This category of posts focuses on travel hacking Europe and monthly travel hacking updates from Life Half Full.
In April 2022 I quit my job, boarded a plane, and spent 31 nights in Europe for less than a third of the cost it should have been. I spent most of my nights in 5-star hotels, eating whatever I wanted and never missing any must-see experiences. It was one of the best times of … Read more
It’s hard to believe that next month’s backpacking Europe budget for Free is finally happening. If you’ve been following along since I started posting these updates, you’ll know that there have certainly been a lot of changes. Most recently, a trip that was supposed to be 39 days has been stripped down to 32 because … Read more
Let me start by backing up. Europe for Free’s original idea was for my husband and I to go to Europe while we sold our house and moved. Mainly, we planned on moving closer to our parents and use Europe for Free as an opportunity to bridge a gap. I always intended to quit my … Read more
Well… here we are in 2022, which means we’re officially in the year of Europe for Free. And more importantly, we’re only three months away from spending five weeks in Eastern Europe for close to nothing. I don’t know if it’s like this as a reader but each month I start writing this monthly update … Read more
It’s hard to believe that six months ago I published my first article about Europe for Free. The concept was simple: take my husband on an adventure of a lifetime through Europe for one month completely free through travel hacking. At first the project seemed daunting. Even absurd. But six months later I’ve booked almost … Read more
Just five short months from now my husband and I will be boarding a plane to Rome for 5-weeks in Europe… completely free. Kind of hard to believe, actually. Now that airfare has been booked, this month I switched gears to focus on finalizing a hotel plan. Leading up to November’s update, my husband and … Read more
IT’S BEEN A BIG MONTH FOR EUROPE FOR FREE! I can’t believe I’m saying it, but we booked airfare and finalized our travel route. Only… it’s not what I’ve been thinking the trip would be for months now. I didn’t book through United and with it, didn’t receive any of the benefits I was looking … Read more
Since April 2021, I made it my mission to learn everything there is to know about travel credit card points to take my husband, Aspen, to Europe for one month completely free. In the past couple months, we’ve created a preliminary route through Eastern Europe, added four credit cards to the hacking portfolio and decided … Read more
It’s hard to believe this is my third month writing about my Europe for Free travel hacking journey. A couple months ago it was just an elaborate idea that I thought sounded pretty crazy, but I keep getting closer to this dream becoming reality. This past month has been dedicated to finalizing some travel plans … Read more
In June 2021, I started writing about my commitment to take my husband to a trip to Europe for one month completely free. When I came up with the idea, I thought I sounded pretty crazy. But as time has passed and I’ve crunched some numbers, I’ve realized how attainable this dream actually is. This … Read more