How to Travel the World on $75 a Day: What Savvy Travelers Do Differently to Make Every Dollar Count

You were scrolling down memory lane when you accidentally tapped your ex's post from years ago.

Better delete the whole app.

When scrolling's a bust, tacos are a must.

Passo the old El Paso.

Pick up an old El Paso stand and stuffed taco kit today.

When modern life gets rough, grab a timeless taste you love.

Paso the old El Paso.

Question for you, Megan.

How much money do you think you spend on average per day when traveling?

Ooh, does it include like lodging?

Like how much I had to pay?

Yes.

Like literally everything, like parking, tolls, food, lodging, all the things.

Oh, okay.

I'm going to guess $150.

Okay, actually, that's like pretty good, I would say, but I can do better.

Today, I'm going to introduce you to someone who says you can do it on just $75 per day.

Oh my gosh, half of that?

With like wherever they stayed?

I hope they're not staying in hostels.

You got to listen to the episode.

Welcome to Smart Travel, a deep dive into the tips, tools, and tactics to maximize your travel dollars.

I'm Sally French.

And I'm Megan Coyle.

And we're the travel nerds ready to help you plan your next big trip.

And today we're talking about planning a trip for less than $75 a day.

But first, our usual disclaimer.

Yes, today we will talk about some credit card companies that are nerd wallet partners, but that does not influence how we discuss them.

The benefits, terms, fees mentioned were accurate at the time of posting, but things can change.

Some offers may have expired by the time you're listening, so for the latest details, follow the links in the episode description.

Okay, a couple big news items out of Uber this month.

First up, Uber rent.

Did you know you can rent a card through Uber, Megan?

Yes, I did.

I did not realize this was possible, but apparently you can in some cities.

And the service is growing beyond purely the ability to just rent, but also the ability to skip the rental car counter entirely.

I feel like this is quite a concept.

It is called Uber rent with car delivery.

With this, no more schlepping to a rental lot.

In what is now 24 cities, Uber will actually deliver a rental car right to your hotel or house or really wherever you want the car delivered, as long as they service that address.

Nice.

I would love to do anything to skip the car rental line.

And I'm assuming when you're done, you don't even have to drive it back to a lot or anything.

Right.

Same deal.

Someone comes and picks it up for you.

Interesting.

Okay, so where can I find this?

They are in many major cities, including both San Francisco and Los Angeles.

So I think you and I might need to try this out.

And then if you prefer using Uber for ride shares, travelers will find this next piece of news really useful too.

Yes, so Uber is expanding their Uber Share Airports program.

With this, you split your ride with just one other person headed from the airport, and it's less than having your own solo ride.

So the app basically pairs you up with someone whose final destination is near yours, and then it hits both stops.

Oh my gosh, it's like Uber pool.

And I'm guessing this whole benefit is cheaper for you.

Yes.

With this, Uber says you can save up to 20% off your Uber X fare.

Didn't they do something like this in the past?

Yeah, well, so that was Uber Pool.

And I love this.

When I was like basically broke in my 20s, as most things happened in 2020, they paused shared rides, a very sad COVID casualty.

I guess people didn't want to sit in a car next to each other.

Now, this did come back in a limited form in 2022.

and now we have what's kind of an extension of that, but specific to airports.

And it's available at more than 40 airports around the world, many in the U.S., but also some international locations, including major airports in Lisbon, Paris, and Zurich.

Moving over to some cruise news, this one out of Royal Caribbean, and that's that bookings are now available for Royal Beach Club Paradise Island.

This is the cruise line's private beach club on Nassau, and it is set to open in December 2025.

And I have to say, a lot of cruisers will look forward to this news as I know Nassau is usually not most people's favorite stop on Caribbean sailings.

Really?

They haven't been to Atlantis then.

Oh my gosh, I feel like Atlantis is so wacky.

