Save money: be dynamic, have deal alert set and just go when the right deal comes.

How to pack: have a backpack ready to go, filled with your clothes for a week, any electronics you need, just throw in your laptop. Don’t worry about anything you can buy on arrival. Things you can get at 7-Eleven. Don’t bother packing those things. Ideally everything in your bag should have multiple uses: swim trunks can be used to shorts when you’re short on laundry. Try to get all of your devices to use the same charging cord USBC. Get a gallium arsenic charger. Get 2 m chords.

If you have trouble packing everything into a single backpack, you’re probably bringing too much for a spontaneous trip. Figure out what you can leave. Maybe you can do laundry more often, use the hotel laundry. Maybe you don’t need multiple pairs of shoes. You can rewear clothes multiple days.

Things to do: go out and meet people, talk to people, be friendly, ask questions, and genuinely listen to the answers. You can meet people on Facebook, or hello talk, or tinder. And just have those people show you the area. It’s a fun activity to meet people and do things.

Things you must bring: two phones, with all your important apps on both phones, Make sure you have a translator app on both phones. Arlo or Google fi for data sim cards. A lockable bag you can put important documents in. a satchel or purse or man purse. When you’re traveling in a new place it’s very helpful to be able to just store things in a satchel, including water sunscreen a hat, sunglasses.