Hi, I’m DerSuperF
I write down what my trips really cost, so yours cost less.
Practical guides and free tools from six years of travelling on a small budget, from Bern to Paris, Bologna and China.
Where to start
The three guides I would send a friend first.
China · English
China, step by step
Cheap flights, the tourist visa, the apps to install before you land and paying as a foreigner. The most-read series on the site.
Pompeii and Rome · English
Phone maps for Pompeii and Rome
The must-sees, walking routes, entrances, water and toilets, with no app to install. Open the Pompeii map or the Colosseum and Forum map.
For people in Switzerland
Tax-free shopping across the border
See which receipts get the VAT back in Germany, Austria, France and Italy, and what Swiss customs charges. Then find an office for the export stamp.
About me
I started Travel frugally in 2020 as a student in Bern, with one idea: travelling and living well does not have to cost much.
I write each trip in the language of the place: Paris in French, Bologna in Italian, the tours around Bern in German, and the guides that work anywhere in English.
The trip diaries
Bologna · Italiano
Un semestre a Bologna, in 21 capitoli
Dalla burocrazia alle gite, da Venezia a Malta.
Bern · Deutsch
Siebzehn Touren rund um Bern
Wanderungen und Velotouren im Kanton, mit der Tageskarte.
Free travel tools
Calculators and maps for planning a trip and getting money back. Free, with no sign-up.
- Free to read, no sign-up
- Prices and rules from official sources, with the day each tool was last checked
The trip diaries are my own experience at the time. Where a fact in an older guide has changed, a note at the top of the page says so. Found a mistake, or just want to say hello? Write to me.