So I've only done one cruise to Nassau and I actually did enjoy just kind of walking around, but a lot of people were like, no way, nope, I'm not getting off.

And Megan, have you been to Atlantis?

Yeah, I love the water park.

It's so fun.

Like I did all the slides.

It was a great time.

Well, maybe I missed out because I'm too cheap.

I was like, I just want to walk in and see the spectacle and everything was paid.

So I couldn't even see it at all.

It was, it was kind of a bummer.

You missed a good time.

Now, speaking of paying, you could pay for Atlantis if you are doing a Nassau cruise.

And I think that is one way to make Nassau really enjoyable if you don't want to just mosey around like I do.

But now with this option, you can pay to go to what is effectively their private beach club.

So you're going to get like a cabana or an umbrella or something and have access to a bar with drinks.

How much does all that cost?

So sadly, unlike Royal Caribbean's private island, perfect day at Cocoa Key, which is basically

you call it Coco Key or Cocoa K?

Okay, Megan, I have to tell you this.

I am so confused because I feel like it's Key.

And I literally, before this recording, I watched a ton of YouTube videos to try to find out and I don't know.

So someone on the internet was like, no, it's Key.

But then it's like, yeah, perfect day, Coco K, it rhymes.

Someone at Royal Caribbean, tell us.

On the Disney cruise, they have their own island called Castaway K, I thought.

I remember calling it Castaway Kay.

Castaway Key.

No, I think it's Castaway Key.

Please tell us the right pronunciation.

Podcast listeners.

Anyway, the case is that there are many free things you can do at Coco K, Coco Key, whatever you want to call it.

But to get into this beach club in Nassau, you do need to pay.

And it's not cheap.

Adult passes start at $130 per person.

Oh my gosh, really?

Yeah, I mean, that's how cruises get you is they suck you in with this really low upfront ceiling fee.

And I do love Royal Caribbean.

It's very affordable, but it is so tempting to go for all these extras.

No, in that case, I would just stay on the boat.

Save yourself the $130.

Speaking of affordable ways to vacation, we are in the middle of Amazon Prime Day, which is really four days this year.

It's not one day.

Yeah, and most people think of Amazon Prime being deals on stuff, and there certainly is that.

So many suitcases on sale, but also lots of travel deals like discounts on cruises, hotels, rental cars, Amtrak.

We will link to the guide to Amazon Prime deals that we've been updating non-stop in the episode description.

And I gotta say, shout out again to Royal Caribbean.

They have this deal where you can get your third and fourth guest along with you for free.

Plus, some salines are offering up to $800 off, plus up to 40% off onboard extras, which are things like internet or alcohol.

That's a great way to go to perfect day at Coco K, Coco Key, whatever you want to call it.

And Megan, get this.

On some salines, that could shake out to less than $70 per person per night.

Wow, that's perfect considering that's the main topic of today's show.

Haha, see what I did there?

If we're traveling the world on $75 a day, then I'm guessing today's guest is none other than Nomadic Matt, otherwise known as Matt Ketnis.

That is right.

Now, some of you longtime fans might be thinking $75,

he wrote a book which published in 2013 called How to Travel the World on $50 a Day, Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter.

Let me guess, inflation has forced the title to go up a bit.

You got it.

So he just launched the 2025 version of his famous book, now titled How to Travel the World on $75 a Day.

We talked to him about what's inside the book and more so you too can travel without spending wild amounts of money.

Without further ado, Sally, take it away to your interview with Matt.

I am here with Nomadic Matt.

You are author of the book, How to Travel the World on $75 a Day.

Thank you so much for joining us on the show.

Well, thanks for having me to talk about travel.

You have been traveling the world since 2006.

I want to know what inspired that first step and what is your travel mindset and how has it evolved since then?

In 2005, I went on vacation to Thailand and I met a bunch of backpackers for the first time.

And it was talking to them and just kind of seeing backpacker culture for the first time because, you know, like everyone backpacks Thailand.

That's the spot.

