I found the best way to do Motorcycle Travel

[@fuglbird]

I've been motorcycle camping since 1978. I'm not going to change now. I don't need internet while travelling. I prefer places where free camping is allowed. If you like visiting cities, hostels may be a good idea. The problem with hostels and hotels is that you often need a reservation. I never follow a fixed schedule. I stay longer at places I like. I've always been able to find a place to put up a tent - even in high season. Everyone should do what they like. What is best for one is not the best for someone else.

[@inoasdh7618]

Same goes for me. I usually keep my distance to cities and cheap accomodation in rural areas is ususally quite difficult to get. In the Balkans, it's okay though. Camping advantage: You stay next to your bike and the risk of it getting stolen is 0%.

[@SherKhan-b1kes]

The adventure starts as soon as I leave home. Being a city-kid I try to book my overnight stays on farms where I‘ll stay for at least 4days. Have used hostels and Airbnb‘s for short stays when on the move to break up long distances. I used to go camping in a tent but stopped that some 20 years ago which has left more room on my motorcycle. Excellent choice of music Miles, totally enjoyable 😉

[@FreeMilesMC]

I agree the Adventure Starts as soon as you are on the road ☺️

[@RV11914]

You do what YOU want..Don't worry about what looks good on camera and you don't need to explain yourself to anybody. Your videos are great man wish you luck and safe riding.

[@grimmbartrides]

Just did a tour through Slovenia and adjacent countries last week, stayed at campsites most of the time (except one night when I was soaked by the rain). But I'll keep hostels in mind for next time, not really more expensive than camping after all.

[@jeroenvandervelden8213]

Absolutely true, even if you don't have to edit video's. Also more safe if you ask me, you will get more rest in a bed than on a matras in a tent.

[@FreeMilesMC]

Yes that is also a point

[@zoydpatterson1817]

Gute Entscheidung! Genieße deinen Urlaub. Nach einem ganzen Tag auf dem Motorrad ist es viel schöner, die Sachen aufs Zimmer zu bringen und zu relaxen. Das Wort Abenteuer ist ohnehin ziemlich überstrapaziert. Man macht eben Urlaub mit dem Motorrad, andere mit dem Fahrrad, der Bahn, gehen Wandern etc.. Viel Spass noch auf deinem Trip!

[@FreeMilesMC]

Vielen Dank ☺️

[@TeaMango844]

Great video, been watching regularly for a year now and have really been enjoying the content. Keep it up man

[@FreeMilesMC]

Thank you for consitently Tuning in it means a lot ☺️

[@maxderror6824]

I really see the benefits of Hostel/hotel. Especially when you calculate the time to unpack/pack your stuff. (For me at least one hour) The camping grounds are also very expensive these days. So I do loose also Holiday time for getting my tent etc. you can Choose what is the better Option. Ok in very nice Environment its nice. But its really depending. My tip in eastern Europe is also to buy like the whole room for myself 😅. So I do have the Hostel experience but can sleep by myself.

[@FreeMilesMC]

Yes the time it takes is somtimes a lot

[@robot6346]

Amazing improvement on the quality of your videos. You’ll go far

[@gert-janhofman4868]

you need to take care of yourself, a hostel is perfect for trips like this. Being nice for your physical l health. a nice hot shower and a proper bed for a good night. Easy editing with good WiFi. Thank you for this marvelous episode again. Nice shots and excellent music. all the best

[@FreeMilesMC]

Thank you for the nice words and yes all in all the Hostel is better for me ☺️

[@lusl1094]

Where I live in Canada, hostels are not an option. The one’s that there are, I would probably stay away from. That being said, I’ve also not seen camp sites before like you have been staying at. It looks like you are sleeping in a field or someone’s lawn at their home. The camp sites here are in the woods and the sites are decently separated, if you pay for a site at a Provincial park. The main choice here is to wild camp on public land, since most of the area is public land. Go down a logging road, trapper’s trail or forest access road and you will have a place to camp where you can have an open fire by a lake, stream or river. There are also lots of good places to wet a line and have some fresh fish for supper. The bonus is that there is no charge. The downside for a KZbinr is there there is no electricity, limited cell and Wi-Fi. With the money that you don’t spend to sleep at night, there is money to stay at a cheap motel, once or twice a week. That gives you some privacy, with time and space to spruce up yourself and gear, as well as get necessary chores done.

[@koenmldr]

I noticed that I liked previous episodes more. I liked the off road footage before and missed (cultural) observations and fun facts about where you are. It is really good you are choosing some comfort and fun for yourself though 😃👍

[@FreeMilesMC]

Some offroad will come soon again

[@eprohoda]

Free!Love it, beautiful shots~

[@FreeMilesMC]

Thank you for the appreciation ☺️

[@nicololorenzon3291]

Loved the video as always, such a pity that you didn't drive 40 minutes East from Vienna to Bratislava, Slovakia. It's full of pretty sights and you could have cut thru Hungary to get to Slovenia : D

[@FreeMilesMC]

Yes that would have also been a Great Route

[@lukasmustermann01]

If I travel with my friends (a group of four), camping is the best and cheapest thing. We mostly do wild camping, searching a bit for a good spot (hidden and maybe with an ice-cold river to bathe) and we use the toilets of restaurants or Raststätten. We have quite good equipment to cook, and It's still cheaper, it pays off. And if we want to have a less adventurous vacation, we rent a whole apartment (5 people) bc that's the cheapest way.

