ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BACKPACKING AROUND EUROPE | what it costs, budget travel tips, how to find hostels

Here is my complete how to guide on backpacking around Europe!

I go over transportation options, how to find accommodation, budget travel tips to make the trip more affordable, travel credit card recommendations, interrailing / eurail, sim cards and travel phone plans and most importantly how much a backpacking trip will cost.

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[suzannehawkins]

Im a 70 year old woman, from Canada. In late April, early May I plan to start my backpacking trip to europe so this was helpful. thank you. I've done short 2 week trips to the UK 5 times in 10 years, staying at hostels. This will be a longer and farther version of that. Typically I schedule every hour lol, primarily to pre-book and pay for everything so I can control the exchange rate. I've vowed to do this trip truly with no prior real plan, just a general route. from merrakesh through spain to italy, northern europe, then over to the UK for a while. the excitement is building. Im retired so I can take as long as I want lol.

[GabrielMapps]

graduating in ‘25! this video really put everything into perspective and i feel like i can do it, thank you!!!

[vicahmed]

Listen!!. Exploring new countries is such a rewarding experience! For first-time travelers, I'd recommend considering destinations that offer a mix of cultural richness and natural beauty. Personally, I've been fortunate to travel to over 10 countries thanks to careful budgeting and smart investments.I wasnt financial free until my 30’s and I’m still in my 30’s, bought my second house already, earn on a monthly through passive income and got 2 out of 5 goals, just hope it encourages someone that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any of them right now, you can start TODAY regardless your age INVEST and change your future.

[skeller]

3:25 Sorry, the spell check on your transcription overlay had me in stitches: “Hostiles are not as scary as they seem”.

I enjoy your tips and videos, thanks.

[terrycoye]

Excellent video, no kidding. You packed a huge amount of important and useful info into a short vid. Outstanding work!

[IsaMae.T]

2500 A MONTH!? I went backpacking in Germany for 2 weeks and spent a total of 300. Now, I must say, I was very aware of the money that I was spending, and didn't go on excursions or anything, but I had a blast! Just thinking about having 600/week when backpacking makes me jealous.

Hmm, maybe I should mention that I'm a student and my whole life consists of living on a budget :)

[cynthia]

I’m lucky to be living long term in Germany, so I’ve been traveling around Europe the last few years and I still found every word so useful. Thank you😊

[Kaylee-zxnz]

That's great to hear! I even found some discount when buying the train ticket. It’s always good to look out for deals that can make travel more affordable.

[emmadeofsteel]

Thanks so much for this. Some invaluable info that most people don't go so in-depth with. I just quit my teaching job of 8 years today and I've got 2 months until I start my backpacking trip. Wish me luck..! :D

[EsdrasCasseus]

Loved most of the tips, except the “are you just checking these boxes off” some of us can’t work remote and with limited time off, enjoying as many different cultures and countries as you can is an ideal approach !

[KLock-xlco]

I did not know that about hostels, that's so cool that you can go do stuff like that in groups. I like that!

[miknic]

This was an incredibly and informative video, thank you so much for making this! Saving all of this information for my trip planning

[annabautista]

this is exactly the video I needed! Can you make a video on how to budget appropriately and do a breakdown of the costs? I’m currently looking to backpack Europe with a friend for a month and we’ve been struggling with finding ways to make it affordable so far !

[abrianna]

Love how you have subtitles on your vid cause sometimes the YouTube ones are wrong

[gregadkins]

I didn’t even know Google did travel. THANK YOU!

[dayuatulife]

Omg this is the best tutorial ever !!! Thank you so much !!!! ❤❤❤

[jasonpartridge]

This is really helpful! I'm going so soon and this just adds trust into my plan. Thank you so much!

[reesequinlan]

This was so awesome!!! Going for two months this summer. Thank you so much!

[davidblattgym]

My buddy and I are taking a similar trip to Western Europe at the end of the year and have been doing research for months on how to do it properly, and this is by FAR the most helpful video I’ve come across for the type of travel we’re trying to do, so thank you!!

[nataliebronfine]

I feel like one thing I was surprised at was how much hostels costed during the summer!!! I know I some parts or the world or like Europe off season hostels are like dirt cheap like $10-25 or even less, but when I was looking in France/Amsterdam and other cities in Western Europe for this summer literally every single hostel was in the $50-80 range. Just something to keep in mind for budgeting because I was shook.