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Travel Tips: Sleeping & Eating

Your hotel and restaurant choices can be a matter-of-face chore…or they can provide rich opportunities to connect with Europeans and their culture.

Sleeping

  • Finding a Good Hotel in Europe
  • To Reserve or Not to Reserve?
  • How to Make Hotel Reservations
  • Reserving Rooms as You Travel
  • Budget Tips for Booking Hotels in Europe
  • Daring to Sleep Cheap
  • Budget Hotels: What to Expect
  • European B&Bs: A Place to Call Home
  • Rental vs. Hotel: When’s an Apartment Smart?
  • Finding and Renting an Apartment in Europe
  • European Hostels: The Cure for Expensive, Lonely Travel
  • Sleeping Alternatives: Bunking with the Locals
  • House-Swapping Tips
  • Camping European Style
  • Out of Options (or Money)? Tips on Sleeping for Free

Eating & Drinking

  • Tips on Eating in Europe
  • Europe’s Cheap Eats
  • Breakfast in Europe
  • Picnic Like a Pro in Europe
  • Tips for Vegetarians in Europe
  • Europe’s Café Scene: Drink It In
  • Drink Like a European
  • Tipping in Europe
  • Hauling Home Heavenly Wines

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