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One more tip that I would like to give is, the public toilets are not free in Germany. They usually cost 50c-€1. Whenever you are in a restaurant for breakfast/lunch/dinner, use the toilet there. It's usually free for the customers. One additional tip: Always carry change (coins) with you. These come in handy when you desperately use the toilet.

Take a few photos of the rental car before you hand the keys back. If they contact you later to say there is some small damage that you need to pay for you can check your own photos (which will include the date/time etc) and tell them they are wrong. This is the same when renting an apartment etc and you need to get your bond back.

when I was a broke student and had to travel somewhere, I would buy the "Wochenend-Ticket" for 5 people and keep taking different people. I had to keep approaching people to ask if they were going to XXX place. I lost lots of time but travelled for free. Now that I work I would never do that again :D

As someone who lives 5km away from Germany, in Strasbourg (France) and who loves going to Bade-Wurtenberg, I find this video very handy ! danke schön ❤️

Food - Avoid famous brands. When you buy food at a discounter never buy well-known brands because they are expensive - you pay for their ads. Discounters got their own kind of brands. For example Aldi got Milsani for dairy products, Mucci ice cream, Westminster tea, rio d'oro juice and more.

When you go by train, a ticket for an entire day is often times a bit cheaper than two one-way-tickets. However, when getting a ticket at a machine, the day ticket is also harder to find than the one way ticket.

Glad to know that you're still alive enjoying the good weather of Mexico.

"Way across the country which is almost 6 or 7 hours." Laughing in Russian.

1.If you want to use the toilett but you dont have some change on you just go to a cafe our restaurant and ask politly to use the toilett. 2. If you think to get by with your credit card let me tell you nope you wont. It is very common in germany to pay with cash and in small shops eg you often cant pay with a credit card because they dont have the devices there. So always carry some change with you.

While I am too cool, I did book my last DB round trip between Munich and Berlin a couple months in advance and it was so cheap. I really didn’t care if I would have to dump these cheap tickets if my plans changed. However, when I arrived at the station, I leaned the damn train union was on strike and my express ticket turned into a couple slower trains delivering me to Berlin hours late!

I'm proud to see that I actually knew 99% of these by my crazy time in Germany. ✨ Too good to go saved my life so much. 😄

The cool thing for the regional tickets is that they work not only within a region, but also may take you to the closest station outside of the federal state, so with the Berlin-Brandenburg ticket you can get to Stettin in Poland, or Dessau in Sachsen-Anhalt, with the Schleswig-Holstein regional ticket you can get to Denmark, etc.

My tip is not to order breakfast in a hotel but to go to a Bäckerei instead.

Aldi and Lidl have a pretty big network of stores in the United States and I also save significantly when I shop there.

About the trains, make sure if you have a second-class ticket, don't get onto a first class car! They are indicated by a number beside the door, 1 or 2.

I compared my bills from Rewe and Aldi, and I have to say this: if you go mid-range in Rewe and for better options (so not to get the worse quality ever) in Aldi, the bill is practically the same. Only fresh salmon is considerably cheaper in Aldi, other stuff mid-range - not. Plus general big brands like Kinder Chocolate or Barilla pasta cost literally the same in all these shops. Being a discounter is also a marketing strategy, don't forget that. Just be rational but don't obsess over specific shop names

All jokes aside though, DB tickets are oftentimes pretty much the same 13-17 euro price (with a BahnCard 25) if you book just a few days, not weeks, in advance. Just do some deep research and you'll notice that those discounted prices are not as rare as they seem to be. Bahn Guru helps a lot! Also, you could have mentioned supermarkets that give food for free. Not Too Good to Go, but a direct supermarket thing. Friends of mine did it in their WG in Hannover and got a LOT of stuff for free every week (from Netto, IIRC).

I have a Bahn Card 50 and I travel between Munich and Hamburg almost two times a month. Usually I book 3-4 weeks in advance and a total ticket costs about 32 EUR.

Hey this issue with the scratch has happened with me as well. I was able to clear up the situation by sending a long letter to their management. I am surprised that it's so common. It was a sixt share in Berlin. Danke schön für dieses Video!

Man you should write a fun book on how to live in Deutschland.

