The strengthening of the Europe over the past number of years have resulted in European traveling becoming exorbitantly expensive for most of us. Below you will find a number of tips to help make a European trip less of a blow to your pocket.

1.Read up before you go. Do not simply arrive in London or Paris without having the vaguest idea where you want to go, what there is to see and where you will stay and eat. Invest in a budget travel guide. There are large number of them at your local bookstore.

2.If you are a single traveler, why not try to find someone to travel with you? Staying in a single room will cost 30% to 50% more than sharing a double room with someone else. Otherwise you can of course stay in dormitories, but not everybody likes that.

3.Once you have arrived in Europe, start taking the bus to go from city to city. Flying is more expensive and is simply the worst way to see a country. Taking the bus will save you a lot of money and will also allow you to experience the country and its people in a totally different way.

4.Make sure you buy one of the latest ebook readers before you set off on your travels. Without this you will in all likelihood get bored at night and want to go out every night. While this is certainly fun, it will also push up your daily budget astronomically. Spend 2 or 3 nights at the hostel reading up about the country where you are and the ones where you still want to go.

5.For the fitness conscious among us, make sure to take along your vitamin tablets, your health drinks and your kirkland glucosamine. All these will most likely cost a lot more in Europe than in your own country.

6.To really save a lot of money on accommodation, try to get enough travelers together so you can rent a camper or mobile home. In Europe there are numerous filling stations where you can refresh and often even shower for free or for a small fee. Now and again you could also park the vehicle in the parking area overnight and save one night’s accommodation costs.

7.Before you leave home, sign up for an instant messaging account, e. G. Skype or Yahoo Messenger. This is by far the cheapest way to stay in contact with the folks back home. Try NEVER to use the telephone in your hotel or hostel room. You might get a very nasty surprise when you check out – they normally load the bill by more than 100%.

To travel on a shoestring is an excellent (some say the best) way of seeing Europe. Staying in a five star hotel in most cities will cut you off from real life in that city. Staying in a hostel and buying fresh food at the local market every day will allow you to experience the country like one of the locals would. Traveling is a wonderful experience, the value of which can not be calculated in hard currency. Even if you have to sell off an investment or two, such as your nintendo stock, it will all be worth the effort.

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