This is a special series of posts that offer tips and tricks to beat the high cost of Europe. We've tapped writers here and abroad for advice. Here are some of the contributors to this series:
Erica Firpo is city editor for
Luxe Guide Rome. She contributed to
Fodor's Rome 2008. Her personal blog is
Moscerina.
Laurie Pike splits her time between Paris and L.A. She edits
The Paris Blog and has freelanced for the
New York Times,
Variety, and
Los Angeles.
Mark Smith, based outside of London, is a travel writer who runs the award-winning, train-information site
The Man in Seat Sixty-One.