Just really made me want to do what they were doing.

At the time, I was working in healthcare, doing administration stuff.

Didn't like my job.

It wasn't my career.

And so I was also in a graduate program at the time.

So I was like, you know what?

Perfect plan.

I will quit my job, finish my MBA, do my gap year like the Europeans, come back, and then do the American nine to five corporate dream.

And so I left in 2006 and I just kind of just never came back.

Amazing.

We on this show talk about so many different travel styles, people who do the relaxing cruise.

And then you sort of seem like you're on the other end of the spectrum with the backpacking style.

What is your travel style like?

Yeah, you know, I consider myself a budget traveler, less a backpacker these days in the sense that like I'm not sleeping in hostels and I have a bit more money to spend on food and and such and activities.

But I still have that mindset, you know, backpacking as much as it is about the hostels.

I think it's also sort of more a way of travel to try to get to know cultures and places a little bit more than on a cruise or a resort.

I still have that ethos when I travel of like, I want to get out of the hotel.

I want to do what the locals do, eat where the locals eat, just kind of like get a feel for the city and the culture.

I want to meet other travelers.

For me, it's all about the people.

So I still have that ethos, even though I might be staying in a nicer hotel, have more fancy cocktails and pay for tours.

You know, when you're a backpacker and you have X dollars and that's it.

And so you go home, $100 food tours.

And, you know, that's like a couple of days on the road.

So you're like, oh, well, maybe pass.

A couple days on the road, according to your book.

Now, your book is titled, How to Travel the World on $75 a Day.

Tell us about your book.

That is, if you're going to backpack the world, how much it would cost on on average per day, you know, going through Europe and Australia, Southeast Asia, Central America, et cetera, et cetera.

But it's really just sort of like my book on budget travel and how to think like a travel writer and where to find deals that can apply to any destination in the world.

Like you said, inflation, last edition of the book came out in 2017.

Things have changed.

You know, we have this thing called COVID.

And so, so much of the travel industry changed because of the pandemic pandemic that I really wanted to update this book to be a more current resource for travelers.

Many of the companies and tips I had in the old edition aren't around anymore or don't work anymore, right?

You know, for one example is around the world tickets, you know, where you would buy like pass on an airline alliance like up front, you know, all your days are gone.

And, you know, I mean, the airlines don't really offer them anymore, especially in the age of budget airlines.

Why do you need an around the world ticket, right?

You know, back when they were popular, you couldn't go from the U.S.

to Asia cheap.

Now you have Zip Air and you can go across for a couple hundred bucks.

So I ended up rewriting about 80% of this book because just so much has changed.

One of the things I know a lot of people are asking is you did not go into that corporate world.

You started traveling and you're also talking about spending money on $75 a day, which is not a ton of money.

but you talk about this in the book as how to pay for travel, how to get this money.

But how do people get the money to pay for travel like you and quit your job and just travel around the world?

Well, I mean, in terms of, you know, how do you save the money, where people go wrong is they don't actually know how much they spend, right?

You know, you can have somebody say, oh, I would love to do what you do.

I just don't have the money to go travel.

And I always say, well, what do you spend your money on?

Right.

And a lot of people are like, oh, well, you know, I do this and that.

And they have a rough estimate, but very few people sit down and think, What did I spend money on this week?

And that's not only, you know, your groceries or your night out.

It's like, did you buy a bottle of water on the way to work?

Did you grab a coffee?

Did you donate 10 bucks to a charity?

So, really writing down everything you spend, tracking your entire expenses for like a month to see what are your fixed costs and what are your non-fixed costs.

And then from there, you can be like, oh, wow, I didn't realize I spent a lot of money on coffee per day or eating out, you know, and then going from there and just kind of eliminating the low-hanging fruit can really help increase your savings a lot faster because you'll actually see where your money goes.

I mean, for example, right?

How many of us have multiple streaming services, right?

