Andres like Willy Fog! You spend the whole day traveling! I don’t know how you do it! These are some of the pearls that our friends usually give us when we tell them that we are going on a trip. Today you will find answers to all those questions that keep you from sleeping about how we do it to travel as much as possible on a tight budget. Because traveling twice in a year is better than traveling just once, right? And if what you save from one trip gives you for another, all the better. These are some of the tricks to travel cheap that we usually use on our trips.

The magazine Smarter Lifestyles reported that 21 days before flying is the best time to book a flight. It’s not for nothing, but you still have to pay attention to them, right? For international flights 11 or 12 weeks in advance you will find the best offers.

If you are idle, take advantage and travel during the week. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are the cheapest days to fly. And of course try to fly in low season, avoiding July and August.

If you take a weekend getaway, see if it pays to return first thing on Monday morning and go to work something bleak. Your boss still doesn’t like it very much, but maybe your pocketbook will thank you.

Follow the social networks of your preferred airlines, so you will be informed of possible offers. There are also several pages on Facebook that continually show offers of flights almost given away by the world. My favorites are low cost guide and travelerpedia.

Consider making several connections to fly to your final destination even if you have to go around the world. Do not rule out flying to other airports close to your destination either.

One way of traveling that we like a lot is to choose a destination based on the cheap flight offers you see on the internet. One day you get bored, you start looking at flights on the internet and you find a super bargain, are you really going to let it escape? So you call all your friends to trick them into coming with you with the excuse that you can’t pass up that opportunity. Trust me it works.

If you are going to make long trips by plane (cross the pond, fly to Asia …) it will be worth it to get the affiliate card of that airline. On long trips you get a lot of points depending on the number of miles flown. If you accumulate them you can get a flight by the nose or for much less money. If you travel a lot for work it is essential that you take it off, it is free!

Don’t be afraid to catch planes that leave at untimely hours and, above all, don’t be afraid to spend the night at the airport.

Save on food on trips

Did someone say Iberian ham sandwich? We recommend at least the first day to take your mother’s tortilla sandwich and a good portion of vacuum-packed sausage. Also, remember that airport food is bad and expensive, so everything you can save by taking it from home will be perfect.

Try to pull street stalls or eat in the places that the local people recommend, they are the ones who know best where to go. Also don’t rule out the option of buying food in supermarkets.

Avoid as much as possible to have something between meals (this is something that I have known for a long time and I hate). I’m going to eat something from this street stall over there that looks very good, oh! Look at the queue to eat an ice cream for sure they are delicious, do we have one? These little things are what make the food budget somehow expensive.

How to find cheap hotels on the internet

The answer is simple: with patience. Arm yourself with the courage to be willing to go crazy looking for hotels and comparing them with each other. If you don’t want to end up in a madhouse you can consult pages that will help you in this hard work. For example, LBN hotels

We recommend you take the accommodation booked in advance. It is a way of being able to compare all the prices with peace of mind.

If, on the other hand, you like strong emotions, you can wait until the days before the trip. Sometimes there are bargain accommodations at the last minute.

Find out if there is an important event in your destination city during the dates that you go. If so, book it well in advance. In case of the misfortune of not finding accommodation, look for outlying towns that are well connected to the city center.

Share a room (don’t forget your ear plugs) or reserve rooms with a shared bathroom.

Stay in hostels, they are cheaper than a hotel and it is a good place to meet traveling people.

Use the sofa of others, that is, couch surfing. We haven’t tried it yet, but people are raving about this network.

I in your house and you in mine, or what is the same, make a home exchange.

If you want to know more, do not miss this detailed post on how to find cheap accommodation.

Save on museums and guided tours

Run forest run! Escape from the typical tourist buses that show you the city in exchange for a kidney. There is always a municipal bus that will make practically the same route as a tourist bus for much less money.

Guided tours are expensive and a pain in the ass. We only consider them essential on specific occasions. Find out if there are free tours in the city that you are going to visit that teach you the city by “will.”

Never change money at the airport, the rates are much higher. Take the money exchanged from Spain or change it in an exchange store in the country. If you travel a lot, you may be interested in taking out a credit card without commissions abroad.

Just tips, and only in countries that require it. You can take a look at this very interesting post about the tips to give in each country. In many countries the art of haggling is common, so take a look at it and show your skills at it.