Travelling with absolutely no money: how and why | Edouard Jacqmin | TEDxUniversityofKent

From June 3rd to June 23rd, Edouard Jacqmin travelled from Leipzig (Germany) to Budapest (Hungary), crossing Dresden (Germany), Prague (Czech Republic), Vienna (Austria) and Bratislava (Slovakia), without spending a single cent. How did he do that? And why?
‘Most of us dream about traveling. But many of us believe we can't because of a lack of money.’ Edouard, 24, has travelled in Eastern Europe for 21 days without spending a single cent. One day he just emptied his wallet and hit the road. Crossing 5 different countries, he learned during this incredible adventure 4 lessons we can all apply in our daily lives.
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[@MyFukinBass]

“Getting what you want in life it’s just a matter of receiving enough rejections until you get what you want”.

[@abinashroy8918]

bro u are going to be my inspiration. I have been thinking about it from a long time, now I feel like yeah I was right and I can make it

[@nickbradshaw1907]

I HAVE TRAVELED AT TIMES WITH OUT MONEY AND I FEEL THE SAME AS YOU, THINGS ALWAYS WORK OUT,IT TAKES TIME TO MEET THE RIGHT ONE I,SPEND TIME WITH SOME ONE,FROM THE DESERT SPEND 4 DAY IN A TRUCK ,ME ENGLISH HIM FROM THE SUDAN,24/7.THAT LIFT WILL STAY WITH ME ALL MY LIFE.

[@ThePeterBLloyd]

Hi Edouard, congratulations on your inspiring talk!

[@saajeeb]

Inspiring indeed, thanks!

[@anghelciprian8710]

Thanks man for this talk

[@marymungai4429]

you are genius you will go far thank you for sharing your experience

[@AAA-lx2ft]

Inspirational

[@margauxclotgodard8037]

Wahou thank you

[@tranquilitywithdd]

It is my dream to do a TEDx or TED talk!

[@nomadicworld8067]

Awesome

[@ashenone6760]

The music almost killed my ears, thanks

[@RoHalfhide]

Niiice!

[@nitishvedraj]

Its not only traveling, its a journey of of life in these days. Most important lesson is Rejection...

[@ajanirohit]

Will done every year....

[@shreyassekhar2577]

7.58 it feels good 😄

[@r_a_]

1:28for a moment he 😉 looked like Chandler (Friends)

[@wxxxbattle]

pleaes lower your intro music volume you literally make me think my monitors was broken.

[@kayniyreeee]

HAHAHA

[@alijangilani247]

How about visa

[@MyFukinBass]

Ali jan gillani well since he is from europe he pretty much as an european passport

[@SamHammity]

Okay, so what about the countries that require you to have a certain amount of money on person what then

[@SamHammity]

I guess it's a problem now for travelers to do this

[@MsMesem]

You need to show you can support yourself in an emergency. You don't have to actually USE the money. This was a voluntary act to go without money, not something he was forced into doing.

[@akatslipk]

which countries do that?

[@leetadax4823]

Sorry hitchhiking as a woman seems very dangerous. I'm not even sure if I'd do it if I was male. Just think about the first victim of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. That was a male hitchhiker. And sleeping in bedrooms of complete strangers? I wished I could travel like that from the bottom of my heart. But my guts tell me that it's too dangerous.

[@domenikvalci7743]

Leeta Dax On couchsurfing you can read the reviews to make sure it‘s safe. Just sleep with people who have at least 10 or 20 reviews! :)

[@jaque1960]

totally agree. aside the fact he's a man, he was very lucky to always find good people in his way.

[@Klara-et6ug]

Is this possible when you're female?

[@MsMesem]

It was, not sure now and depends where of course.

[@wafanindividualist3511]

Pavan Anand When there were no migrants. If you look Muslim don't go to Eastern Europe. Western Europe is the safest if you're Arabian brown. But if you are not Muslim looking it might work.

[@onyx.daffodil1644]

This question 👆🏽👍🏽, exactly!

[@sukritiupadhyay388]

No, absolutely not

[@ahmadghazwi]

@@pavananand2486 as a brown I wish that I could inter a USA airport without being randomly selected for personal inspection 🤣

[@abcdef098]

돈 없이 여행하는게 어의가 없네

[@cropking7808]

Dude I've been travelling for 10 years..... Fraud

[@Username-yu6dc]

He had too start somewhere. You don't just get born with years of experience.

[@NomadicBackpacker]

out of date food should be given to the down and out who need it... and not a 'poor' traveller on some self promo challenge.