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HAVE CORSA, WILL TRAVEL!
Nottingham Post
|April 21, 2025
A THRIFTY traveller and her friend spent just £15 a day while driving through eight countries in Europe for five weeks thanks to a £25 car hack.
Madeleine Jaye, 23, has always loved travelling and decided to embark on the epic road trip with her friend Ashla Prakash, 24.
To save money on accommodation the pair decided to convert the back of Madeleine's Corsa into a bed com plete with a double mattress, duvet, pillows and space for their luggage allowing them to sleep in the car. Madeleine's grandad, Keith Davies, 83, fashioned a bedframe out of wood and cut a memory foam mattress to size - which cost just £25.
Madeleine said they spent £450 on fuel, secured free parking and saved more than £4,000 in accommodation costs.
The pair travelled around Germany, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland in just five weeks in July last year sticking to a £15-a-day budget. The keen traveller said it not only "saved money" but was a "vibe"
This story is from the April 21, 2025 edition of Nottingham Post.
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