5 ways to travel through Europe on a budget 五个欧洲交通攻略的穷游小锦囊
Many people ask us, how we can afford travel so often and do trips all over the world. And today, I want to tell you how we do it in Europe and how you dear Steemit friend can do it the same. Firstly I’m gonna tell you 5 ways to travel cheaply in Europe Transportation wise:
省钱畅游欧洲的5个方式：
有很多人问我们，为什么可以经常出去旅行，甚至还可以周游世界。今天我就跟大家分享一下我们在欧洲的穷游锦囊。首先要跟大家分享下五种廉价的交通工具：
1. Lowcost Carrier Airlines
Lowcost carriers like Ryanair and Easyjet are a great way to explore Europe,they have a huge network all over Europe, and there is also a good carrier for East Europe is Wizz Air. We used to fly from Basel to London and just paid 13 EUR and including all taxes! I also used to fly to South Europe and paid less than 100 euro, such as Lisbon or Barcelona. A minus point is, that you mostly have additional costs for checked-in luggage. Good websites to find cheap flight deals are for example swodoo.com, kayak.com or kiwi.com.
一. 廉价航空
欧洲都很多廉价航空，比如瑞安航空（Ryanair ）和 Easyjet, 它们有很多航线，几乎覆盖了整个欧洲，还有一个飞往东欧的航空是Wizard航空。我们曾经从瑞士的巴塞尔飞往伦敦只花了13欧元，包含机场税。我曾经飞南欧的里斯本或者巴塞罗那也都只花了不到一百欧。但要注意的是这两个廉价航空对行李的控制非常严格，订机票钱一定要查看航空公司要求，然后检查好自己的行李重量。我们经常用这几个网站来搜索廉价机票，swodoo.com, kayak.com，kiwi.com.
2. Long distance bus traveling
Just a few years ago long distance bus traveling got really popular with the appearance of Flixbus and co. With Flixbus you can travel really cheap, convenient and also quite comfortable through whole Europe, there is also another advantage, there are most buses even with wifi connection, you will not feel bored during the journey. The network of Flixbus is still growing extremely fast and more nightbus lines are opening day by day. At the moment, you can have a very good deal, which is 5 bus rides in whole Europe, wherever you want for just 99 Euros. We tried it out on our last Trip to France and Italy and it is a really great way to explore Europe as you can buy your ticket spontaneously and decide the evening before, where you wanna go and you just pay 20 EUR for the ride. A great website to compare bus fares and find tickets is www.busbud.com - Thanks to @beforeyoupack for the hint!
二. 长途巴士
近两年在欧洲长途巴士旅行非常受欢迎，最出名的长途巴士公司是Flixbus. Flixbus是一家德国公司，人们可以以一种便宜便捷且舒适的旅行方式畅游欧洲，不得不提的一点是多数flixbus都有wifi连接，让大家在枯燥的长途旅行中不会觉得无聊。Flixbus发展迅猛，许多夜间大巴都一一开通了。而且最近他们在官方网站上推出了很大的优惠活动，就是99欧元可以乘坐五次在整个欧洲。我们之前去法国和意大利就是买了这样的优惠票，确实给我们省了不少钱。乘坐长途巴士还有个好处就是不需要提前计划行程，在哪玩舒心了就可以多呆一段时间，也可以心血来潮的随意改变行程，让旅行也变得更随心所欲。
3. Saving tickets on European Railways
Another great way to explore Europe super cheap is by train, this is also my favorite travel way. Normal tickets can be quite expensive but there is a way to get incredible good deals; you need to book weeks or sometimes even months ahead, but then you can get for example from Zurich to Paris for 30EUR, or from Zurich to Vienna for 29EUR or more. Therefore you have to visit the websites of the train companies, example for whole europe: raileurope.com，www.voyages.sncf.fr and www.bahn.de/sparpreis, you also can check out other European countries on their own official railway website, you can always find some discount.
三. 在欧洲铁路游省钱方式
我个人最爱的交通方式是乘坐火车，我在国内旅行的时候不管去哪里都会乘坐火车，曾经最长的路线是从拉萨到沈阳，全程60个小时，当时真的要坐吐了，国内的火车票都是指定价格，但大多时候相比较机票还是很便宜的。在欧洲的话正常情况下火车票较贵，甚至高于飞机票，但也经常能买到打折火车票，当然一般都需要提前几周或者几个月订票，然后可以获得只需30欧从苏黎世到巴黎这样的优惠价格，从苏黎世到维也纳29欧等等。这里有几个网站可以淘到打折票，raileurope.com www.voyages.sncf.fr 和 www.bahn.de/sparpreis
4. Blablacar
Blablacar is a free App, which you can download and find people who are carpooling from one place to another. Its a good way to travel in Germany or France, i guess also in other countries its usable. I mostly used it for Germany. You register on the App, check from where to where you wanna go and the app shows you drivers, who want to drive the same way. They offer you a price and if you agree, they pick you up at a meeting point and take you where you wanna go. A great way to travel fast, meet new people and travel cheap.
