Travel Hacks
All my trial-and-error “wisdom” in one place.
While I’m eager to share my tips for budget travel, my philosophy around saving money constantly evolves the more I learn about tourism’s impact on international communities. Some of the travel hacks I’ve used in the past no longer feel appropriate to leverage, but I leave it up to you to decide what your limits are and where they fall beside your financial capacities (and all the other categories on the messy spectrum of privilege). Point being: You do you. Just don’t encroach on anyone else’s ability to do so in the process.
A budget and activity breakdown of my month-long, poutine-themed backpacking trip complete with innumerable French-language failures.
By popular demand, I’ve compiled a list of all the ways I managed to backpack across Europe for two months on a budget of a couple thousand dollars.
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I’m a theatremaker from California who has traveled around the world for work and play. My goal is to demystify backpacking for other artists and travel-hopefuls surviving on a shoestring budget, and to use this space as a platform for all the travel writing I’ve kept hidden in the dark corners of my Google Drive while grappling with the intersections of privilege, identity, and travel ethics.
A Semi-Comprehensive Breakdown of My Biggest Travel Regrets