r/Shoestring↗
Travel on a Shoestring Budget
A community to discuss frugal travelling, last-minute travel deals, cheap destinations, and cheap means of travel. Whether couchsurfing, camping, or staying in hostels, whether hitchhiking or staying on Airbnb, let's discuss and share the best budget travel ideas and deals!
5.2M subscribers87 posts / mo in Sep 202683 authors / mosince 2012
r/Shoestring has 5.2M members (+0.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 87 posts a month from 83 people. Top topics: Solo Travel Europe, Solo Traveling and Volcanoes of Central America.
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- Solo Travel Europe1.3%
- Solo Traveling0.9%
- Volcanoes of Central America0.8%
- Paris Travel Reports0.6%
- Train Tickets and Travel0.6%
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- Booking
- Bot or Not?
- Hostelworld
- TrustedHousesitters
- ITA Software by Google
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