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Budget travel by public transport
Budget travel by public transport
Use mass public transport instead of taxis or other faster, more expensive means of transportation, some cities even offer some forms of free transport in city centres.
However, in some places, it can be cheaper for three or four people to share a taxi than to take public transport. Shop around and compare.
For public transport, look into multi-use tickets. Many systems have tickets that can be used a certain number of times, or over a certain time period, for a considerable discount over buying each ticket individually.
Even national and international rail and bus networks may have discount tickets for a month's or several months' travel. You should also check what discounts you're eligible for: Western Europe frequently has blanket discount schemes for people under 26, Great Britain has a youth discount card that you can buy and which pays for itself after three or four journeys (a 'Young Person's Rail Card'), and many countries have discount schemes for students, pensioners and sometimes disabled people.
Local transport is often considerably cheaper than express or long distance transport. In European countries in the outskirts of a cities public transport system can often overlap with a neighbouring city, often providing a cheaper method of transport than an inter-city trip. In countries like Japan, local trains are cheaper if you have time on your hands and can manage the connections.
In Germany you can try to hitchhike on trains with people carrying Schoenes Wochenende tickets on the weekends.
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