Cheap travel tips: how to travel the world cheaply, our lessons and more

Sean standing in front of an interesting "Hell" advertisement in East London Oct. 4, 2008. He is a pathetic victim of situational poverty, but he likes to travel. What does he and others like him do?We set out to blog about cheap travel.

I fell madly in love with Couch Surfing, which can save you some money and give you some real cultural lessons. In Brussels, we spoke to Ian, a New Zealander who had taken to hitchhiking - which can get one of your biggest expenses, transportation.

There are about a million and five ways to travel cheaply. Sometimes it’s a mentality. Sometimes it’s knowing a local. But, more often, it’s meeting a local with the right mentality.

Here are a handful of the best ways to travel for cheap - or free - that we didn’t even get to on this trip.

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Tags: couchsurfing, hitchhiking, Jetsetting

Foreign Perspectives: Ian from New Zealand

If you compared Ian Fulguirinas’ trip to ours, it would look like we took the easy way.  Thats because this Kiwi has eschewed conventional transportation and lodging methods to rely solely on hitchhiking and the generosity of others.  In Brussels, my brother Brian was fortunate enough cross paths with Ian when he went Couch Surfing.

On the morning before we left for Paris, we talked to Ian about his thoughts on American politics and why he doesn’t like rugby.

Apologies for the background noise, the Brussels street repair crew decided 8 a.m. was perfect jackhammering time.

Tags: Belgium, Brussels, hitchhiking, New Zealand, rugby, Video