How to plan a budget backpacking trip around the world

Trip Planning

We found the experiences of travelers who’d been-there-done-that invaluable during our own trip planning. We also get a lot of questions about the logistics of our trip. In hopes that you can learn from our experience (both the good and the bad!), we’ve compiled some information that we hope will prove a useful resource to people planning their own backpacking or round-the-world trips.

This section will constantly grow and change as we venture forward. Stay tuned! If you have a specific question or suggestion, please contact us.

Staying in all these hostels, eating all this food, and riding all these trains, to bring YOU, dear readers, the best traveling has to offer, makes us broke. Help?

All About the Budget
Tips on how to save for your trip, how to save money ON your trip, and how much you should expect to spend.

Gear & Packing
The stuff we’re glad we brought, the stuff we should’ve left at home, what we wish we had, and general packing tips.

Accommodation Tips + Reviews
The low-down on accommodation options in Europe and S.E. Asia. Also our reviews: where to stay and what places to absolutely avoid.

Transportation: The best way to get from point A to point B
We lay out the cheapest way to get from place to place. Also, to eurrail or not to eurrail?

Because eating IS a cultural experience…
The best-of-the-best restaurants and all the local culinary delights you should not miss!

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