In this video, myself along with some of my travel friends, these people are not just
travelers, they're professional travelers, they travel all the time.
We're going to share with you some of our top travel hacks.
They are going to make you travel smarter and cheaper.
This travel hack is for you guys who think you don't have money to travel.Here's
what you do.
You take one dollar and you put it in a bank account every single day for one month.
Then you have 30 dollars!
Congratulations!
That's not a lot of money but what you've done is you've planted the seed and that's
what you need to get started.
You've put the idea in your head that it's possible.
You can see that ban account grow and that's how you make it possible.
By starting the process.
That's how you make anything work in life is by starting.
You should do that.
If you ever find yourself in a bit of a pickle of having a problem when you're on the road,
a great way to reach out to companies is to use their Twitter, is to tweet them because
they usually have a customer service representative solely monitoring their Twitter account especially
if they're a larger company.
So it's a great way to get feedback instantly without having to go through email or having
to call them because sometimes calling people is a little bit tricky when you're on the
road and you have a foreign phone or don't have a cellular plan that can support foreign
calls.
It's so important that when you travel you're getting clean water and this also includes
ice cubes.
Make sure that when you get ice cubes, they aren't made with tap water so a hack is, ice
cubes that have a little hole in it, you'll notice when you're traveling some ice cubes
have a little hole through the center, these ice cubes are made with fresh clean water.
My travel hack is to always bring some chocolate bars or candies for the flight attendants
because a little bit of money spent on that will go a long way.
Not only will they be happier on their flight but they also might give you some better service.
If you're gonna travel, get yourself some dry sacs.
Dry sacs are amazing for several reasons.
A) They waterproof your stuff.
B) They can work as vacuum seal bags to help you compress down your stuff and
C) They can use them for like any sort of rain storm that you encounter.
Stuff your electronics in there and you're good.
Any day of the week.
Dry sac.
A travel hack that I just learned is, if you're staying in a hotel room that doesn't have
a fridge, you can ask the front desk for a fridge to be added to your room or you can
change to a room that has a fridge.
Usually it's a little bit more money but if you tell them you have a medical reason, they'll
give it to you for free.
That way you can go grocery shopping, get your groceries, stack your fridge and you
don't always have to spend all that money on restaurants.
So, my travel motto is actually a Susan Heller quote and she says “when you pack, take
have the clothes and twice as much money" and it's really worked for me.
Although, I'm still getting better at the clothes thing.
My number one travel hack is to bring an unlocked smart phone.
This smart phone has got basically absolutely everything you need from a technological point
of view unless you're creating lots of content and then you need a laptop.
It's got a very good camera and if it's unlocked, you can pick up a SIM card at the airport.
You should get a basic data plan so when you're not on Wi-Fi at a hotel, restaurant, whatever,
you're still connected.
My big secret travel hack is actually dry shampoo because it's basically just baby powder
in a can but you can go days without actually washing your hair so our little secret is,
I haven't actually done my hair in like five days.
I've showered my body!
But you could actually take it longer and still look fresh while you're traveling.
When you travel abroad you always tend to over pack.
So my number one travel hack would be to take only a carry on.
This way you only take stuff you need for a week and if you need to wash, you can just
do laundry after a week.
Also, if you travel, for example, within Europe, you can save a lot of money by doing that
because you only take a carry on, you don';t need to check luggage which you'd need to
pay extra for with budget airlines.
I always pack my running shoes when I'm traveling so I can go for a run and explore places off
the beaten path.
Those places, I usually wouldn't see as a normal tourist and I stay healthy and fit.
So the travel hack I recommend is on your phone.
It's Google map, believe it or not.
And the best thing about Google maps is that anywhere in the world it can work.
You need to download the offline maps and you can turn on your GPS anywhere in the world
and it'll track you on the maps.
So if you're walking, got to get somewhere, if you're driving a motorcycle or an overland
vehicle, it's a fantastic tool to have because it's free anywhere you go.
So the best thing to actually do when you're traveling, the biggest travel tip I can give
is to talk with locals.
Walking through the main square here and this nice gentleman came up and gave us some information
about the town square that we're in.
I have a bunch of credit cards because the bonus miles in the beginning of them just
are like huge and you can just save them for just one year and start to get free flights
jut by using your credit card every month and my credit score goes up.
Have you ever heard of the Ryan air suit?
It's basically like a suit with a lot of pockets because you can only bring one bag and you
can stash a whole lot of stuff in your pockets and then you can walk in like Michelin doll
and you just, you're safe because it's not in your bag.