I’ve used these sites plenty of times to book accommodations for my vacations.
If you want to stay in a hostel, I recommend using this site to find the best one for you.
Hostelworld
When I don’t want to stay in a hostel (even tho they are very affordable) and don’t want to pay too much for a hotel, I settle on Airbnb after doing thorough research on my stay.
Airbnb
I only use Expedia if I’m looking to book an all inclusive. I used to book flights through Expedia, but the pandemic taught me to book directly on airlines websites.
Expedia
Transportation
The sites I use to book transportation for my trips.
The bus app to use in Europe to book cheap tickets to travel from each country or destination.
Omio
This is an easy site to book a bus to get from one city in a country to another! Pretty much on time and saves a lot of money when traveling.
FlixBus
I have used almost any rent-a-car and enterprise is by far the best because of the reserve now, pay later option and they have better customer service than others I’ve used.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
A site to tell you about when ferries are available and the price.
Ferryhopper
Flight Deals
I use all 3 of these sights to find the cheapest flight to a destination.
What used to be called Scott’s Cheap Flights is now called Going and I pay for the premium version that sends me deals on flights to all over the world, how long the deals will last, which airline is flying, if there are carryon bags or checked bags ...
Going
This is another site I use to track my flight prices. I use several different sites to compare.
Find Cheap Flights Worldwide & Book Your Ticket
I use this app to track when a trip I want to take will lower their flight price.
Hopper
Excursions
I book almost every excursions through these sites and each one has been worth the price.
I also recommend this site to book tours.
Viator
I recommend using this site to book tours.
Tripadvisor
Miscellaneous
Additional sites I use depending on the type of trip I booked.
An amazing site that tells you how to travel to a certain destination by bus/ferry/flight and how long it will take.
Rome2Rio
I recommend using an eSIM that you can customize to the country/ies you are going to for your data to work in that country.
Airalo
Instead of creating a spreadsheet from scratch, you can input all your info of your trip in this app and it does it for you.
TripIt
The best app to download if you are going hiking. Tells you how to get to the trailhead, how long the trails is, and you can follow your dot and it shows which way to go.
AllTrails
I create a spreadsheet in the Google drive with 4-5 main tabs. Overview, budget, flight/accomodation/rental car, sight seeing. I use this because Google sheets works offline if you don’t have service.
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