Why not just have one per month, binge everything in that month, cancel

following month, sign up for one service, binge everything?

Yeah.

And then usually when you cancel, like, wait, don't go.

We'll give you six months for three bucks.

And you're like, okay.

Better yet.

I have the streaming service that I get for no extra cost because my credit card covers it.

Another thing is that once you realize that the cost of travel isn't as expensive as you think it is, originally when I was doing this, remote work that didn't exist.

There was no concept of it.

You know, the digital nomad was just basically bloggers that worked online and coders.

Now it's really anybody has remote work opportunities.

And even if they don't have it full-time, a lot of companies still offer, like, oh, you can go away for a few weeks at a time.

Right.

And so using that leverage can allow you to travel while still actually earning money.

You heard it from Matt.

There are places you can travel cheaper.

There are places you can travel for $75 per day.

We will be digging into some specific money tips with Matt after this.

Stay with us.

This episode is brought to you by Indeed.

When your computer breaks, you don't wait for it to magically start working again.

You fix the problem.

So, why wait to hire the people your company desperately needs?

Use Indeed's sponsored jobs to hire top talent fast.

And even better, you only pay for results.

There's no need to wait.

Speed up your hiring with a $75 sponsored job credit at Indeed.com/slash podcast.

Terms and conditions apply.

A massage chair might seem a bit extravagant, especially these days.

Eight different settings, adjustable intensity, plus it's heated, and it just feels so good.

Yes, a massage chair might seem a bit extravagant, but when it can come with a car,

suddenly it seems quite practical.

The all-new 2025 Volkswagen Tiguan.

packed with premium features like available massaging front seats, it only feels extravagant.

matt you've traveled to more than a hundred countries what is the absolute best value destination per dollar spent good question i can't say there's one country maybe a region i mean well actually like india is a very affordable country you know especially with the the rupee current exchange rate but as a region i think southeast asia

remains the best bang for your buck.

I have to agree.

It's affordable.

There's a well-worn travel trail.

There's lots of activities to do there.

The food's great.

You'll meet a lot of other travelers.

It's like very safe to travel around.

Do you have a favorite spot in Southeast Asia?

Thailand, you know, just because the memories.

Okay, yeah, great backfactor spot.

I really do love how you break down regions.

And even in your book, you sort of break down travel by subregions.

So you could go to Europe, but you even break down how Eastern Europe is so much cheaper than especially, you know, Northern Europe can be really expensive.

I made this mistake because I wanted to go to Spain and Morocco and I got a cheap flight.

It was like $500 from San Francisco to Sweden.

So we flew super cheap to Sweden, but then we had two nights in Sweden and we went to like their equivalent of the McDonald's and it was like $15 for like a terrible cheeseburger.

Super expensive.

So it is super important.

You tell people to go to the affordable places and not just get sucked in for one reason.

Europe is

so varied by region, whereas there's more price uniformity in Southeast Asia,

but Europe is so different.

A lot of people ask me why I don't include Africa in the book.

And it's, you know, Africa has 60 plus countries and it's so vastly different that it would be impossible.

I'd have to have a whole book on Africa alone.

Whereas Europe, there's Western Europe countries are a little bit more price uniform.

Same with Scandinavia.

But yeah, if you're going to Paris or France, it's going to be way more expensive than if you go

to Slovenia, another Euro country, or even go further east, like Bulgaria, Romania, or somewhere around the Balkans.

Do you have any specific travel hack that you think really saves money, but a lot of travelers overlook?

I would say one that I think a lot of travelers overlook is visiting the local tourism office.

and these offices exist for people to get information maps brochures and we think of them often as the place where you go to get a discount off like madame tussau or like right right poetry museum where they're just trying to upsell you but you know they do have maps they sell tourism discount cards which you know is sort of a city pass that's like 24 48 or 72 hours long um that covers most of the major attractions and usually comes with free public transportation.

