What this blog is (and isn't)
BoyceAbroad is a budget travel blog for people who want to actually travel, not just read about it. We don't do listicles with stock photos, we don't pretend €200/night hotels are "affordable", and we don't write content just to rank on Google. We write what we'd want to read when planning our own trips.
That means real prices, specific places (street names, cafés, hostels), and the moments where things went sideways. Because that's travel.
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Budapest
3 Days in Budapest on €50 a Day
Real costs. Thermal baths, ruin bars, street food. One of our favourite cities and one of the cheapest in Europe.
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Prague
Hidden Gems in Prague Nobody Talks About
5 spots locals actually use. Skip the tourist traps and see the city that doesn't show up in the guidebook.
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Lisbon
This Random Hostel in Lisbon Was Insanely Good
Found by accident, stayed on purpose. The story of the best €18/night we ever spent.
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Berlin → Kraków
The Cheapest Way to Get from Berlin to Kraków
Night train for €19. Full 7-day trip across two countries for €168. Here's how we pulled it off.
Read the story →How we travel
Our baseline is roughly €50/day per person, including accommodation, food, transport, and activities. Some days go over, some days we spend €20. The point isn't to be the most frugal person in the room, it's to stay long enough to actually get a feel for a place.
We stay in hostels most of the time, not always dorms. A cheap private room in a social hostel is often better than either extreme. We eat at local spots, not tourist restaurants. We take trains and buses over flights when the difference is a few hours. And we don't skip things just because they cost €10.
Our go-to tools
- Flights: Skyscanner for flexible date search, Google Flights for price tracking
- Hostels: Hostelworld (filter by social, read recent reviews)
- Trains: Trainline or the local rail operator's site for Europe
- Budgeting: We track spending in a notes app, nothing fancy works better