Six years of trips, written down properly.
Budget travel, frugal living and minimalism, from Bern to Bologna to Beijing. No affiliate lists. What things actually cost.
Free tools for your trip
No sign-up and no app. Official prices, official shops.
- Tourist tax calculatorNewWhat you pay on top of the room price in 96 European cities and regions.
- Train delay compensationNewHow much the railway owes you when your train is late, from Switzerland to Britain, and where to claim.
- Swiss customs calculatorNewThe CHF 150 limit and the allowances for meat, wine and tobacco, for your whole group.
- When tickets go on saleSale dates and official shops for the Colosseum, the Last Supper, the Alhambra and 27 more.
- Split trip costsWho owes whom after a group trip, in 36 currencies, with the fewest payments.
- Cabin bag checkerWill your bag fly free under the seat? Sizes of 17 airlines, from Ryanair to SWISS.
- Free museum daysWhat is free on your dates, in 18 countries.
- Entry rules checkerETIAS, EES, UK ETA, ESTA and Canada eTA at the official price.
- Flight delay compensationDoes the airline owe you €250 to €600? Find out in a minute.
- Vignette and toll checkerVignettes and tolls for road trips in 27 countries.
- Colosseum and Roman Forum mapA free phone map with routes and opening hours.
- Pompeii mapA free phone map with routes, entrances, water and toilets.
Sprache
Stadt Bern
Siebzehn Touren, eine Stadt, kein Auto.
Wanderungen und Velotouren im Kanton, dazu Wohnungssuche, Rabatte auf Nahrungsmittel und günstige Lokale.
Paris
Un voyage à Paris, en 23 chapitres.
Une demi-année, écrite jour après jour. Avec les check-lists, le logement et les transports sans payer le prix fort.
The most-read series
China, from the flight to the first meal
Cheap flights, the tourist visa, the apps you need before you land and how to pay as a foreigner. New: free Chinese practice for beginners, made for the phone. Plus Agent Nezha and the Holy Baozi, an illustrated corgi story in English, Chinese and German.