Another thing where people go wrong is that those offices are also staffed by local people

who you can ask, like, hey, when you go to lunch, where do you go to lunch?

Because they ain't going to the places tourists go.

When you go to dinner, where are you going with your friends and family?

What's your favorite bar to go to, right?

Those are the places that like locals know, right?

And I think that's a really important thing because, and actually, this one hack works anywhere is like, never ask somebody, like, hey, I'm visiting, where should I go?

Because then the mental model that gets queued up is, I don't know, where do tourists go in this city?

Oh, they go to

Rainforest Cafe, oh, Fisherman's Wharf.

Yeah.

But if you say, where do you go with your friends?

It's like, oh, well, I go to this bar and that bar.

Another hack is step into a hostel and ask, hey, I'm visiting.

I'm trying to find like a really inexpensive place to eat or like a market.

Do you know of anything nearby?

Because the hostel clientele is all really cheap travelers, right?

And often I feel like those places are so much better anyway.

I remember so many amazing farmer's market meals I've had, so many hole-in-the-wall meals, and often it's not the Michelin meals I recommend.

I feel like I even have to answer my own question is I think a lot of travelers just look up best restaurant in a city, and often that is going to be the Michelin restaurant.

And then they think they have to go and spend all this money.

And I'm like, no, just go to the amazing hole in the wall, and it's probably going to be just as good and just as memorable.

Also, just to clarify the point about hostels, you can go in if you're not staying there, too.

I think you say in your book, you should not eat within like five blocks of a tourist hub.

The five-block rule, I call it.

There's just sort of like this invisible line that, you know, if you walk like five blocks away from like a touristy area, like the menus go from like eight languages to just the local language maybe they have an english menu places that cater to tourists don't care about the quality of their food because you ain't coming back right right so like if it's just mediocre who cares whereas if you go to a local restaurant then it has to be good because people aren't gonna come back and then you lose business That's a good practical tip right there.

Now, you talked about, you know, the people who are able to travel full time, the people who can work remotely and can get out on the road more often.

That's not necessarily practical for everyone.

There are people out there listening who only have two weeks of vacation a year.

What's your advice to those people?

Got to make the most of what you have.

And one, I think people have more time than they think.

If you factor in long weekends and holidays, you know, you can take weekend breaks to a lot of places.

Travel doesn't always have to be like getting on a plane and go halfway around the world to some really far-off place.

If you live anywhere, just get in the car and drive somewhere, right?

Or, you know, take a weekend break.

Now, you mentioned you used to do hostels more than it sounds like you do now.

Are there any budget strategies that you used early on that maybe you don't recommend anymore?

Not for accommodation.

I mean, hostels are great for people who want to stay in dorms or just meet people.

I mean, a lot of hostels have great private rooms, but they're unfortunately post-COVID not as price competitive as hotels.

Pre-COVID, you might pay a couple of bucks more or a couple of bucks less, depending on time of year as a budget hotel.

So you'd be like, oh, well, whatever, you know, it might not be as nice as a hotel, but at least you get the social aspect of it.

Post-COVID, especially like, you know, Europe, Australia, private rooms and hostels have gotten more expensive than budget hotels.

So they are not a good deal.

But, you know, accommodation-wise, Airbnb rooms, you know, we think of Airbnb as only houses these days, but you know, they started off as like you would stay in someone's guest room or spare bedroom.

That feature still exists.

You just use rooms.

And so that's a great way to save money on accommodation, have the perks of a home, maybe meet someone who can show you around, be a friend.

But that's a great budget accommodation option if you want sort of like.

a middle road between like a hostel and a hotel.

And then there's home exchange is a good one.

Interesting.

We have to do a show on home exchange.

I've never done it.

Yeah.

You trade your home for someone else's home.

They also have a system where, let's say, you don't want to do a reciprocal exchange.

Like I don't want to go to SF.

I want to go to LA.

And so you get like guest points.

Yeah, I've heard about it.

