Save Money Traveling & Living in Germany

[@RadicalLiving]

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[@PCLHH]

My first beer in Germany was from Aldi. It was in a plastic bottle and it tasted like piss. lol

[@RadicalLiving]

@@PCLHH rule number one, never buy a beer in a plastic bottle. Never!!

[@CalebNorthNorman]

Thank you so much for the help. We all need smart German advice. I love the idea of Germany, and i hope that comes naturally because since Germans came to America in the 1800s i have over 12 German grandmothers. I hope to visit Germany within the next decade. 😉😁 👍🏞️🌄 🇺🇲🇩🇪

[@maruc6481]

Thank you Radical Living! We are saving a lot with Too Good to go! We moved last December and you make our life so much easier! 🤓🥳🤩

[@kurttheyoutuberboss7451]

I have a question for you what is the best phone service in Germany I have T-Mobile USA at the moment

[@ak_7973]

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.

[@jimbyers3092]

OMG. I have never understood why one would have to pay to use a public toilet? It is typically a small room and easy to maintain. A free public toilet in a supermarket would actually would bring in more customers--and make the other supermarkets appear excessively greedy--avaricious.

[@mranderson7552]

There is one free public toilet in front of Hamburg railway station and it has no doors, and people can see how you pee :D . i dont understand why is it so hard to install a door there

[@MA-zg2pz]

@@mranderson7552 probably for safety /not using drugs in public.

[@TheFren]

In the cities, bigger multi-level stores often have toilets for free, too. Or check out the next hospital / public building.

[@alihorda]

​@@jimbyers3092honestly I'd pay even more if they had more toilets. It is so embarrassing and annoying that most cities have next to no public toilets so you have to weasel inside restaurants and pay not 1€ but much more because you have to order something

[@louisebaas5042]

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 ❤️

[@tinu951]

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.

[@alternatique]

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

[@VladimirGarvardt]

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.

[@purpleplant3842]

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.

[@KitsuneHB]

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.

[@goldflo91]

And discounters' brands products are as tasty as those from famous brands, even better with more taste and less sugar while being less expensive

[@nolannernberg4627]

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.

[@nedsurf1876]

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

[@CouchPolyglot]

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

[@RadicalLiving]

😅 i remember hose times as well, some guys were getting these tickets in Frankfurt and the collecting people to ride to Kassel and then they would make multiple trips back and forth, i always went with them for 5€^^

[@georgvonrechenberg2217]

This isn't as easy to do anymore. Nowadays you have to write the names of the group on the ticket. Also ticket prices are graded depending on how big the group is. But I aso love how one could save fare dodgers who couldn't afford the ticket. I also got saved once.

[@TheFren]

Yep doesn't work anymore but it's still cheap compared to the normal prices

[@pw4780]

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!

[@sanskritishrestha999]

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!!!

[@themanishdutta]

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.

[@tadeoguerrero7892]

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. 😄

[@TheFren]

Where I live it's always sold out

[@kaliah1494]

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

[@purpleplant3842]

Come to a "Weinfest" in Rhineland-Palatinate

[@LerieValerie]

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

[@maxfbraun]

Aldi Nord or Süd? Where I live vegetables and fruit tend to be cheaper in Aldi, but the rest is quite the same price as well

[@Baroccogiappo]

I had the same impression. In Lidl I think I saved some money for vegetables (and they were ok like in Edeka), but for the rest, no. I came to the conclusion that discount supermarkets are cheaper when you compromise on quality, but for the same stuff the price is similar. Maybe they have more special offers and some products are really cheaper, but on average I would say the difference isn't really big.

[@TheFren]

Plus Kaufland is extremely cheap in its own brands AND has extensive selection at the same time. Penny & Netto quality are super shitty, even for the price. My tip to foreigners would be to look out for the shop owned brands.

[@andresrosa726]

I am lucky to have one of each near my place, so I just watch the Prospekt and go to the cheapest, the rest I get in Aldi

[@alihorda]

In my personal experience, general purchase is literally half the price in Lidl, ofc if you pay attention in rewe you can get it somewhat cheaper, but nothing close to Lidl (not counting special /"gourmet" stuff in Lidl)

[@paulotaviorod]

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).

[@hannahachhammer5881]

how did they get the stuff for free?

[@pratikshagarode3669]

Can you share the app link on playstore. I can't find it

[@Катя-н9м6о]

love love love, vielen dank

[@threeswisswitches]

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!

[@gwarlow]

I have never rented a car where it was not thoroughly inspected BEFORE I was given my bill. If this doesn’t happen, insist on an inspection, preferably with you looking on during the process, or make sure it is indicated somewhere on your receipt. Cheers. Very useful video. Danke.

[@andreyfilippov1904]

I'm dealing with similar issue right now. I left the car on a sixt parking lot after the office closed, therefore i'm not aware what may happened during the night before the office was opened again. But they said i scratched the car (5-10 cm) even though two my passengers can confirm we didn't have any accidents. So i'm interested what did you write to them xD

[@TheFren]

Woooah just had to cancel a Sixt car, guess that could have gone wrong :( thx for the warning!

[@ДарьяАльбрехт]

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

[@Kordanor]

You are russian? Just saw this comment by accident. I am a German living in France and just came home from shopping in Germany. If you like to get some russian stuff, don't go directly to an import vendor, but check the import secition of regular supermarkets. I like to get something "exotic" now and then, and so my haul today included some Kwas and these russian pink "Crab" candy ;) Some German supermarkets have quite a bit of russian stuff (like Marktkauf)

[@manuel_youtube_ttt]

Your channel is pure gold

[@joannaurban2418]

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.

