Saving Money Archives

Is the iAMsterdam city card worth it? A review of Amsterdam’s city card

We tend to pass on most city cards for a few reasons: They rarely work at the offbeat / lesser-traveled places we’re going The list of exceptions is long It takes a lot of time / traveling to make it worth the while They only give discounts as opposed to free...

How we’ve solved 34 common travel problems as we’ve traveled the world

Three thousand days. Over eight years. That’s how long I’ve been traveling. Here’s how we’ve solved some of our travel problems. Packing Is your suitcase messy? Packing cubes are great, but I’m a huge fan of small, cloth, colorful bags. I picked up several of these in...

4 Ways to Save Money in Canada

Welcome to the first world. It didn’t take long for us. It usually doesn’t, not when prices are what you’d expect from a first-world country. After almost 3 years traveling around much cheaper countries (two years in Thailand and nine months across South America),...

6 Ways to Save Money in Switzerland

Switzerland’s beauty is eclipsed only by the eye-watering price tags that await you once you arrive. Even before reaching your hotel, you might find a haircut for women costs 69 CHF, a cheese fondue that costs 38 CHF per person, or a 500ml bottle of Coke that can...

Saving money in Thailand: 8 ways to do it

One great thing about coming to Thailand, especially from the Western world: everything (or almost everything) is cheaper. That said, you’d be amazed to hear the stories of how tourists manage to pay far more than they expected. Pick a few Western luxuries you can...

Where To Go Instead: 5 Awesome Places in Thailand That Aren’t Dual-Priced

In case you’re wondering about the focus of this post, Thailand has recently made it clear it’s interested in collecting as much money as it can from tourists. The dual-pricing scheme — charging tourists anywhere from 2 to 10 times more — has only become more...

Getting started in Singapore: orienting yourself and saving money in the world’s most expensive city

I recently traveled to Singapore to speak at the ITB Asia conference — a chance to talk about travel blogging and building an online community. Since that’s probably only interesting to a small percentage of you, I thought I’d write about saving yourself some time and...

On the ‘farang tax’ — eight ways to avoid paying more in a country that treats foreigners like walking ATM’s

It’s not a pretty sight. Getting into a tuk-tuk almost anywhere around Bangkok ensures you will pay more than a bus ride, a metered taxi ride, or a ride on the trains. It doesn’t get any better when your taxi driver insists, ‘no meter!’ It’s enough to make any farang...