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How To Travel For Free (or pretty damn near it!)
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An unconventional guide for traveling the world on little or no money.
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25 Amazing Facts about Countries Around the World

From the website List25 comes this amazing list of “25 Things you Wouldn’t Believe“ about 25 countries around the world. So fascinating we thought we would share! Depending upon you...

2 days ago

Great Airline Point Credit Card Offer For British Airways!

Last week Shelley and I got back from our amazing trip to Kenya and Tanzania, and like we so often do for our trips we used airline points to get our roundtrip tickets. This of course saved us a TON ...

23 may 12

Tripping.com – A great new travel resource from Wandering Educators

Recently I learned about Tripping.com from Wandering Educators, the global community of educators sharing travel experiences. Tripping is a global travel hosting community, where people can connect i...

01 may 12 1 person likes this

Hospitality Exchanges – Another Great Way To Travel For Free (or pretty damn near it!)

You’ve heard us talk quite a bit about doing home exchanges to help significantly reduce the cost of a travel, and hospitality exchanges can do the same thing. When you join a hospitality exchange or...

24 apr 12

How to Travel the World on Zero Dollars a Day

Our book, How To Travel For Free (or pretty damn near it!) and blog are all about traveling free, or as close to free as possible. In the book we share a lot of our own personal methods that we use &...

16 apr 12

Our 5 Best Reasons to Travel Sustainably

Sustainable Travel is all about leaving a smaller footprint in the places we travel, both on nature and the people who live there. It’s also called ecotourism, green travel and my least favori...

09 apr 12

Books that Help you Travel Better

This blog exists, of course, because of the book Keith and I wrote that shares our tips, methods and secrets (in detail) for how we travel for free or very close to it, on a regular basis. We wrote t...

19 mar 12

The Passport Party Project Comes to Austin

With today being National Passport Day, I wanted to share an exciting initiative that myself and How to Travel for Free got involved with. Last Saturday, March 3, I was thrilled to be part of a new m...

10 mar 12

Stretch Your Travel Dollars By Going To Fascinating Yet Still Inexpensive Countries Like Laos

Shelley and I just got back from our 9-day trip to Laos on Wednesday, and we had an awesome time! Much to my pleasant surprise, despite articles like this that have come out over the last several ye...

02 mar 12

Save Money Staying At Inexpensive, Yet Clean And Safe, Guesthouses

All of you already know that accommodations can take a serious bite out of your travel budgets, especially if you are staying at four and five star hotels. Heck, you can spend a lot of money even sta...

16 feb 12 1 person likes this

TFF on GoNomad

Yesterday some of our top How To Travel For Free secrets were featured on GoNomad.com, an awesome resource for experiential and independent travel. The secret lies in completely discarding convention...

10 feb 12

How to Win Giveaways – Start with These!

As we discuss in the book, How to Travel for Free (or pretty damn near it!), entering contests and giveaways is a great way to get free travel. I have won several trips over the years, and here at Ho...

25 jan 12

Home Exchanging in Nicaragua

Greetings from Nicaragua, where we have been ensconced in Granada for the past week, staying absolutely free in a very cool little bamboo artist loft/casita. People often ask me how it’s possib...

18 jan 12 1 person likes this

The Roses Travel Throughout North America On The Cheap!

Today we have a guest post from my friend, Greg Rose. He and his wife, Angie, are in the midst of an amazing trip throughout many of the most beautiful places in North America. And they are doing it ...

13 jan 12

2011 Airline Point Recap – Fantastic!

Well as we enter a new year, I thought it would be a good time to recap what I’ve been able to accomplish and obtain with my various airline points rewards programs. Again, with a relatively small am...

02 jan 12 1 person likes this

Family Getaway Contest Winner

Congratulations to Jane Peterson, who won our $150 gift card giveaway for any Family Getaway vacation! Family Getaway is a website that finds the best travel deals for families and allows you to eith...

29 dec 11

Family Getaway – Value Your Time Together and Win $150

Welcome to the world of family travel! We are excited to introduce you to a new resource, and announce a new travel giveaway contest. We’ve partnered with Family Getaway, a website that offers ...

13 dec 11

How To Get The Best Airfare

Anyone who loves to travel knows that one of the biggest expenses, if not THE biggest expense, can be your airfare. Sure, getting a free ticket with airline points is a fantastic way to get rid of th...

05 dec 11 1 person likes this

Airport Transfers: To Take a Taxi or Not?

Today we bring you a very informative guest post from Kristina Wegscheider, co-founder of Do It While You’re Young, a travel website for young women interested in traveling, studying, working and vol...

29 nov 11 1 person likes this

Free Spain: 9 Fantastic Things to Do for Free in Extremadura

Our guest writer today is Will Peach who is one of the site editors over at Gap Daemon, the gap year travel community website for backpackers and gap year travelers. Enjoy! Despite having a reputatio...

15 nov 11

How Language Can Unlock your Travels

Today’s guest post is from Aaron Myers, of The Everyday Language Learner’s Guide to Getting Started. Keith and I are going to Nicaragua in January, and I am currently starting Aaron’s gui...

10 nov 11 1 person likes this

Share Your Travel Story!

Today’s post is about a fabulous concept and website we recently connected with: WeGetThere.com. It’s a crowdfunding site for travel – similar to kickstarter, this new site (still i...

07 nov 11

Eat With A Local!

Today we have a guest post from Vicki who started a cool website called EatWithALocal.com. Shelley and I love to eat with locals whenever we can, so this site immediately caught our attention. Yes, d...

01 nov 11

Help Cambodia Flood Victims for $38

Last October, Keith and I had the pleasure of staying in Siem Reap, Cambodia for a week. It’s a great town, beautiful area, with amazing people. And of course, home to the incredible UNESCO Wor...

24 oct 11

The Best Backpack – and Win a Book!

Recently, a reader wrote to us with a question about backpacks, and packing: “Great book – I bought the Kindle version over the weekend. Great tips, perfect length. I’m going to be ...

17 oct 11

Book review at ASJA

How to Travel for Free (or pretty damn near it!) was just reviewed in the ASJA Monthly - the magazine for members of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Continue reading →

03 oct 11

Gap Year Travelers on a Budget

Taking a “gap year” is a big part of the entry into adulthood and careers for many people around the world. Gap Daemon is a U.K.-based website that is all about all things gap year relate...

20 sep 11

How To Volunteer Overseas Without Paying An Expensive Agency

Today we have a guest post from Sarah who started a great website called VolunteeringForFree.org, a site dedicated to accessing information on how to volunteer overseas without having to go through a...

30 aug 11

The World’s Best Free Attractions

AOL Travel published a great article not too long ago, highlighting some of the top attractions in the world – that are totally free. The list was gleaned from Lonely Planet. Having been to all of th...

18 aug 11

Shelley’s & Keith’s Tips in the News

Our tips on traveling for free and very cheap have been featured on several websites lately, including the Chicago Tribune and TrekHound, and we wanted to share! Continue reading →

10 aug 11

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