[@ak_7973]

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

[@cerchiaG]

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

[@RadicalLiving]

lol forgot to resize 😅

[@viktordmitriev2761]

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

[@goldflo91]

OMG 😱 Almost reminds of airlines allowing people to overbook, then kick them out of their flight if there's no more seats. And they don't talk about the refund ... 🤦‍♂️💢

[@mjedz]

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

[@RadicalLiving]

yes! and it even tastes better

[@emmakleiner8470]

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

[@LaureninGermany]

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.

[@elenahalcyon5775]

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

[@coldfire4369]

Laughs in Magadan

[@elenahalcyon5775]

@@coldfire4369 от нас до Вас было бы суток 12, если бы был поезд For non-Russians: Magadan is the far east of Russia and there are no trains to it

[@coldfire4369]

@@elenahalcyon5775 Connected by the road to Yakutsk (Kolyma highway)

[@kainaatsingh1178]

Lol this is so true. I as an Indian find a 6-7 hour train ride or a car ride so short and thought that germans would have been traveling left and right. But then in reality all germans were complaining of 2 hour drive being so far and 4 hour drive being a once a year trip. Lol I had to take 7 hours one way trip every weekend to my parent's place and that was close!

[@melonasesino]

laughs in argentine

[@IronMcWashburn]

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!!!

[@vishwajeet900]

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

[@RadicalLiving]

thx Vish! much appreciated! 😊

[@uve_viktor_doom]

What a great beer! 🍻

[@PabloHassan68]

Was happy you mentioned blablacar :)

[@annewilsdorf8489]

Sounds Kaufland 😂

[@katcuzzi]

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

[@Heinlein.]

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

[@michaelknecht796]

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

[@robertbretschneider765]

Nice to know about the sixt thing.

[@Ivanfpcs]

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

[@camilleelaime6935]

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

[@bogdaaan]

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

[@PakistaniinGermany374]

I just love your channel and Appreciate your effort

[@RadicalLiving]

I appreciate that! Cheers! 😁

[@dimasveliz6745]

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

[@davidlynch9049]

Awesome content! 😎 Thanks, and keep it up.

[@RadicalLiving]

Thanks, will do!

[@aol8166]

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

[@Urbanforager]

I’d by that book.

[@mplwy]

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.

[@andr27]

Thanks Mr Berliner :) useful tips

[@RadicalLiving]

My pleasure!

[@kokichu6320]

Such a time and time saver

[@cyminnielau]

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

[@Slumode]

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

[@buenosdiasamigo]

Really good findings, bro. Much useful. Thanks.

[@folksrocks]

Was extremaly usefull, thanks bro!

[@roamingwithalyssa]

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.

[@pavelprotasov6504]

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

[@zakaria_almo]

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

[@alejandraalvarez5015]

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

[@sourabhvishal3557]

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

[@Jemike5]

I learned a boat load with this video. Thank you! I'm considering moving to Denmark or Germany so this should help. Much appreciated and well done!

[@RadicalLiving]

Best of luck!

[@d.s.3225]

Choose Denmark my dear

[@fjellyo3261]

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

[@lenahager6228]

Not True. Veggies are a more expansive!

[@salt9702]

Thanks for the app tip, super helpful!

[@janeyre3]

thanks for the tips! very useful !

[@hannahachhammer5881]

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

[@unioncityman63]

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

[@CathyTalksMiami]

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

[@PDXdjn]

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.

[@Duck-wc9de]

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

[@SICRoosterKido]

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

[@Leshanga]

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

[@Epguy915]

Great video.

[@strafrag1]

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

[@SamujjalMajumder]

Excellent Content!

[@borge2014]

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

[@speedkills2861]

Rockn the pineapple shirt👍

[@jimbyers3092]

Useful advice. Thank you!

[@RickJZ1973]

Great video! Very informative!

[@munawarsathar]

vielen Dank für dieses Video!

[@haisheauspforte1632]

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

[@Kat-cg9hr]

Love your shirt💚

[@ireme.1089]

Freue mich, dass endlich auch der Kanal von NordVPN gesponsert wird XD

[@maxziegler6650]

Ey Chef danke für des Video 👌

[@mahmoudelsherif4981]

more videos like that plz 👍👍👍

[@naranjo99]

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

[@jronkowski4346]

Thanks great tips

[@societysbasement5369]

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. 😅😅

[@Supermatsch]

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

[@LordDucarius]

Ja bei mir in der Stadt ( wohne im Pott) fährt garkeine deutsche Bahn mehr sondern nur noch National Express

[@yannide-power6443]

Thanks for the video. 🙏😎

[@lanevisual]

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.

[@jorgeeduardodussanvillanue46]

Stimmt. Auch die Brand "Ja!" von Rewe ist genauso günstig wie Supermärkte wie Aldi, Penny oder Netto, ich bin auch der Meinung das "Ja!" Produkte sind am meistens höhere Qualität als die Produkte von Penny und Netto.

[@mrantunes91]

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

[@kuraikko]

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

[@juanpedrowallace1117]

I love you Germany 😘

[@ifaliebman]

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

[@MrRyanIsle]

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.

[@bigsmoke3883]

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

[@klauskruger6187]

0:03 An "Astra" is a beer. And this is not.

[@karmelazoran3325]

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

[@lemsip207]

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

[@Ashwin_11]

I heard a lot about Sixt trying to draw more money from expat customers, and most of the time since expats does not know local regulations they end up paying. Didn't know that Sixt does this to Germans as well.

[@marlajacques6947]

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 😛

[@LaureninGermany]

Norma‘s great, isn’t it? And those prices, ah ja!

[@Rutra_Sob]

German restaurant owner travel to Mordor before they give you free Tabwater.

[@RadicalLiving]

😂😂😂

[@yasminahmad30]

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