hey it's andrew and you're watching disney channel stick to the end of the video because
even though my housing was zero dollars there were a lot of other ways i saved much more money
hundreds if not thousands of dollars on other costs housing can end up costing you up to 100
a day but hey guess what that's just rent here in silicon valley so don't worry about housing
worry about other costs like the cost of transportation entertainment and etc if you
want to be able to find out exactly what those are make sure to stay until the end of the video
hey it's your friendly neighborhood andrew and professor meatball and today i'm gonna tell you
about my zero dollar trip to europe this is a trip i took may of my very last year in school i took
off two weeks right before i graduated in order to explore europe for the very first time it was my
first european trip i visited three major cities and spent zero dollars in housing everywhere i
went if you want to follow the three tips and tricks that i use to make that trip happen
including other life-saving money-saving hacks in order to make sure you're safe
and having a great time on those trips as well as learning how to smash that like button for me in
order to defeat the youtube algorithm together i think you're going to enjoy this video a ton make
sure to stay until the end because we're going to go fast europe what is europe it's a place for
refinement it's a place where you will be able to spend a little money if you're an american
and get a long way something that is difficult to do in america is tourism you're having a hard
time if you don't rent a car and drive everywhere because most of the time unless you're visiting
bigger cities like new york city or i wouldn't even consider chicago a very pedestrian friendly
neighborhood you're going to have a hard time visiting cities anywhere else in the world
that's why europe was my destination of choice as a mismatch of culture and history as well as the
cutting edge of exactly how a 20 year old can have fun the three cities that i chose were amsterdam
barcelona and paris and when i got to amsterdam that round trip from chicago only cost me wait for
it 300 that's right 300 round trip from amsterdam to chicago now i did have to have a layover in
iceland but that actually inspired me to go to iceland later on the next year so i think it's a
win-win either way so the first tip that is going to save you hundreds of dollars on your next trip
is something called theflightdeal.com that's what i use to snag that 300 amsterdam deal and
it is a website that is continuing to put the best deals possible from whatever city you are in to
amazing cities around the world at the cheapest possible price updated on a daily weekly cycle
and you're going to see a lot of bang for your buck if you continue to keep track of it the
best part of this is that you can buy flights up to a couple months and not a year in advance
which is going to be helpful because i don't think we're going to be traveling a lot in the pandemic
anyway right now as i looking through it i see 373 dollars from san francisco's to managua nicaragua
i see san jose to kona hawaii for 176 i see a santo domingo dominican republic for 285 and the
deals get better and better from there flight deal used to be the hottest thing before google flights
had an upgrade in its own software of getting to pair you with the best possible prices as well
you can go to google flights right now and you can also look up very similar deals to the flight deal
although it's not curated by a human it's curated by an algorithm so take that as you will you may
trust an algorithm just a little bit more although it is google so they are going to be tracking all
of your flight information this is not going to be my three main tips it's just going to be a
side tip which is make sure that you are always browsing an incognito and switch up your vpn
from time to time you want to make sure that your sessions are not being tracked as the same person
because your flight information prices will go up and that is a fact just how plane tickets
work these days and have worked for decades when i snagged that 300 price ticket from america to
europe that was the hardest part of the journey in terms of cost because to get around in europe
is very cheap back in the day there were dirt low prices for tickets throughout europe in fact one
of my favorite examples is ryanair now this wasn't exactly this trip but the trip i went to barcelona
later on the next year i was able to get a seven dollar round trip from barcelona to ibiza
and then another seven dollar round trip from ibiza to majorca being able to return to the same
airbnb in barcelona after taking a day trip to those major cities for only seven dollars that's
just the price of a bus ticket that takes us all the way out to these amazing exotic islands was
the real deal and i found those prices on google flights so that remains my number one
tip make sure that you are leveraging google flights and theflightdeal.com in order for
you to find the very best trips and plan your worldwide sightseeing around those websites
the fact is you are going to see the entire world that's a guarantee so if you really wanted to see
london this year in japan the next year and egypt the year after that just try to shake those around
based on how the prices are go to the cheapest places first because you're going to see it anyway
don't worry my second tip of how to keep your trip zero dollars is to be able to take in the sights
of the city and the history and the culture with a walking tour almost every one of these major
european cities had a walking tour they meet every single day at the exact same major location in
