I go through travel websites all the time and I'm coming to conclusions I just don't want to have to live with. I am mostly talking about air travel, and long distances. The other side of the world! Does anyone know good sites, or of any good ways to piece together very cheap flights (if this is possible)? Or maybe if there is still such a thing as standby anywhere?

If you know anything which you think might help me fly cheaper then please tell me.

I need the travel gurus to stick their heads out of the dumpster and do what they do best.

foot. travel by foot.

I don't know how it goes in europe but here you can (I don't know how) get free rides in the army planes that deliver mail to remote regions if you ask them



Also google air courier

if you're from europe, check pricerunner and choose either tuesdays or wednesdays to fly on.
These days are the cheapest to travel on (it can be up to 100$ difference from what I've checked).
I did NY for around 600$ (350$ for flight there and back) total for one week (with lots of beer and
shit included) but that was a while ago when everything was cheap (also, I live in Sweden btw).
If you don't have anything against switching flights a bit, you should definately check out these.

Europe = interail card (though it's almost three times as expensive as when I did this, it's still the
way to go if you wanna visiy alot of countries in a short amount of time). Maybe check RyanAir
(10£ from UK to Sweden doh!), if you wanna start the trip in a country far away from yours.



It's really all about picking the times no one else wants to travel on and living in hostels.


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Oh! I haven't tried these but asking for last minute tickets is cheaper than taking a cab a few blocks apparently.
You should ask about these at the airport though so if you live close by one of these, you're lucky :P

I live by Chicago and took a Megabus to St. Louis and the ticket was around 30 bucks round trip which is amazing considering it'd probably cost you more than that one way in gas lol.  I didn't have to pay for housing or anything since I stayed at a friend's house for the weekend.

if your in europe, take a look at Ryanair.com, from germany I can get to the netherlands for 10 euro, just make sure you only pack a carry on, cause they tend to charge out the ass for checked baggage as a way to compensate for the cheap tickets.

I heard that if you talk a good game Spanish royalty will subsidize your adventure to the new world

agreed on ryan air. very basic experience (but also very inexpensive)

ryan air has large machines that just throw each plane to its destination

potent psychedelics

if that's too expensive, use your imagination

i think i might actually get over to glasgow airport and ask about whether standby style flights still exist. get it straight from 'the horse mouth',

why not choose Asian countries usually they offer cheap travels in different asian countries

i noticed this! the problem is getting all the way over there which is where i am looking to save

apply for a travel scholarship with an exchange program. If you're looking to take an extended trip somewhere, host families are the way to go as far as lodging and cultural experience. I'm currently trying to work out a summer trip to japan to stay with my former exchange student and her family.
Unfortunately many exchange programs are for high schoolers... Although some universities and organizations have that sort of thing too.

mkk if that doesn't work I'll let you live in my basement

some say that the south is a completely different cultural experience then up yonder.

i was joking when i said foot, shoes and food costs etc will make it comparable to other really cheap forms of travel