be Iceland and if you're a millennial it's so hard to escape all the Iceland

photos it's this beautiful natural landscape you see pictures of the Blue

Lagoon and all these waterfalls and you're itching to go hey guys it's your

girl Allie welcome back to my channel in this video I'm sharing with you six

different travel life hacks how to save money while traveling to Iceland the

best time of year to go what to wear and so much more you get to come along with

me so if you're new to my channel be sure to subscribe this month I'm giving

away a Polaroid camera just like this so without further ado let's hop into this

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Travel hack number one so if you're thinking about going to Iceland and

you're wondering what's the best time of year to go

I like during the low season which is between October - I think December time

and during my time tickets are the cheapest I flew without air which is a

budget airline and what that means is they don't have a TV they don't offer

included meals or check bags these are all things that you kind of have to add

on our tickets for only $400 with one carry-on which is quite affordable

because tickets can go anywhere between the 600 $700 range honestly we did miss

out too much on the meal or any of those luxury comforts that you would get with

a regular airline October through December is the best time to save money

when you're thinking of flying to Iceland what to wear to Iceland okay

depending on the time of year that you go it could be either spring or winter

time it can very much very I would recommend wearing your heaviest items

with you to the airport for instance like a waterproof jacket or

your snow pants or all of those different heavier layers and you can't

pack onto your carry-on wear that out of the airplane I was actually able to pack

11 days of clothes and one carry-on I packed in one down coat one waterproof

raincoats a couple sweaters waterproof pants some thick winter snow pants

because when I went it was wintertime waterproof boots gloves because you

don't want your fingers to freeze off a scarf a beanie with a pom-pom because

you're going to be taking a tie photos and those are pretty much all of the

highlights that I would recommend if you want a full detailed packing list I'll

have my blog linked for you guys down below fashion by Ali calm

next up I want to talk about the food and Iceland food is so incredibly

expensive just because it's an island expect to pay two to three times more

than you usually pay for food the best travel have to save money in Iceland is

to try your best to buy food from a grocery store or to cook all of your

food so if you're on the road like I was and doing a lot of road trips I

dependent on sandwiches I bought a lot of grocery store sandwiches that were

anywhere between seven to nine dollars but that can easily add up especially

three meals a day and try your best to not eat out as often but it's really

hard when you're travelling right you do want to enjoy the food because it is

incredible things are not preserved I had a lot of fresh fish vegetables oh

just amazing definitely something you don't want to miss out on bring your own

coffee and tea to try to save money because coffee was anywhere between four

to eight dollars four dollars at a grocery store which is insane but is so

expensive that can easily just rack up to a hundred dollar coffee bill

do your research before you go there especially for hotels so I relied on

hotels comm to find all of the places I stay if you booked over ten nights you

get one night for free another affordable option is Airbnb this can

only work for big major cities like reco Vic or Vic but anywhere else in the

countryside you pretty much have to use Hotel calm or TripAdvisor it's just the

way it is because there aren't as many homes out there most of the hotels in

the countryside of iceland is more like a farmhouse so you do get this authentic

experience if you're staying in a chain hotel I would recommend skipping the

breakfast option because at one hotel we've paid over twenty dollars per

person you can easily purchase food from the grocery store and save that money

for a nicer bigger dinner or lunch

travel hack number five I'm going to share with you my favorite activities

while I was in Iceland so I wrote them down even made a full blog post on it

you've probably seen pictures of people in Iceland in the Blue Lagoon and

there's milky blue water and you're dying to go there and look so relaxing

and luxurious it's super touristy if you have the chance I would definitely

recommend driving up to my patent which is further up north and it is a little

bit cheaper you get the similar experience and a view beautiful it's the

less touristy sister of the Blue Lagoon this beautiful mountain view the water

is so warm and it's so cool when it's wintertime because it's freezing and

then you jump into this hot water it might smell

a little bit like sulfur which isn't too bad and I would recommend if you have

colored hair like mine to tie it up do not let your hair touch the water

because it will dry it out become a frizzy crispy mess which you do

not want my second favorite tivity was look like sure to look good over there

there's like ice on the beach and we were able to see it when the Sun was

setting it was beautiful I will insert some photos here and you could just see

the sunset glistening off the water although it is a little bit sad that the

reason why there are these glacier chunks is because of global warming it's

still a really beautiful piece of nature of course your camera gear DSLR your

phone your tripod because girl you might see the Northern Lights and you don't

want to miss it you need a tripod for zyv you have to escape the light

polluted city you can't be in an area with a lot of lights around you so I was

able to see the Northern Lights when I was at a farm in my baton I'm going to

list right here specifically the specs on your camera and how to set it up to

capture the Northern Lights last but not least it might be kind of obvious but

dress warmly because you're going to be shooting outside you're going to meet

gloves and coat just so you can stay outside longer

when I think of Iceland I think of waterfalls black sand beaches blue

lagoon waterfalls are abundant okay so you might go to one with tons of tour

buses don't worry there's going to be so much more if you end up doing the drive

around the island like I did it's Marta Fox was beautiful just because it was

just fall season so all the leaves and trees are changing color I just love

seeing the seasons change so I really love the warm orange e tones and the

leaves my next highlight had to bend the eastern fjords the fjords are finger

like islands that kind of jut out a bit into the water so what's really cool if

you do a road trip is you can type around the edges and you get this crazy

like 360 view of the landscape and everything just feels so natural serene

and quiet

just decide to stop here on the side of the road it's not some quick photos so

beautiful here it's cold I know it is cold but what's awesome about this spot

is you get a little bit of the snowy mountains ocean just a bunch of these

like mossy Mountain

one of my favorite things about Iceland is the fact that there are natural hot

springs just almost eye of the road the water is piped in here it's super hot

very fresh and you can hop in with your swimsuit and have a good time and we

literally parked right here

I'm glad you made it to the end of this video thank you so much for watching if

you want a full list of where I went while I was in Iceland be sure to check

out my blog fashion by Ali calm I'll include a google map of all the places I

went to you pin so you can just plug it into your phone and then you can go

there yourself be sure to follow me on instagram at brushes my alley for more

travel updates and just you know what's going on in my life I love you guys all

so so much and I will see you next time