{"id":3005,"date":"2019-06-18T11:53:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T16:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2024-06-17T18:49:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T22:49:53","slug":"ricks-quick-how-to-for-economy-touring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/ricks-quick-how-to-for-economy-touring\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick&#8217;s Quick How-To for Economy Touring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I work on a few other things, here&#8217;s some quick filler.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Book a flight.<\/li>\n<li>Download the following to your mobile device:\n<ul>\n<li>OSMAnd+ (and maps for where you&#8217;re going)<\/li>\n<li>Google Translate (and the language for where you&#8217;re going)<\/li>\n<li>HostelWorld<\/li>\n<li>Booking.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Book a bed at your destination on HostelWorld (hostels are at the destinations with international airports) for two nights.<\/li>\n<li>Arrive and take train or bus to hostel (hostel will include directions on how to get there, and you&#8217;re carrying the maps offline in OSMAnd+).<\/li>\n<li>Each day\n<ol>\n<li>Select your next destination and book. Check HostelWorld first, then Booking.Com<\/li>\n<li>Google for top things to visit at your destination. Google for free top things to visit for better economy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Travel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That in a nutshell is how I travel.<\/p>\n<p>Quick related notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check with your debit\/credit card(s) for what fees are for acquiring money.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t change money at the airport if possible; find an ATM outside of the airport.<\/li>\n<li>If offered the option, pay in local currency with your credit card, not USD (the credit card rate will be better than what they offer).<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t purchase a SIM for your phone at the airport. Look for a Vodaphone (preferable) shop for a SIM (your hostel can likely help you). It should be about $25 for a month of data.<\/li>\n<li>Carry change &#8211; some city toilets will require coins.<\/li>\n<li>Supermarkets exist in Europe. Most hostels and many booking.com sites include a small kitchen. Combine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I work on a few other things, here&#8217;s some quick filler. Book a flight. Download the following to your mobile device: OSMAnd+ (and maps for where you&#8217;re going) Google Translate (and the language for where you&#8217;re going) HostelWorld Booking.com Book a bed at your destination on HostelWorld (hostels are at the destinations with international &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/ricks-quick-how-to-for-economy-touring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rick&#8217;s Quick How-To for Economy Touring&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3007,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3005\/revisions\/3007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irelandbybicycle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}