Young travel bloggers Karol "Charlie" Lewandowski and Aleksandra "Alex" Slusarczy have been on the road for the past six years.
Before they set off on their travels, they didn’t have much money but they wanted to see the world.
Unbelievably the Polish couple have managed to survive on just £5.50 each day – mainly because they bought an old VW bus for £415 which they use as their mode of transport.
But how do they keep costs down? Well, Karol puts it down to never paying for accommodation or eating out.
Explaining their super-scrimping on their blog Bus Around The World, the pair said: "The main cost is the fuel – that’s why other people travel with us and share fuel costs.
"We travel slowly and often stay in one place for a few days, so we save on fuel. Also lots of people are ordering a postcard from our trip – they get a postcard from a beautiful place, and we get the money for one litre of fuel."
Karol and Aleksandra either sleep in their van or in a tent, often wild camping in places like beaches, cliffs and mountains.
Sometimes, strangers will invite them into their homes.
They buy their food from supermarkets and cook it themselves and if their van breaks down then they repair it themselves.
Karol continued: "When we need [a] mechanics help, they very often do not take money from us because they are impressed with our trip and want to help us and be a part of our adventure.
"We have our own electric shower and 150 litre water tank on the roof so we don’t pay for showers.
"Sometimes we just use rivers or lakes.
"Between continents we transport the car on the ship.
"It is very simple."
But the money-saving experts have even raked in some cash from sponsors, in exchange for advertising on their painted vehicle.
Karol explained: "We sometimes have sponsors – when we have to spend a lot of money on something.
"For example, the transport of car across the ocean to Australia and the US – sponsors paid for it in exchange for their advertising on the van.
"Logos on a car is advertising for such companies, which helped us to transport the car through the oceans."
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"And thanks to that we can be still on the road because we just need a laptop and internet to work. We published two books about our trips and they give us some money.
"We do photo sessions for companies or doing advertising clips in exotic locations and companies pay us for it."
Along the way, the pair have even gotten engaged – and they’re still on the road today.
Source: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/travel/adventure/493184/Couple-travel-world-fiver-day-VW-van-bus-around-the-world
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