Money-saving, Eco-friendly BUDGET TRAVEL HACKS | Long term travel tips

Less than a month to go! Lately, we have been busy packing our bags for the 1,000,000km trip without flying.  While packing our bags, we thought of sharing the 2 Budget Travel Hacks with everyone. Don't look down on these small travel hacks! They not only save you money, but also save the environment! 

Travel Hack #1: BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle) / Portable Water Purifier
In our last trip which lasted for 440 days, we never purchased bottled water while we were traveling.  We did as much as we could to #travelgreen.  There are a few ways to get clean drinking water while you are traveling. 

1) Use an Electric Kettle
An electric kettle is not hard to find.  If you are staying in a hostel, hotel or Airbnb, most places will be equipped with a kettle.  We would boil the water when we arrived and let the water cool down overnight.  Then, we could pour the cool water into our reusable bottles.  We did this all the time when we were traveling.  You have paid for the accommodation cost, it is best to utilise the equipment in the room :) 

2) Bring a portable water purifier or filter 
We did camp a lot while we were traveling.  Therefore, we bought a portable water purifier with us.  As long as we could find a water source somewhere, we could hand pump and filter the water on the road.  We have been using MSR  Guardian™ Purifier
(https://www.msrgear.com/ca/water-treatment/filters-and-purifiers/guardian-purifier/02370.html) and it worked the whole time of our trip.  It is one of the highest end one in the market, but you will be saving at least USD1,500 a year from buying bottled water if you are traveling long term.  Plus, you are not creating any wastes from buying the plastic bottles! 

Travel Hack #2: Credit Card Protector
This is new to us! Our friend recently gave us a Credit Card Protector for our upcoming trip.  The protector is to prevent others from tapping your credit card easily.  It costs USD2.  However, when we took a closer look at the materials used, we thought that any aluminum materials would do the job.  Therefore, we tried to DIY ourselves with the aluminum products that we could find at home.  Check out our YouTube Video to see how we do it!