A PAGE TAB WITH NIRVANA? Jeez, I love you ❤️😘greetings from Bergstrasse

Make more of these Videos about Germany please 🙏🇩🇪🥨

Thanks for the app tip, super helpful!

thanks for the tips! very useful !

Enjoy Mexico, is pretty nice for a Mexican that despite the insecurity Germans and some other nationalities come to Mx

Was extremaly usefull, thanks bro!

Useful advice. Thank you!

Great video and tips!!!! Thanks for sharing!

Really good findings, bro. Much useful. Thanks.

Part 2!!! We need a part 2!!!

When I travel for work, if I dare arrive a day early instead of on the day of the job (to save myself having to worry about traffic and being exhausted before I start) so many hotels argue with me about the city tax or Kurtax. Even though they earn more money from me, paying for an extra night. Smh. Also if I dare stay an extra day to recover instead of getting up at the crack of dawn if it involves a ferry, same thing. I‘m talking 12 hour drives and boat journeys, as I sometimes work on islands.

Great advices! Many of them I learned by travelling but many I didn't know 😸. Thank you

love love love, vielen dank

I should say, this is a very good video! Good research 👌

Great video! Very informative!

Such a time and time saver

Thanks Mr Berliner :) useful tips

Thankyou so much!!!!! Really helpful, about to visit Germany!!! So excited after this video!!!

Subscribed. My brothers going back to Germany so this is gonna help. Thank you!

great video! in particular the the hotel saving money tips will safe me some money. And I learned even how to save money from your ad! absolutely lovely!!!

I booked a train ticket for April 2024 and saved $24!!!! I plan on trying the 50 cent beers on board.

The tips are great! Thank you!!! You are awesome! 👍🏽

Elle est super ta chaîne, une belle découverte, j apprends plein de choses. Merciii :))

Thank you thank you thank you DUDEEE!! PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE MONEY SAVING VIDEOS!! I'm moving to Berlin later this year and have been looking for videos like this to help me live and travel there sustainably and economically. YOUR VIDEOS WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL!!!

Moving to Saarbrücken in a couple of months from the USA. Your videos are the only cultural preparation I need.

I love all your videos and your style of narration. Keep it Up!!

Your channel is pure gold

vielen Dank für dieses Video!

Great video. Looking forward to being able to visit Germany again (actually, I love all those picturesque villages around Stuttgart). One tip I have is - if you like Berlin, you could go to Poznań for a similar vibe but almost no tourists.

Thanks for the video. 🙏😎

Awesome content! 😎 Thanks, and keep it up.

I just love your channel and Appreciate your effort

for go by train is the "quer durchs land ticket" a good option is for 1-5 people and its for whole germany

Thanks, great video! One thing I'd add is that once you bought a DB train ticket, you will most likely spend some extra money for a dedicated seat reservation because there is no seat reserved for you by default 🤪 Or you will be searching for a vacant seat throughout the whole train with a chance to be kicked out at any time by a person with a seat reserved

Nice to know about the sixt thing.

In Spain, we also had a problem with Sixt... awful experience! Good to know! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for such a useful video! We are moving to Germany in three days - your tips are just in time.

Thanks great tips

Was happy you mentioned blablacar :)

Another great video! ‚Trolley’ always cracks me up, America it’s a ‚shopping cart‘😀

Excellent Content!

Never trust rental car companies. When renting a car, ALWAYS photograph every square CM of the car when you first rent it and when you return it. I've had several situations now where the person checking it back in is writing up a damage report for a scratch that already existed when I picked it up. By showing them the Before photos, I'm able to prove my case and they stopped writing the report. Be sure to keep copies of these photos for at least 2 months. Also, this protects you from the odometer scam, where they say you drove far further than actual. Look up where one company charged a woman in Canada >$8000 for "driving 36,000km in three days". She would have needed to average over 500kph for the entire three days.

Thanks dude! As an Erasmus student in Berlin I already figured out the shop part though 😅,

These are just good travel tips in general! Especially throughout Europe (not just Germany).

Great video.

