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How To Travel If You’re Poor: Saving Up

posted June 7, 2011 / 27 Comments

In the interests of disclosure and context, I will start this post by telling you that I have never made more than $28,000 a [...]
Budget Travel How I Travel Post Series Tips & Tricks
How To Travel If You’re Poor: A Post Series

posted May 31, 2011 / 12 Comments

In 2007, I spent 6 weeks in Switzerland on around $1000. In just a few weeks, I will leave for a 10 week trip [...]
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How to Live in France for 10 Weeks on Less than $1000

posted May 30, 2011 / 13 Comments

It’s looking like I should have around $1000 for my 10 weeks in France, working out to around $100 a week, or around €12 [...]

I've lived on a rural island in South Korea and on a mountainside in Switzerland. I've herded cows in France, snuck across the border in Germany, and gotten mugged in Belgium. I once lived out of my car for nine months and traveled on a motorcycle held together by hope and duct tape.

I travel on an extremely low budget, pack light, shop locally, and love to really engage with new places and cultures. I'm proudly a tomboy, and I love to travel. Won't you join me?