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Couchsurfing is a good way to cut-down on your accomodation costs. The idea is that you make your home available to travellers, and other members of the couchsurfing community make their homes available to you when you're travelling. link    Kevin Solway (173)

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Cycle-touring is a cheaper way to travel and see a region, if bush-camping, cooking food yourself, and buying it from supermarkets.   Panoculus (40)

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Accommodation: The daily rate is often reduced if staying for 3-7 days.   Panoculus (40)

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Cutting rental car insurance excess: Some car rental companies offer reduced insurance cover excess when you book through an airline's site or use an airline frequent flyer points card. You can reduce the maximum insurance excess you would have to pay by as much as 40% (from $3000 to $1800 for example). There is nothing so good about renting a car on a holiday as knowing that if it gets stolen, written off, heavily damaged etc, your liability will be $1200 less than the usual.   myxlfidian (150)

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If you travel with a friend, accommodation packages that offer food and board are often quite affordable even in top resorts, especially when you book over 2 nights (i.e. 3-4 nights). Keep an eagle eye on their websites for price changes that happen by the hour, and haggle with places that have a dearth of clients (i.e. remote lodges). A remote, poorly visited lodge will gladly take an $80 cut off a $1000 booking for four nights. Never take a room or cabin until you look at it, unless you are turning up there so late that you don't have the luxury of choice, and don't care as you will be leaving in the morning anyway.   myxlfidian (150)

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What to bring to a backpacker hostel:
  • Sheets, towel and blankets to avoid paying hire fees.
  • Soap and thongs for the shower.
  • Knife, as the kitchen knives are often blunt or missing. Also, it's a good idea to wash the cutting board, crockery, cookware and cutlery before use, as backpackers are often sloppy washer-uppers.
  • Sleeping face-mask and ear plugs when sleeping in dorms.
  • Sanitary gel to wipe your hands. Many people do not wash their hands after using the toilets (just observe). Others may be carrying various transmissible diseases or infections.
  • A thermos, to drink boiled water from.
  • A head-torch, to avoid waking others when returning or leaving in the darkened dorm.

    Living in greater numbers at close quarters can reveal more sharply the lack of consideration and hygiene typical of human beings.   kellyjones00 (593)

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