Codecademy
Free: All time Similar to Khan Academy, Codecademy offers free courses online. It is an interactive platform that provides free coding classes in six different programming languages (Python, PHP, jQuery, JavaScript, Ruby, HTML and CSS). Besides the classes, Codecademy also provides a forum where enthusiasts, beginners, and advanced coders can come together to discuss coding....
Khan Academy
Free: All time Khan Academy is a non-profit educational website that features thousands of educational resources, including a personalized learning dashboard, over 100,000 exercise problems, and over 4,000 micro lectures via video tutorials. The subjects covers anything from mathematics to history to cosmology. All these are free to access for anybody around the world that...
International Student Identity Card (ISIC)
Free: Student discounts in worldwide (USD 4-22 card application fee) One of the most popular travel discount card is perhaps the International Student Identity Card (ISIC). Students are normally entitled to cheaper prices in a lot of attractions and the most globally accepted proof of your student status is the ISIC card. First established in...
Tax-free/ VAT Refund
Free: All time Many countries, mostly those of the EU area, offer tax-free (VAT-free) shopping for foreign tourists. VAT (Value-Added Tax) is the tax that residents have to pay for goods and services. As of now, roughly 320,000 stores in 40 countries worldwide participate in the tax-free campaign (check the Wikipedia link below for the...
U.S. Airlines Price-Difference Credit | Yapta
Free: All time Ever booked a flight ticket then found out later on that the price had dropped? Well, this may be helpful for you to know that all U.S. airlines allow you to get a credit for the price difference. And to save you the hassle of having to keep tracking the price changes,...
Skype
Free: All time Okay, so Skype is nothing new. It’s a free internet phone service for your computer or smartphone. Most of you probably already use it to “skype” other users. However, the best usage of it that we discovered when travelling abroad was to use it to call toll-free numbers in your home country....
Replace Lost Chargers
Free: All time So you left your cellphone charger in a hostel in Paris and you’re already miles away in Amsterdam? Well, don’t curse yourself over it because you’re not the only one who tends to do this. In fact, here’s a statistic: Chargers are the #1 most left behind items at hotels. Many places...
DIY Passport Photo
Free: All time In some countries, passport photo services charge outrageous pricing. It doesn’t help either that consulates tend to ask for a ridiculous amount of photos just for visa application. Anyhow, for you Broke Tourists out there, it costs close to nothing to DIY. The website ‘Passport Photo 4 You’ lets you upload your...
VisaMapper
Free: All time Depending on what nationality you have, visa fees can cost quite a bit. Perhaps a way to save that money upfront, even before landing in your destination, is to try to visit the countries that are visa-free for you. VisaMapper is a site that provides a quick glimpse of each country visa...
European Youth Card (EURO<26 Card)
Free: Youth discounts in Europe (EUR 5-19 card application fee) The European Youth Card is a card for young people offering a large number of discounts on culture, travel, accommodation, shopping and services in most European countries. This card (also at one time known as EURO < 26) is available to everyone under the age...
European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
Free: All time If you have British, EU, EEA, or Swiss nationality then consider yourself lucky! You’re entitled to the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), which lets you get state health care at a reduced cost or sometimes free in all EEA countries. Basically, if you get sick during your trip, EHIC will get you...
Servas
Free: All time (Annual membership required; fee varies per country) Amongst all the different hospitality exchange organizations, Servas is the oldest, by far. Founded in 1949 by Bob Luitweiler as a peace movement, Servas International now expands to over 100 countries. It is an international, non-governmental, multicultural peace association that operates through a network of...
