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4. Transport
If you live let’s say in Berlin and want to travel to Beijing, it’s understandable that you would book a flight because of the distance. However, if it’s within driving distance, then the choice is obvious. BeFrugal.com has an excellent calculator called “fly or drive” that will help you decide if it’s better to book a flight or drive to that destination.
5. Roaming bills
When you leave the country, you should pay extra attention to your phone, that is because the roaming charges can cost you hundreds of dollars. You don’t have to worry about this if you plan it when you sign a contract with your mobile carrier make sure that you will have extra free international data, or another simple solution would be just to buy a new local SIM card.
6. Change currency at home
Airports are known to rip off people on everything, and that also includes exchanging money, for that reason you want to make sure that you do it while you’re at home and the currency rate is much more favorable for you.