Warm Showers
Free: All time Warm Showers Community is a free worldwide hospitality exchange for touring cyclists. Think Couchsurfing but for cyclists only. The community is aptly named for that’s exactly what these cyclists most long for after hours of biking on the road. The concept originated way back in 1993 but it only turned into a...
Global Greeter Network
Free: All time Global Greeter Network is an informal association of Greeter programs around the world. Who exactly are “Greeters?” Greeters are volunteers that love their city so much that they volunteer to show visitors around for free. Think more “a new local friend” instead of a “professional guide.” This can the perfect way to...
Wi-Fi
Free: All time Not having access to the Internet on your smartphone when traveling abroad? Or you are actually a local too broke to pay for mobile data plan or home internet service? Either way, fear not! The site Wi-Fi Free Spot put together a directory of places around the world with free public wi-fi...
LibriVox
Free: All time Similar to Project Gutenberg, LibriVox is an online digital library of free public domains books, but in audio format. Read entirely by volunteers, LibriVox by had a catalogue of over 6,244 unabridged books available to download by the of 2012. And every month, the project is adding on average 89 audiobooks per...
Project Gutenberg
Free: All time In the spirit of saving money and living green, if you ever wish to finally read those masterpieces that you missed in school, head to Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize and distribute free eBooks. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public...
Freegan
Free: All time Technically speaking, Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. But for most, freegans are mostly associated with dumpster diving. Dumpster divers forage others’ garbage to obtain useful goods including food. The community functions in knowing the throwaway...
Sleeping in Airports
Free: All time Well, people usually sleep in airports not by choice, but that is not the case for some. Sleeping in airports have become a way of traveling for those wanting to skim a few bucks off their travel expense. The website “Sleeping In Airports” is frequented by a travel community that has been...
Couchsurfing
Free: All time Couchsurfing refers to the practice of moving from one friend’s house to another, sleeping in whatever spare space is available. An organization based on this term and concept was founded in 2004 and has since been a platform for travelers to either host or stay with others, for free! Your “couch” differ...