So it's like a three-way trade.

Like I have someone say I accumulate guest points and then I can use those points to stay at a place in LA rather than trading with you directly.

Then there's also hospitality networks.

You know, they used to be big out there, but they're not as popular as they were, you know, in the early 2010s, couch surfing and you stay on someone's couch, spare bedroom, whatever.

But those have actually been supplanted by Facebook groups.

Okay.

Fairly enough, you know, we think of Facebook as, you know, a very boomer-esque place where family members fight each other.

But post-COVID, there's been a huge rise of Facebook groups for travelers to connect with other travelers, digital nomads.

There's, you know, Find a Travel Buddy.

There's Backpacking Europe.

You know, there's Girls Love Travel.

There's Southeast Asia.

There's usually one for like digital nomads, like digital nomads Bali, digital nomads Mexico City.

And so you can use these groups to connect with people, not only as a way to meet people, but also stay.

maybe at their place.

Now, we touched briefly on credit cards to either make your daily expenses a little more manageable through benefits on that card, but also to pay for travel.

What are your thoughts on using travel credit cards?

Do you use them?

If so, what do you recommend?

Yeah, I think points to miles are the best thing ever.

As long as you can pay your credit card off each month, there's absolutely positively no reason not to get a travel rewards credit card because you are getting rewarded for money you're spending anyway.

And I mean, the banks are charging all these fees, right?

You You know, nothing's free in the world.

So, like, somebody else is getting the points through your credit card activity.

You might as well get it too.

Right.

And they'll save you thousands of dollars per year.

Yeah.

I just think there's absolutely no reason not to do them.

Yeah, of course, the caveat: you have to pay it off in full every month.

Otherwise, that interest does not do anything to help the rewards you earn.

Other benefits on credit cards.

Okay, so I want to jump to some rapid fire questions about you.

Favorite place to travel to?

I don't have a favorite country, but I do love Southeast Asia, Japan, and France.

Ooh, I'm still waiting to go to Japan.

I can't believe I haven't been.

Top place you want to go to next?

Mongolia.

Ooh, that's also the top place I want to go to next.

Are you going to do camping there?

I will do whatever there.

Okay, you mentioned hostels.

Do you have a favorite hostel you've ever stayed at?

I've stayed at thousands of hostels.

I can't pick just one.

I'll give you a couple of couple ones.

Kabul and Barcelona.

Francesco is in EOS Greece.

The flying pig in Amsterdam.

Ooh, cool.

Okay, good recommendations.

Maybe you make no mistakes, but do you have a worst travel mistake?

I partially too hard in Prague once and overslept an international flight.

Okay, that is a rough mistake.

Worst travel mistake that you see other people make?

Not following my five block rule.

Ooh, okay.

Five block rule.

I like that one.

If you could make one change to the travel industry, what would it be?

Oh, I mean, what aspect of the travel industry?

Sorry, I need some caveats.

So we talked to Scott Keys from Going and he said that you should be able to resell your airfare.

So so many cancellation policies are rough.

So instead of like, you can't cancel it, so I can just like resell it like Ticketmaster style.

So he focused on the air travel aspect.

I would say if there's one thing I would change is I would put visitor limits on most destinations.

We're already seeing that in a lot of destinations.

We should see more of it.

Okay.

The world was not meant to have billions of people traversing it.

And there are so many other places to go.

I think a lot of people also say, well, where do I go if there's a cap on this hike in Hawaii?

But I think there's so many untouched spots.

Another trail you can do?

I mean, people just get kind of lazy.

Like, I know I sell travel and tell people to go travel, but it's important we do it in a responsible way.

If you take it in a place like Inker Wat, you know, with the pyramids or, you know, these old structures, like you just can't have that many people every day walking through them.

You know, they're going to get ruined.

There really are so many alternatives of just cities that need tourism dollars that people aren't going to.

All right.

Can we boil this down to one single piece of travel advice for listeners?

