12 Tips For Planning An EPIC Surf Trip (On The Cheap)

By taking fifteen minutes to read this article, you are going to save hundreds of dollars on your next surf trip.

You'll also save yourself time and avoid some trouble while you're at it.

As someone who is constantly looking for my next adventure, I love learning new tricks and tips for traveling effectively and catching foreign waves. Talking with fellow travelers and surfers have brought me a lot of success. Where to go, things to eat, what to avoid, people to talk to etc. etc.

But this is only scratching the surface.

If you want to travel like a backpacker and surf like a local (while also on a budget), you kinda have to learn on your own. Which in my opinion is the best way to do it. BUT, some people... I mean most people, like to have a little knowledge under their belt before they fly half way across the world to surf in a country that most naive Americans would deem as "dangerous". Spoiler alert: every country is dangerous.

The point is, I get it.

And thats why I'm here. I've made surf trips to Canada, Mexico, Indonesia, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, pretty much everywhere you can name in the Pacific Northwest, and do you know what I've learned? You can't find shit on the internet.

Apart from the obvious surf spots, restaurants, and everything else you can already find on google maps, the little things (which realistically make the most difference) must be learned on your own or through friends. Which is why I'm writing this.

I'm here to explain:

How To Score Great Deals On Nightly Rentals
How To Avoid Local Scams
How To Fly For Free (or as close to free as possible)
Best Airlines For Traveling With Surfboards

These, along with how to go on two trips for the price of one, best countries to focus on, airline hacks, and a few more personal tips that took me over half a decade to learn. If you read this article and the next surf trip you go on turns out to be a bust... Well, that'd be on you my friend.