Money Saving Tips for Backpacking Europe?

Looking to spend about 3 months backpacking europe, and trying to do see as much as possible in the CHEAPEST way possible! Any and all tips are very welcome!
For instance, (from Canada) what is the cheapest location to fly in to?
I am a 19 year old student, are there discounts I can get because of this?
Is a eurail pass worth the money?
What are the cheapest destinations?
Again all advice is appreciated.

If you want to travel cheapest, forget Eurail.
Most Eurail passes only work in the more expensive parts of Europe, the west.
And you will have to be on the train more often than not to really get your moneys worth out of it.

It is much cheaper to limit your train journeys to short distances, within one country, and do your long distance travels by bus/coach.
If you are willing/able to book ahead you can get good savings on some long distance journeys, sometimes even still if you book only two days in advance, (like in Germany and Italy, and in the UK.)

In the eastern half of Europe, the former communist countries, the prices are generally lower and the train journeys within the countries much cheaper, but there is as much to see and do. But the capital cities and the beach resorts are not as cheap as they used to be and getting nearly as expensive as the cities in the west.

As a student, bring your student ID, from your university as well as one from one of the bigger organizations. And based on your age you will get some reductions as well, so keep your passport near at hand, (but tucked away safe, so pickpockets can not get it out.)
Like many international train tickets will be cheaper as you are not yet 26, and so will some hostels be.

All capital cities are more expensive as a rule, but they often have cheaper options too, and if you are happy just to walk around the famous sights, and not go into them, you might even be able to spend less in Paris than in a smaller town.
But in general in a smaller town or village you will not spend as much. The hostels are cheaper, you will have less options to spend your money and more things to do for free, like hiking.

Talk with the people you meet when traveling, get their opinion on the hostels they stayed and whether it was worth the money you spend on it.
An other way to spend less is to couch surf, I have never done it, I am not sure whether I can recommend it, but several of the regulars here do, so I will add links to sources too.

And when you have decided which countries or cities you want to see, search on the name and cheap or free things to do. (Or come back here and ask us, some of us do know a lot of options.)

And read in the older questions and answers here, as this kind of question is asked often.

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