The more flexible you can be, the more likely it is you'll find a deal because there are deals happening.

every day to thousands of destinations around the world.

If you're flexible, you can always find a deal.

Flexibility is key.

Sometimes adjusting your flight by one day can save you hundreds of dollars.

Like you said, you know, there are so many other destinations in the world, right?

You know, like if Paris is too expensive, go somewhere else.

Okay, so where can our listeners find you and find your book?

I am at nomadicmat.com and on social media at nomadic mat.

Everywhere on social media at nomadic mat, not nomadic mat, everywhere, just to clear that up.

Okay.

And you can find the book everywhere where books are sold.

And I should say, it was a great book.

Super quick read.

I read it in two days.

So I would highly recommend everyone pick it up.

Matt, thank you so much for joining us today.

I learned a lot.

I think it's been fun.

All right.

Well, thanks for having me.

I love talking about travel.

So this is great.

Wow.

I used to read Matt's stuff in college.

He's still alive and well and still budget traveling.

It's great.

More than ever.

Okay, it is now time for our hot take section.

Do you have any hot takes, Megan?

My hot take off for today is don't take Uber from the airport.

Ooh, I love that.

Anything you can do to avoid that it'll help save you money because the airports charge extra fees it might take longer to catch the uber from whichever airport you're coming from so there's a lot of other things you can do here you could take a free hotel shuttle and call the uber from there you can maybe walk a bit i walk almost half a mile outside of lax to take a uber from outside of the airport wow i can't believe you walked i do the hotel shuttle hack out of lax although you know recently they've started putting signs on the hotel shuttles that say not for Uber.

Oh, yeah.

I mean, they know that everyone is onto this hack.

So they're watching.

But, you know, some airports, this is really easy.

Like LAX, this is, you are a little bit unhinged walking a half a mile out of LAX, but some airports, like Palm Springs Airport, they charge you an upcharge to grab your Uber at the airport.

You can literally walk right across the street.

That airport is so small, pick up your Uber right across the street and avoid that airport upcharge.

And if you can't get on a free hotel shuttle, I would take the shuttles to the rental car area.

That's good.

Taking an Uber from there sometimes that's a little bit easier than taking the hotel ones okay hot takeoff slash amazing money saving tip thank you megan we want to hear from you tell us how much you spend per day on travel email us at travel at nerdwallet.com or you can even leave us a voice memo which is cool because i love hearing our guests voice on the show And please give us your reviews.

And besides giving us your feedback, come back for more by following the show on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and iHeartRadio.

That way you can automatically download next week's episode and all future episodes to come.

This episode was produced by Hilary Georgie and Tess Viglund.

Claire Soci helped with fact-checking.

Nick Carissimi mixed our audio.

And thank you to Nerdwallet's editors for all their help.

And here's our brief disclaimer: we are not financial or investment advisors.

This info is provided for general, educational, and entertainment purposes and may not apply to your specific circumstances.

Thanks for listening.

We hope you're inspired to keep your passport full and your wallet even fuller.

See you next week.

Before we let you go, we want to give another shout out for our giveaway.

We're offering some pretty cool stuff right now, and all you have to do is fill out our listener survey.

One winner will get a Polaroid Go instant camera, and six people will win the Bagu Cloud Carry-On Bag.

Oh man, those Polaroid Go's are so hip these days.

All the cool kids have them.

I last had a Polaroid when I was like 12, but I need this one now.

And it could still fit your light packing ethos as it's the world's smallest instant camera.

Dang.

Okay, so how do I enter this survey?

You're not allowed to enter the survey, Sally, but everyone else can and should.

We're doing this because we genuinely want your feedback to make the podcast better.

So to enter, go to nerdwallet.com/slash travel survey and complete the survey form by September 15th for a chance to win.

You can read the official rules for more details, which again can be found at nerdwallet.com/slash travel survey.

Thank you and happy travels.