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The €18 dorm bed in Porto saved me €47. It also cost me a full day of energy, a ruined

The night I paid $12 for a Bangkok dorm bed and got zero sleep because of a 3am card game

Two people, one private room, $54 total for the night — and the hostel had a rooftop bar where we

A 4-bedroom villa in Pererenan with a private pool, daily housekeeper, and a cook who makes you breakfast cost us

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The first “boutique” I booked in Barcelona cost me €180 a night. The lobby smelled like an airport hotel, the

I came back from my second Eurotrip in four years needing a week to recover. The problem wasn’t the trip

Last updated: June 2026. Twenty-six days. Portugal, Spain, and a three-night stop in Morocco. Total pack weight: 7.1 kg —