Budget Travel Tips – Resources To Help Planning A Budget European Vacation

In this post, we share budget travel tips and resources to help planning a budget European vacation. We did not have much experience traveling until recently, but we discovered lots of great ideas to save a huge amount of money on super special vacation. In this post, we share some of the specific resources we use.

How To Plan Your Trip To Europe – Budget Travel Tips

In this video, we’re sharing some of our tips for planning a budget vacation. These tips for family travel on a budget have allowed us to plan for our European vacation for a super low price. We share ideas for how to plan your trip to Europe, where we will be visiting England, Scotland, Ireland and Norway.

Instead of booking a European vacation through a tour operator, we prefer to plan our own budget vacation. This makes it a LOT less expensive, but also allows us to customize the holiday travel to our own preferences, which makes it a lot more fun!

After having virtually no family vacations since we have been married, Mike and Elly took a father daughter vacation together a few years ago and we’re using the tips they learned to plan this dream vacation for the entire family.

Our Favorite Resources For Planning A Budget European Vacation

We usually book our accommodations through AirBnB or Booking.com . AirBnB allows you to book a room in someone’s home, an apartment or flat, or an entire house. This gives you  lot of flexibility to choose a home and an experience that aligns with your own personal preferences and usually save a lot over booking a traditional hotel.

Here’s Where You Can Get Get $40 Credit Towards Your First Stay On AirBnB:
https://www.airbnb.com/c/michaell24961

AirBnB Review – What Is AirBnB And How Does It Work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7EfAAauz10

Booking.com has listings for stays in people’s homes like AirBnB, but Booking.com also has listings for low priced hotel accommodations, car hire and other travel related services. Booking.com sometimes has better prices and properties than AirBnB.

For car rental, we have consistently gotten the best prices at AutoEurope:
https://www.autoeurope.com/

For a wealth of super specific ideas for traveling on a budget, check out Mike’s earlier budget travel planning video:

3 Weeks In Ireland For $1700 – Planning A Trip To Ireland! – Budget Travel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4chOqZte1QQ

To Book A Sail Rail Journey, we use Irish Ferries
https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/to-ireland-from-britain/

More about SailRail From London To Dublin Ireland!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwOfZhS-e_g

For the best prices on Rail travel in the UK, we use Raileasy
http://www.raileasy.co.uk/

For Rail Travel in Ireland, we use Irish Rail:
http://www.irishrail.ie/

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