I went traveling around Europe in the early 2000's for 2 months on a few thousand bucks. It did take a while to save as a student which took some lifestyle sacr

I went traveling around Europe in the early 2000's for 2 months on a few thousand bucks. It did take a while to save as a student which took some lifestyle sacrifice. I managed to stay abroad so long on so little by not partying, hitch-hiking, traveling overnight on trains when possible to avoid accommodation costs (helped by occasional travelling without marking it in my euro-train ticket - sorry rail people), spent a couple weeks in friends/family accommodation, largely lived on bread rolls you often get complimentary at hostels and taking a few extra and buying some deli meat/cheese to make sandwiches for lunch/dinner. And more locally at that age I did hitch-hiking trips when on uni holidays, sleeping rough often. It adds challenge but sometimes it leads to the best adventures and you get around. I wont deny there is some increased risk, personally having one rather scary encounter with a crazy person but that's also part of the adventure of travel anywhere you want to go off-track. And it's amazing how much help people will offer if they see a young person trying to see the world on the cheap. I feel it's very doable if you have the right expectations. To me the biggest barriers seem to be believing its possible, sacrificing lifestyle for the saving period and then not partying your cash away on the trip.