[@FreeMilesMC]

Honestly in a group this sounds fun also because you have the friendship to help you get along

[@batsminator]

To each his own preference. I’m doing a 1 week solo motorcycling roadtrip as we speak through France and camping the whole week. Campings in France are very good mostly and between 10 and 20 euro’s per night for 1 person. I would not like the busy environment of a city or hostel. And also I like to know that my motorcycle is safe next to my tent 😊

[@FreeMilesMC]

Yes also depends a lot on the Country, France is really amazing with Camping at at the Same time Hotels are Pricy and Hosters are basically Not existent

[@stevenwandels8934]

@@FreeMilesMC Say what now? There are over 600 Youth Hostels in France 😄

[@clarson2916]

If nice hostels are available, for all the reasons you mentioned, that would be the choice. But, I’m in the United States. Especially in the western US, lots of public land, and free camping in pretty remote areas. Not a lot of hostels, or sometimes even hotels, so you camp In the wild. Camping in remote wild places would be a really different experience than hostel travel in Europe. It takes time, but eventually you do get comfortable being in wild places. :)

[@RRRRefuelRideRace]

Hostels are much better and you have a warm room anytime. :) Great Episode bro. Cheers.

[@KeanuJeevesTheRealOne]

Shame you didn't get the time to check out the Alps and mountain passes. Worth considering on the way back. Cheers!

[@FreeMilesMC]

I will do them too at some Point i live in Germany so i can do a Small more in Detail project on them

[@KeanuJeevesTheRealOne]

Makes sense. One more recommendation. If in Croatia, I'd highly recommend to ride E65 (Jadranska Magistrala). Some out of this world views there. I'm sure you'd enjoy it 😊

[@adkomst]

Enjoying the vids and your trip. Thanks. Completely agree that hostel/b+b is a more comfortable and practical solution. Keep warm, charge your batteries and a good bed! What app are you using to find the rooms?

[@FreeMilesMC]

I am using booking.com Because i share an Account with my parents so we managed to get in to booking.com Genius witch is 20%cheaper

[@adkomst]

@@FreeMilesMC Ok, thanks for the reply. Have a good trip - greetings from Norway!

[@R4pidCL1Cker]

Camping is only fun if you are going to wildcamp in the nordic country’s. Everywhere else i always do cheap hotels and airbnb

[@FreeMilesMC]

Iceland was the only Nordic Country i tried out so far

[@koenmldr]

Wildcamping in other countries is also fun. Though often just a bit less legal 😁

[@MrSparker95]

The way I see it, assuming I make ~400km daily, at 5L/100km it is ~20L of fuel or 32 Euro with Czech fuel prices. +Food expenses during the trip. +Bike maintenance cost (tire change price, oil change price, other things). So probably in the end the difference the price per night makes isn't that huge.

[@ilmarinen79]

Oh my, the scenery...🥲

[@bardoviskioenzo5491]

Which apps do u use for navigation and finding hostils? Great video as always!!

[@FreeMilesMC]

I use mostly booking.com because they have great discounts if you use them a lot

[@e30tutorials]

I think your biggest problem is that you have to edit videos and deal with terrible Wi-Fi connections and long upload times for KZbin. This is the reason I don’t do this on a trip I prefer to edit after the trip. It’s a lot of stress to find proper Wi-Fi connections and sitting down for hours and waiting for upload. On Hostel theme: first it’s total different feeling if you go in a hotel or hostel or sleeping outside. Sure, it’s not comfortable but the real feeling you’re only get the nature. It’s also better to go for wild camping. The big problems with hostels is that you can’t sleep because a lot of people jumping around in the rooms and switching lights off and on. In long-term, it’s nerving. in the nature you have your peace on my trip I prefer mix of camping, wild camping hotels. In general, it’s better to be independent of some big cities. In remote areas you can’t find hostels anyway. 😀

[@christophleinweber]

Regarding to stay overnight, I do have two problems: I am (or my body is) too old for camping. Although I think nothing matches better to motorbike travelling. I hate being in a sleeping room along with strangers. Therefore, I just have one option left which is to stay in hotels or similar. And of course this makes travelling more expensive. 🤷🤔

[@FreeMilesMC]

Maybe couch surfing or cheap air Bnbs could be for you

[@christophleinweber]

@@FreeMilesMC 🤷😊

[@joergbeigang]

I actually like camping, but can’t stand camp sites. Camp sites are the exact opposite of building a camp in the nature and feeling free. In fact you’re packt together, far too close with others. Pretty much like a chicken farm, except chickens don’t need to walk to the sanitary facilities carrying their own roll of toilet paper. As long as the parking is safe I’d get a room all the way, even if it’s double or triple the price.

