Zhu Zhaorui, the author of the best-selling book *Around the World with $3000*

The financial crisis affected people's wallets but not their "playfulness". Recently, a website launched a trip called "Traveling Around the World with $6996", gathering netizens to travel across five continents with the least amount of money. Zhu Zhaorui, the author of the best-selling book "Traveling Around the World with $3000", is regarded as the "travel god" by many "budget travelers". On the "Zhaorui Global Network" (3000you.com) he founded, the reporter saw that the cost of "traveling around the world" was surprisingly low: the budget for a 7-day itinerary in Europe + Africa was only $2955, equivalent to about 20,000 RMB; Europe + Africa + America for 15 days costs $4995; and the most cost-effective "global tour of Europe, Africa, America, Australia, and Asia" lasts 22 days, with the route going from Paris to Milan, Casablanca, Miami, Hawaii, Melbourne, and Singapore, with a total budget of only $6996; and these budgets include airfare, taxes, visa fees, and three-star standard hotel accommodation. "Free Air Tickets" Achieve "Budget Travel". Zhu Zhaorui told the reporter that it has become relatively cost-effective to travel abroad under the financial crisis, but the high price of international air tickets still discourages many tourists. However, as the "first website in the world to provide cheap tickets", 3000you.com has the ability to offer 500,000 cheap tickets and free tickets (taxes need to be paid) every day. "Even though it's the off-season for travel, airport fees and fuel taxes will inevitably be generated when flights take off. Since even cheap tickets or free tickets require additional payment for these two fees, airlines can attract as many passengers as possible to share the burden through low-price or free tickets." In addition, with a series of services such as hotels, visas, youth student cards, and international driver's licenses, the flexible transportation costs for traveling can be reduced to the minimum. Many "budget travelers" online are busy sharing their itineraries. Besides the "budget travelers" who travel together, there are also those who design their own routes and find people online to criticize them. On the famous go2eu.com (Budget Travel Network), netizen vivian128 shared his "France-Netherlands-Germany-Austria-Italy itinerary", asking everyone to brainstorm and improve the route, which attracted many "masters" to give high-level advice. He told the reporter on MSN that according to the opinions of the "masters", he plans to take a night train from Amsterdam to Munich, which can save one night's accommodation fee and also save daytime for sightseeing. After such repeated refinement, the netizens who "share their itineraries" will summarize the most classic route.