Budget Travel Basics

07/22/2021

Hooray for Marriott points and Old Town charm!

07/20/2021

Love, love, love NOT having big heavy bags to schlep around. Remember: LESS is MORE when you are on travelling.

Here r the bags were using for nearly three weeks in Europe. There’s an Osprey, a Cotopaxi, n two “Hynes Eagle” bags we bot on Amazon for $40 each just to c if they would hold up - so far so good! Honestly thot we’d b bag shopping 5 days in. We pack four days of clothes, wear a fifth day, n plan on doing laundry about every five days. R villa in France had machines so washing was super easy, n we brought Tide pods from home. Xtra room in r bags was packed w snacks from home which we replace w travel trinkets we pick up along the way - nothing large or fancy. W all the covid confusion over here, we found an app that gives us the latest info on all the countries’ travel requirements: “re-open EU.” Highly recommend this app if ur headed this way any time soon. Most countries take euros (not Switzerland!) and in addition to some emergency cash ($US) we keep in a money belt, we withdraw money from ATMs every few days as needed, n mostly pay w a Marriott credit card. Most places have Uber over here, which we have used, but we have also taken taxis using the “Free Now” app which is easy peasy. We use Google Maps for walking directions or public transportation (local trains, metros, buses, trams - we’ve used them all). We use T-Mobile which includes a basic international plan w free texting, limited data (enough to use r apps), n $.25/minute for international calls. All hotels n most public places have WiFi (some better than others). Hope this is helpful, n happy to answer any questions…

07/20/2021

Hooray for Belgium!

07/19/2021

Too bad covid and the rain make this small park kind of lame

07/19/2021

Disney day!

07/19/2021

More Paris fun

07/19/2021

Our villa is so wonderful..just tough to leave. I secretly want to just live her forever!

07/19/2021

Milan 💜

07/19/2021

07/19/2021

Mask up and keep movin’

We haven’t been sleepin… here r some of the places we’ve been to in the last year or so: Orlando, Williamsburg, Grand Canyon National Park, Arches National Park, Zions National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Mexico City, Cancun, Costa Rica, Serbia, n Turkey. We’re stoked to start posting detailed info about r current n future trips. Always feel free to ask if u have any questions!

07/19/2021

Here we go!

06/05/2021

Welcome to Budget Travel Basics. We've got all the tips and tricks to make travel fun and affordable.

06/05/2021