[@FreeMilesMC]

In some Countrys there are still some quite campinggrounds tho

[@joergbeigang]

@@FreeMilesMC I obviously exaggerated a little. Small ones and especially off season can be quite alright. As you already pointed out it’s just this value for money thing. Btw. if you’re heading back via Italy and want to test ride a Buell, drop me a line.

[@alendervic999]

schade, wusste nicht, dass du in graz sein wirst. auch das wetter hätte nicer sein können, sonst wär ich definitiv ein stück mitgefahren richtung slowenien. gute reise noch und wie immer: nice musik!

[@FreeMilesMC]

😬 da haben wir und knapp verpasst danke für die netten Worte ☺️

[@fa7842]

I would thinking about going in Hostels/Hotels/Campsite once or twice a week. Otherwise wild camping...

[@FreeMilesMC]

That is ofcourse also a way to do it

[@cacavati]

Don't do wild camping without research. In Romania we have plenty bears, wolves and more recently jackals in south Summer you might encounter poisonous snakes in the mountains so... Yeah. Hostel it is...

[@fa7842]

@@cacavatiDamn poisonous snakes and bears?

[@sotono]

Do you know about Couchsurfing?

[@FreeMilesMC]

Yes couchsurfing is also amazing just does not work that well with the work that I have to do behind the scenes to edit and stuff like that

[@koenmldr]

​@@FreeMilesMCyou could think about changing the schedule a bit so you could do some couch surfing. It can be awesome content (if the host consents and is comfortable with it)

[@FreeMilesMC]

@koenmldr thought about doing that too but i don’t know how consistend the good content would be thats why i have Not done that yet

[@mariodian]

Team hotel here. Can’t stand hostels, the noise, shitty bed, lack of privacy, sharing a toilet with so many people etc. To be honest, I’d much rather camp preferably away from the crowds.

[@StromerYoutube]

Da ich meistens mit einem Spezl unterwegs bin, sind normale Unterkünfte meist der deutlich bessere Deal als Camping Plätze und oft nur marginal teurer als Hostels oder gar gleich im Preis. Vergangenes Jahr haben wir am Balkan pro Person selten mehr als 20-30€ pro Person incl. Frühstück gezahlt! Da schleppe ich kein Zelt durch die Gegend...

[@FreeMilesMC]

Sehe ich auch so besonders mit Frühstück sind ja oft schon zwei Mahlzeiten für den Tag abgedeckt weil man kann sich ja oft ein Brot für den Tag schmieren

[@StromerYoutube]

@@FreeMilesMC Exakt, aber es ist halt von Vorteil wenn man zu zweit ist. Die Zimmer sind dann idr billiger pro Person.

[@powerbcm]

whats ur jacket?

[@FreeMilesMC]

It’s from a Small local Company in Paris and was a gift of a friend

[@powerbcm]

@@FreeMilesMC Really nice jacket!

[@agro_3000]

ich bevorzuge wildcampen kostet nichts und es hat einen besonderen vibe außerdem kann man spontan dort schlafen wo man möchte und muss nicht irgendwo davor buchen, klar mit Videos ist es schwierig und nervig immer im McDonald's zu sitzen

[@alexanderalex6527]

Wie machst du das in Deutschland? Wie findest du deine Spots, und bleibst unentdeckt von der Polizei?

[@agro_3000]

@@alexanderalex6527 im Wald musst du nur aufpassen dass kein jägerstand in der nähe steht oder du gehst auf bisschen verstecktere Spielplätze außerdem schlafe ich im tarn biwaksack wenn es nicht stark regnet bzw in einer hängematte halt alles möglichst unauffällig olivgrün und das Motorrad kannst ja paar Meter weg stellen oder du kommst halt erst wenns dunkel ist und sobald es hell wird packst zusammen und kochen kannst ja dann immernoch und irgendwann bekommst nen Auge für die perfekten Spots und hatte bis jetzt nur 2 Begegnungen mit jäger, innerhalb von ca 100 nächten, die aber dann doch meistens entspannt drauf sind, außerdem ist es eine grauzone solange du kein Zelt benutzt und ab und zu nutze ich halt dann doch mal sowas wie 1NightTent und schlafe bei Leuten im garten. wenn du ohne Zelt schläfst kann die Polizei dich auch nur von dem Platz verweißen solange du kein Feuer machst und dich benimmst also keine Angst ;)

[@alexanderalex6527]

@@agro_3000 so eine Information ist schwer zu finden, danke dir.

[@agro_3000]

@@alexanderalex6527 kein Thema;)

[@FreeMilesMC]

Ja solange das einigermaßen geht ich find in Deutschland ist das oft schwierig

[@Hanse276]

Team Hostel ;)

[@FreeMilesMC]

Me too at the Moment

[@jimthompson717]

My idea of roughing it is the coffee not being hot enough at the Hilton breakfast buffet.

[@Hibbicon]

AirBnB with instant booking is the way to go.

[@FreeMilesMC]

Yes Even tho i still need to get used to Airbnb with the Hosts and Everything