Students often manage to travel long distances on very limited budgets .
The secret is to find cheap travel, food and accommodation. In the 1960s, British students did this through hitch-hiking and youth hostelling . It can still be done today, though drivers are much more reluctant to offer lifts to strangers. Youth hostels are also more expensive as they tend to offer a greater level of comfort. Hostellers used to carry their own sheet sleeping bags and would expect to sleep in bunk beds , often within large single sex dormitories .