Loads of rural Europe is very cheap, and much of it has adequate infrastructure.
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What are some good cities?
Cities aren't rural.
Why not housesitting? I never did it but there a lots of offers on FB.
don't go to major cities. that will help a lot. but yeah, the answers are get creative and try alternative housing or suck up the prices. but there are deals to be had if you go to non major cities and travel off season.
Most major cities are just very expensive. Nothing you can do about it. An option is to stay an hour or 2 outside the city. I personally just choose to go to smaller cities and have been to some incredible places in Europe for not as expensive as London or Paris.
Maybe you could try coachsurfing
It helps if you stay in one place for a while. I recommend trying a coliving space. Many are designed for specifically for digital nomads
I recommend trying a coliving space.
Since when are those cheaper than just renting an apartment on Airbnb?
Most offer a range of amenities (like a co-working space) that if you paid for separately ends up being more or less the same.
For example, you may find accommodation but it may not have a proper work space. If you go to a local coworking, that's a cost not just in membership but time in getting there.
As a package deal, you get more bang for your buck.
Facebook marketplace or search for sublets
NO, I read about this in reddit, ~~spent~~ wasted 3 days because almost all posts seemed affordable were scams.
Reverse image searches, going to google earth and trying to match photos with the property locations do not make sense. ALL SCAMS!
location dependent, but works like a charm in europe IMO
Now imagine doing the same but alone.
I wish I could split my room in half. But it's always a choice between selling a kidney and being in a 14th people's bedroom.
Ranting just to say that yeah, it's expensive to have a roof over your head, it sucks but that's how it is. As mentioned by others, staying in long terms helps get this down a bit.
Yep, turns out tons of other people are willing to pay the high prices.
True! Wish there was some app to find other nomads willing to share apts, but I guess there aren’t enough of us just yet
Bro just go to Karlsruhe
You could try to trade your body for free or discounted room and board.
Romania has excellent internet speed and accommodation is cheap compared to western europe. Major cities like Bucharest, Cluj, Timisoara have good airport connections to western europe.
Places we found great cheap accommodation:
- Terrasini (tiny cute town in Sicily)
- Brussels was actually not too bad and a great jumping off point
- Livorno, Italy
- Bari, Italy
- Marseilles
- Athens wasn’t too bad
- any town in Montenegro wasn’t bad
- Valencia, Spain
Do you have a EU citizenship/residence permit or will you be working illegally? Consider Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria etc
Negotiate long-term stays on Abnb, even if they are already provide a monthly 'discount'
It will work in most places, adds time to your searching, but saves a lot.
Rented van
You can also make more money and then travel if you can't afford it
Housesitting, you can stay at houses around the world for free, also long term! I am traveling as a couple and we do housesits 90% of the time when traveling, and we are traveling for about 7 months on end each time. Keep in mind you do have the responsibility though to take care of a pet, plants, house… so it’s not for everybody. But we have found it to be the perfect combination for us to get to know a place, have a comfortable home and working area, cuddle with cats and do something good for someone else at the same time.
I have a discount link if you’d like so feel free to send me a PM.
I did this and it was terrible. Lost a ton of money. Without going into all the details, to make it on the dates I had committed, I spent a crazy stupid amount on flights. Basically, I already saw here that if I went at a more normal time or waited for a better deal (there was a price surge in July) I could fly there and rent myself a nice place with what I was spending on the ticket. (Yes, I feel dumb about not backing out at that point, but I tend to have a hard time of backing out of commitments.)
Then once I got to the region (I went early and traveled a bit, so I wasn't yet in the housesitting city), I met someone renting out a cute cheap place.... that I couldn't rent because of my commitment as a housesitter.... so instead of settling down there
I spent more to get to the housesitting city, pay for a hotel the night before and so on.
Again, I saw that it would have been cheaper to do my own thing. Fly when it's affordable, be able to be in the flow and rent a place when I find one instead of paying more to move along...
Then when I get to the sit the place was filthy, so I left after two days. More costs associated with that. And because I didn't want conflict and I didn't want to be stuck in a gross place, I offered to pay for their housesitter to replace me. They accepted, but still left me a bad review which means that even if I wanted to get new sits I wouldn't be able to.
The whole system is highly exploitative of sitters who often find themselves in unacceptable places and end up putting up with it and becoming a housecleaner on top of petsitter because they're terrified of a bad review and in many cases, are depending on housesitting to not be homeless.
What's your budget? If you can afford 300 to 400 euros per month check
https://digitalalbania.wordpress.com
for info about how to find inexpensive apartments.
Many hosts offer quite substantial discounts for a month onwards, like 25% or more. So I would do 2x 30 days - still expensive but not mental.
I got a few good deals on Hoteltonight this year, cheaper than any other service. You can give that a shot
What places are you looking to go to? I stayed in krakow which is very affordable compared to, say, Lisbon.