these cities and it's a zero dollar tour that you get to have immense wealth of knowledge with these
tour guides now you would probably want to toss them a couple of euros on the end of the tour
because their hard work pays off they really tell you as much as they can about their part of their
culture as well as the culture as a whole so i recommend you to toss in a couple dollars but that
is a way that you can keep your entertainment cost as low as physically possible these walking tours
are not only for europe i was able to do them in south america as well i remember in valparaiso
which is a city outside of santiago we walked on a walking tour of almost the entire city we took up
actual bus with the locals and then we had the local hota which is coca-cola and red wine and
they just had it ready at the end of the tour i guess to be able to share us not only the culture
but get us loose for the tips section as well that chilean version of coca-cola and red wine
was my very first interaction with that flavor palette before i even heard about the spanish
version kali mocho the best part about walking tours is that it's essentially a tourism company
bringing you along all these sites that you can then buy tickets into later if you really wanted
to see this museum or be able to gain entry to this historical site finally the most important
part of these trips is that you get to talk to the locals and find out where the parties
are happening later on now i cannot vouch for how much these nightlifes can cost but that is going
to be part of my second tip which is to make sure that you look for bundled bar crawls pub crawls
bar crawls whatever they're called i was able to gain a lot out of these bar crawls because
they not only show you the different kinds of pubs and bars that happen around the city but you also
get to connect with the nightlife and actually see other tourists or expats that are living the life
with you they're very cheap they can end up being like 15 bucks for a bunch of different free drinks
out of all of these pubs and the main way that these pub crawls make money is by introducing
new locals or tourists to these pubs in exchange for a little cheaper drink at the door that can
keep your nightlife prices way down because as it ends up the tourism places that you usually
end up without a guide can cost you a pretty penny so this is probably a way that i made
back hundreds of dollars based on just drinks at the bar or bottle service that i didn't have
to do i had fun getting to know people just like me or perhaps even americans that were traveling
from different cities and i could just get to know them as well and finally like i promised the most
important part of my zero dollar york journey is the fact that i was able to couch surf warning
i am not an expert couch surfer i've only done it really just for this trip alone
i was able to get a three-day couch surf in amsterdam then a three-day couchsurf in paris
and then finally a three or four day couch surf in barcelona so my entire trip was 9-ish 10-ish days
and it ended up being an incredible experience because each of the couch surfers welcomed me
into their homes and treated me like an honored guest and the cost zero dollars the way that
couchsurfing works is you go on couchsurfers.com or couchsurfing.com and they show you a list of
people who are willing to open up their homes to you now they usually ask for nothing in return i
always bring a nice gift something that reminds them of china and chicago that's two parts of my
culture that i like to share but you don't have to say anything but thank you when you coordinate
with them two out of three of them actually met me at the airport so they even drove me to
their homes and all three of them were people that i ended up eating and drinking and partying with
it was just a really good time if you wanted to host you can do this right here in america
usually the best way to be able to build up a profile on couchsurfers is to get a bunch
of reviews on your profile that say people actually were hosted by you and they had a
great time this shows other couch surfers that you are giving back to the community as well
and it will increase the chances of you being accepted into someone else's home
two main caveats about couchsurfing one it was not the pandemic when i was couchsurfing so
be incredibly careful and that's all i'm gonna say does that mean don't couchsurf at all until
the pandemic is over does that mean don't share your home at all until the pandemic
is over i want you to follow the guidelines that the national health organizations in your country
are making you follow and be courteous to the entire world as you contain the spread number
two is that i was a college age grad student aged male and i was able to receive a lot of good will
from people who wanted to learn more about my studies and empathetic to the fact that i didn't
have a full-time income to support myself when i was traveling so this could have lended a lot of
credence to my story at the very least protected me from unwanted harassment sometimes cultural
barriers exist and not every host is incentivized in the best way to treat their guests with the
same level of respect traveling alone is always a risky gamble but it's slightly less risky as a cis
male so i have to say that in that sense be very careful when you're traveling alone just because
not every human is the best human out there all that said i hope you had a lot to dissect about my
story here i hope you have stories in the future that you would like to share with me if so then
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