The Mystery Behind Traveling with No Money
The Hidden Mystery Behind Traveling With No MONEY

Travelling is always a wonderful
experience, and everybody loves it. We require time and money to travel. Most
of us have time (holidays), but we’re not able to travel due to no-money thing.
I have been traveling for years,
and I know some travelers that travel with absolutely no money. Following them,
I tried traveling with for free and succeeded. They make use of different
strategies to get free trips and tours.
Those strategies are not a
secret anymore, and if you follow those, you can set your path to travel for
free.
Traveling with no money seems
impossible, but as you go through top travel blogs, and read stories, you start
believing in!
In a TED
Talk, Tomislav Perko shares how he
travels the world with almost no money. This talk includes some simple
strategies to see the world with no money.
How To Travel With No MONEY
Before I start sharing some
secrets, let me share the major expenses during the travel.
So, travel expenses mainly fall
into three categories:
Transportation: This includes moving from point A to point B. It can be through airplanes, vehicles, or ships.Accommodation: Where you stay during travel, whether it’s a restaurant or a hostel, you’ve to pay.Food: Yes, you can’t live without food, and it costs you money.
 When you minimize these expenses, you can
travel for free:
#1. Free Transportation
Transportation covers most of
the travel budget. For free transportation, hitchhiking is the only way.
You stand on the right road,
with a cheering face and a ‘like’ thumb. Someone stops and owes you a lift.
Hitchhiking costs you nothing.
You need to have exciting stories to share when you’re traveling with the
stranger.
I tried visiting several
European countries which require no visa to travel within.
I used to stay on the right road
(towards the destination), with my thumb on, and a cheering face. A vehicle
stops in here I go.
This is how simple hitchhiking
is!
An exclusive tip by Tomislav (an
experienced free traveler) is to look into drivers’ eyes when you’re
hitchhiking. That’ll make them stop.
As you hitchhike and reach your
destination, go out and talk to locals. You’ll find a lot of friends who can
help you with free trips across the city.
#2. Free Accommodation
To get free accommodation, I use
Couchsurfing. Couchsurfing is a place where you can find locals that
host travelers for free. You can meet other travelers, travel together and
enjoy more.
For minimizing travel expenses, this
site is heaven. I used it when I traveled to Asian countries like India, and
Nepal. Free accommodations, everywhere!
Here’s how to get free accommodation; be humble when you talk on the site, share why you are visiting the city. For better interaction, video calls your host on skype and learn more about himself and the city.
When you reach your destination, and then your host place, get ready for fun. Enjoy your time as much as you can, amuse your host with compelling stories you’ve got. You can get started with “how I reached here” story. After relaxing hours, wake up and start talking about the tourist places. Your host already has an idea about your no-budget travel so he will find an affordable or freeway to go around. In some of my journeys, my host used to spare time to travel together, costing me nothing!
#3. Food
About food, you’ve to manage on
your own. In most of the cases whether you’re Couchsurfing or sleeping in a
park; you’ve to work for food.
When I was in Europe, I worked
for a few hours at a hotel, and they gave me food and accommodation for free.
If you don’t want to work, you
can try some magic tricks, live music on the roads to have enough money
collected for food. This works for all traveling destinations, you entertain
walkers, and they owe you food or money.
To minimize your food expenses,
always buy food from general stores. They have packed food, and costs less than
the market prices. Packed food can also be saved in your backpack, which can be
utilized later on the go.
#4. Don’t Forget Walking Tours
We’ve learned how to minimize
accommodation, transportation, and food expenses. Now, we are into exploring
the city for free.
I know you reached a beautiful
city through hitchhiking and you wanna explore.
So, here’s the thing, take free
walking tours.
From Couchsurfing, you can meet
travelers in the city and arrange free walking tours. These tours will cost you
nothing, and you can have amazing experiences.
#5. Look For Free things to do
It’s not about doing part-time
jobs. It’s about doing little tasks to enjoy free accommodation and probably
food.
When I was in Australia, I
stayed for free on a beautiful yacht by doing some simple tasks like serving
beer and food. I got free accommodation, food, amazing views, and that is what
we all need!
You can find small jobs around,
that cost you nothing but a few hours, and you earn free accommodation plus
food.
#6. Don’t underestimate the power of Tourist Cards
If you’re in a country where
local transport is present across the city, get yourself a tourist card. Government
tourism authorities issue these Cards.
With the tourist card, you can travel for free on local buses and other transport. For European countries, it works great. You are allowed to travel on local trains, local buses and other transport options for free.
#7. House Sitting
This is similar to doing small
tasks or jobs, house sitting helps you get free accommodation and kitchen
cooked food for little responsibilities.
Several sites connect house
owners and travelers. Profiles are verified with documents, so you don’t get
scammed.
Here are my top picks for house
sitting:
Trusted HousesittersHouse CarersHome Exchange
WRAPPING UP:
Traveling with no money is possible in the era of the internet. We can make connections in no time. Wherever you travel, have some quality connections (built online), and you’ll experience no money travel. Have you got any other tips to travel with no money? 
