How to Travel the World on $50 a Day
If you haven’t already been bitten by the travel bug, this comprehensive guide to traveling to places well-traveled or isolated will certainly do the trick. Author Matt Kepnes himself notes that the tips in How to Travel the World on $50 a Day: Revised: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter come to an average of $50 per day: Obviously, travel in France and Germany will be more expensive, although that’s balanced out by travel in Central America and South Asia, which can run as low as $25 per day.
I had just about given up on foreign travel before picking up this book. Matt Kepnes finally gave me hope that I, too, may someday will be able to stroll down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées despite my pitiful teacher’s salary.
Tripit App Review
Why I love it
This app is quite simple keeps me organized while on the road. It allows me keep all of my travel plans in one place in chronological order including booking details like addresses, boarding times and booking reference numbers that are easily accessible. All I have to do is forward the booking confirmation email to plans@tripit.com and it is added to my itinerary within seconds. This app manages my life while on the road with everything from flights to accommodations to events, to activities and attractions to restaurant reservations to maps and so much more, pretty much anything pertaining to travel. And if an itinerary item is not on the list you can manually add in a note so you are completely covered. You can also add a profile that is easily accessible which includes passport information and any other documents that are important to you. The app tracks your travel stats such as distance travelled, total days on the road, cities and countries visited and more. For my 2020 trip to Thailand I travelled 29,5888 KM’s, was travelling for 18 days, visited 4 countries and 23 cities. It even tracks your carbon footprint if that is important to you. The best part is it’s free!!! Just download on the app store and you are good to go. For all the travel benefits follow this link https://www.tripit.com/web/free/how-it-works
Tripit Pro
Trip it Pro takes your travel game to another level for $49 per year. Some of the added benefits with Tripit pro that I take advantage of include:
- Interactive airport maps
- International travel information such as currency conversion, tipping expectations by country, plug types, languages spoken, vaccination recommendations, where the Canadian embassy is located and much more that is relevant to your destination
- Covid-19 guidance by country which is huge given that this can change daily
- Airport security wait times
- Alternate flight options
- You can add friends and family to instantly receive your travel plans as you add them to the app so people actually know where you are cause you never know
If you’re travelling for more than a week get this app and get the pro version end of story. To have all of this all in one place on your phone is a no brainer and I would not leave home without it.