Money Saving Tips
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1. Stay in a 2 star hotel...nice rooms ensuite..just don't include ballroms and business facitlites that you're not going to use anyway.<BR><BR>2. Learn to picnic. a baguette, some cheese, a jar of olives and some olive oil and a bottle of charuaneuf du pape makes for a great lunch.<BR><BR>3. Don't eat breakfast in your hotel unless its included.<BR><BR>4. Have a picnic in the room one night<BR><BR>5. Do not rent a car for the entire stay in a city...rent it only on the day or days you will use it.<BR><BR>6. Rent a standard shift car.<BR><BR>7. Stay outside the city center of a major city like London and then take the train into the city and return at night<BR><BR>US
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heres one for the poor bums like me..<BR>buy a heating coil<BR>-bring along a small amount of coffee<BR>and by instent noodle at the e 7-11's <BR><BR>damn if I spend more then 5 bucks a day on food Im splerging.. <BR><BR>too make sure you don't drop dead from eating like a bangladeshi peasent bring some supplument pills... <BR>
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if you stat in a nice hotel DON"T get a cab that is waiting in front .. walk a couiple of feet up and hail a passing cab.. they are less likely too give you an unwated tour of the city .. <BR><BR>-buy a cheep shirt out there.. just for lounging or sleeping and when you reterun just wash it and give it too the maid as a tip.. <BR><BR>
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Look for situations in sightseeing and in transportation where a pass may save money. Just as importantly, make sure the pass WILL save you money, in the way you are most likely to use it.<BR><BR>such as - going to Ireland, the gov't has a Heritage Program where the purchase of one card will get you into many different historic sites all around the country.<BR><BR>I understand there's a museum pass for the Paris area.<BR><BR>On the other hand, don't buy a pass if you aren't likely to hit more than one museum/site.<BR><BR>Rail passes are the same sort of thing. Try to have a basic idea of where you are going and figure the rough costs of tickets before rushing out to buy the pass, which often may cost more.<BR><BR>The best place to research options is at home, before you travel.
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Orgy7 wrote " buy a cheep shirt out there.. just for lounging or sleeping and when you reterun just wash it and give it too the maid as a tip". <BR><BR>Would you do that instead of leaving a few euro to the maid? Has anyone else done it? Would the made appreciate it?Genuinely curious.
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It sounds like he gives the shirt to the maid when he comes back home ("reterun"...Orgy7, if you have a maid at home, your budget travel can't be too serious!<BR>I gave my shoes to a maid in Mexico, but in Europe I can't imagine they'd want either used shirts or shoes!
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"give it too the maid as a tip". <BR><BR>So this is the maid at home Orgy7 meant. You do "tip" your maid (if you have one)? And would maids appreciate a "cheap washed" T-shirt in USA? Sorry but I'm ignorant of Amrican customs and just being curious. <BR>
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when in major cities, i try to find a hotel in a residential neighborhood. they generally appeal to the european business traveller and while generally no frills, they are clean and inexpensive.<BR><BR>usually they are located in close proximity to public transportation and offer the advantage of smaller cafes and restaurants frequented by locals.