四. Blablacar是一个免费的app，有点类似于我们国内的滴滴拼车，你可以注册成为司机然后拉客，也可以找适合路线的司机，不过在欧洲一般都是真的顺路，然后一起拼一程，很少有专门做这门生意的，（这么一说，这倒是在欧洲赚钱的好路子），但blablacar真的很便宜，而且很方便。
5. Hitchhiking
The cheapest way to travel in Europe is hitchhiking. It’s also a great way to meet people and you have a true travel feeling. 99 percent people don’t ask for money and if so, they will tell you before you enter the car. Its also pretty safe, fast and especially in Germany and East Europe its quite easy to get a lift.
五. 搭车
最后一个就是倍受争议的搭车了，近年来搭车引发的不安全事件频发，如果一个单身女性搭车确实要格外的提高警惕了，最好在人多的地点搭车，最好有选择性的乘车，选择搭同为女性或者一家人一起的车最好。
I hope my travel advises are useful for you and hope you enjoyed reading! If you have more tips, feel free to comment!
希望我的穷游锦囊对大家有所帮助，感觉阅读！❤️
The idea that Europe is expensive has always prevented me from traveling there. Your not the first person to tell me that it's actually affordable though. I hope I can get there before I'm an old man.
it is hard to travel TO Europe from outside, but once you're in Europe, it's really cheap. Especially, if you are smart about plane, rail and bus tickets :) I would highly recommend, because you can even travel anywhere here, and you're always going to end up in a beautiful destination.
Yes you definitely should visit Europe, and really - it is affordable, especially if you have time and not here just for a week or so..
I will make it there one day for sure. There is a lot of history I want to see and food I want to devour haha.
Great tips! Very interesting to read about since I'm living in Europe (Belgium). Some things to add:
Low budget airlines:
Use sky scanner (app/website) to find the best deals, planned a round trip in Africa only using this app, was a major success
Another cheap way to get around on train is buy the European rail pass:
https://www.interrail.eu/
1 pass for 30 countries, and you can sleep on certain trains :)
Look for B&B's, they are run by local people who know some money saving tips & tricks.
We have some of the best B&B's in a very affordable price range. Find the best ones on Airbnb (app)
Hitchhiking pro tip as a former scout:
Wear a youth movement uniform and always have something to write on, so people can see clearly where you want to go.
Secret tip:
Make some European steemian friends :)
Save travels !
Thank you so much for your great additional tips @sacrezm! True, skyscanner is another very useful website. I'm just a bit disappointed about skyscanner as it sometimes shows prices on the first page, which are not true at the end. With kayak or kiwi, i didn't have this experience yet. Interrail is also a great way to explore Europe. Just the ticket prices were quite rising in recent years so depending on which countries you wanna go and how much you wanna travel, single tickets might be even cheaper at the end. About hitchhiking: In my experience, it can be useful sometimes to write where you wanna go, but the best experience i had was asking people directly at gas stations where they go and if they wanna give me a lift. I will definitely consider your "Secret tip" for my next travel!!;-)
Great post! Plane tickets inside Europe can be very cheap. I book my plane tickets through skyscanner. You should checkout busbud. Traveling by bus in the same country is usually a steal.
Thanks @beforeyoupack! Wow, i dind't know about busbud yet! Amazing website!! Thanks a lot for telling me!!:-)
wow nice trip its a lovely place
Thanks @syche :-)
I didn't even think that flying can be so cheap! Europe was always something scary expensive for me 😅
Great post, thank you, @liflorence! Will you write about how to save money on food and accomodation? 😁
Low cost airlines are the best variant.
Great post, living in Europe and travelling through Europe is so great and can be really cheap indeed :)! Keep on posting!
Thanks @travellust! You are right!:-)
I definitely use the technique of long distance bus travelling not only to save on travel costs, but also on one night of hostel stay. Great tips! Thanks for sharing. :)
Thats right @boomshikha! Its a great way to safe a night at a hostel if you are able to find sleep at i night bus. Some people don't and they rather spend another night at a hostel..;-) And you get to see more of the landscape if traveling during the day.. But of course it always depends on everyones preferences..;-)
Yes, it's definitely depending on preference. It can go either way. :)
Nice post! %100 upvote ☺
Thanks a lot @kenan1989! :-)
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