportation between cities = $750 spread out over September to June. SUCCESS, BITCHES. Here we go:
Why does everybody do this. I can’t watch Game of Thrones over there. I also think coconuts are just ok and that monkeys are actually shit animals. So throw away those stupid fucking elephant pants and just figure out how to save your money for traveling, here.
This is your first stop for figuring out how to be broke but also fly to Germany at the same time.
Money is just a meaningless social construct of weak and shamelessly uncultured slaves of capitalism, sure, but you can bet your parents’ recently watered down bottles of liquor that it still buys you plane tickets. Here’s how you can do that without secretly selling your roommates textbooks to Chegg.
How I Booked Flights as a Student
This is my tried and true travel method. I wrote an article about how I booked my most recent trip to Spain by doing this so you can see it working in real life.
You are obviously restricted to school scheduled breaks and summers off. This is manageable and can be affordable if you book as far in advance as humanly possible. Those dates are always the most expensive, but I have traveled to Europe in August for less than $400 roundtrip because I booked 9 months ahead of time. You have to be willing to start early before the airline begins to collect its data on those routes, and can therefore jack up the prices.
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