I feel like we're good friends 😂 it s really nice to see you tube, keep it ☝️

You are Sehr toll.....you make life easy for Auslander ìn Germany with your funny & informative videos

If you are under 27, you can get really cheap bahncard 25 or 50 (like 10€ for 25 and 60€ for 50 per year). That's so cheap! With one Bahncard 50 for 60€ I can travel everywhere and get an 50% discount on every single train trip. If you travel 4 times back and forth it's already worth it

more videos like that plz 👍👍👍

Maybe you will do more videos about travel around Germany?:) and snow some interesting places to visit :)

What a great beer! 🍻

Ey Chef danke für des Video 👌

0:03 "Its time for a beer!" *Starts sipping a corona*

I have mixed feelings about Sixt. I've had mostly good experiences, but last time I rented with them I showed up and they didn't have a car for me. They said I could come the next day and they'd have it ready but I would have to pay a higher rate. What?! The lady at the counter was atrocious, but when I emailed their customer service and said I wanted a refund for the price difference they did refund me right away.

A good idea also is to take photos all around the auto upon pick-up and return.

Wow! I thought I was a bargain hunter. Lol! Idk if we have the anti food waste thing but I've never heard of it. It needs to be a thing. I know I saw a show years ago about bakeries in NYC throwing out their extra stuff at the end of the day (in clean bags) and people were dumpster diving for it; and no, they weren't homeless. I think some places donated to soup kitchens, so that's good.

Hey nice tips. I will try Too good to go in NYC !

good work 👌👌👌

I love 💚pineapples on clothing 😂 great shirt.

other tip: get the supermarket and discounter apps and the Rossmann and dm app, you can get a lot of coupons

Had mostly great experience with Sixt, just get full coverage insurance and beat you car to death.

In Portugal you use the train if you are travelling alone and you dont have a driver's licence or you have to many childreen and it would be terrible to keep them in a car. trains are expensive, late, old, don't even cover all the main cities, and the public transportation outside of lisbon/porto is just terrible, so you need a car anyway. I mean, if you are portuguese and poor (and the first is oftenly correlated with the second º___º ), you migth have a big discount

Rockn the pineapple shirt👍

Kaufland is as cheap as the discounters. It just has a way larger selection.

0:44 You say "Unitil maybe two, three years ago there was only one provider for the trains." No (or it just applies to Berlin), in the rhine-ruhr area we have since 2014 National Express (the train line between Münster and Krefeld e.g.). And even since 1999 there is TransRegio in the region of Koblenz. If possible use the ICE train on monday to thursday, then you just need to book some days earlier (maybe one week) to get the cheapest price instead of 6 weeks. And even if you just book one day earlier it's usually still cheaper than on the weekend. If you are living in Germany you better get the Bahncard 25 for 25% discount on every ride for just 56 € pear year. It usually pays itself after only three or four trips. There is even a cheaper Bahncard as a trial. (No, I don't work for Deutsche Bahn ;-) Thank me later! Greetings from Cologne

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please make a video dancing techno somewhere in mexico, besitos !

I saved so much for that :3

Good video here are some things to add "2 good 2 go is non profit I guess" That is a bit naive view of the world mate :D It's still a nice app and basically a win for the customer, the business and the app provider as well. I also found that the regular supermarkets are not that more expensive because they have their house-brands. Still a lottle more expensive on average.

Hey! I love your Videos! Which camera do you use?

I have been in a long distance relationship with a wonderful German woman for over two years now (I live in Missouri, USA)... And I listen to a lot of German Radio here and there. I would hear ads for Bla Bla, and until TODAY I never knew what it was. 😅😅

Tap water in Berlin has way too much limestone . Watch out for kidney stone

Hm, i am from Germany. I think Kaufland is for the most part the same price category as most discounters. I would also disagree that you pay double in "normal" discounters. It Always depends what you buy and the brands. In General, discounters are of course a bit cheaper.

There was only a Norma within walking distance where I stayed in DE. So we carried 2 full bags away for under 20€ and I thot they made a mistake and we’re going to come after us 😛

I love you Germany 😘

Could you pls also make a video on current rent price range in different areas of Berlin ?

Bu the most expensive trains in Europe are in the UK.

Save some money and drink some beer is a good tip 👏👍🍻

still it's cheaper on booking than on official site of a hotel. How so?