# Traveling abroad, need some advice

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 9, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-abroad-need-some-advice/471904 "2008-11-09T15:10:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-abroad-need-some-advice/471904/21 "2008-11-12T03:02:38Z")

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Another vote for ditch the laptop. Those socks the airlines give you dry quickly.

Please read “A Hitch In Time” by Ian Rodger if you can get your hands on it. Fascinating post second world war insight to traveling low budget in Europe

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**Author:** ![Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrobey_Mavromihalis)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-abroad-need-some-advice/471904/22 "2008-11-13T12:22:06Z")

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> [@cainxinth](#):
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> Did you have to stop at times and find work to keep your trip going? I think that may be the case for me.

No. It was my year off before university. I worked for 6 months in the UK saving (living with my parents) and then travelled. I don’t think you will be able to pick up work that easily.

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> That would definitely save me some money as those cities are much more cost effective, but what would I be missing?

Well them being expensive is one reason I’d skip them. You’ll miss out on a few things, but you will also gain others. In general I think Eastern Europe is more interesting to travel in at the moment.

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