Tag: Planning

Budgeting a Week in Spain: The one-way ticket strategy and a man named Nacho

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:

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Last minute spring break flights on a ramen noodle budget

(Deals as of 1/23/18)

If you go to school in the middle of nowhere or in-between a few airports, which one should you make it your business to get to?

I found the academic calendars of over 20 major colleges and universities around the country (thx Google), tracked down their spring break times (#stalkerstyle), and found their closest regional and international airports. From there I just tracked prices flying out of all of those airports, and discovered which ones have the best deals. *All the hubs I found are also the cheapest destinations to and from other hubs.*

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How I bought a bum load of travel tech without selling my underwear on the internet

Mainly I just wanted to make a joke about butts that would complement my reference to the online panty-sniffing industry. Also, here is how to buy nice things on the internet without paying full price.

Buy used. That’s it. End of article. People sell things they don’t need anymore, and they happened to take very good care of those things while they had them. If you need a piece of technology, odds are, somebody is trying to sell it right now on Facebook Marketplace. Tech companies are upgrading their tablets, phones, computers, headphones, smart watches, and cameras faster than I can get my puppy to actually poop outside. Consumers now buy things to prepare to upgrade within 3 years or less.

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How to save money without selling all your worldly possessions and moving to Thailand

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.

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How you can afford to travel abroad: Flight buying guide

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.

  1. Figure out when you can travel and PLAN EARLY 

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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