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r/travel vs r/Shoestring

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Travel room vs shoestring budget travel room

r/travel is a community about exploring the world — pictures, questions and stories — and asks members to read its rules before posting. r/Shoestring is for frugal travel: last-minute deals, cheap destinations and cheap ways to get around, whether couchsurfing, camping, hostels or hitchhiking.

In our directory, travel is much larger (about 14.5M, rank #60) than Shoestring (about 5.2M, rank #170) and far busier (~100 posts/day vs ~2 in a small sample). travel’s sample is mostly text questions plus trip-report galleries, flaired General, Itinerary, Transport and Accommodation questions; Shoestring’s sample is text. Our directory lists each among the other’s related communities.

Rule titles: travel asks for descriptive titles, specifics and checking Google or the direct source first, and bans repetitive questions; Shoestring requires discussion to relate to budget travel.

Choose r/travel for itinerary, transport and accommodation questions with a large, fast audience.
Choose r/Shoestring when cost is the main constraint — deals, hostels, cheap routes.
travel is a Top 100 community; Shoestring is large but quiet day to day in our sample.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.

r/travel

travel

r/travel is a community about exploring the world. Your pictures, questions, stories, or any good content is welcome. Please read the rules and pinned announcements before posting. Failure to do so may result in a perma…

Members: 14.5M
7-day growth: +6.9K
Posts/day: 100
Directory rank: #60
Created: Jan 25, 2008
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 74%, galleries 14%, images 10%

Topics: Travel

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Avoid repetitive questions
Include descriptive title and context
No clickbait, blogspam, or self-promotion
Be as specific as possible
Check Google or direct source before posting
Stay around to answer questions
No low effort posts without details
No racism, trolling, or bad conduct
No spam

Open r/travel on SubMouse

About this community: r/travel ranks #60 on SubMouse’s SFW Top list (about 14.5 million subscribers in the directory). Catalogue framing: r/travel is a community about exploring the world. Your pictures, questions, stories, or any good content is welcome. Please read the rules and pinned announcements before posting. Failure to do so may result in a… Moderation themes that shape the room include: Avoid repetitive questions; Include descr…

r/Shoestring

Travel on a Shoestring Budget

A community to discuss frugal travelling, last-minute travel deals, cheap destinations, and cheap means of travel. Whether couchsurfing, camping, or staying in hostels, whether hitchhiking or staying on Airbnb, let's di…

Members: 5.2M
7-day growth: +344
Posts/day: 2.3
Directory rank: #170
Created: Dec 23, 2012
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 100%

Topics: Travel

Rule titles (short names we collected)

No advertising/spam/self promotion
Be civil
All discussion must be related to Shoestring budget travel
No facetious responses (e.g. telling people to swim)

Open r/Shoestring on SubMouse

About this community: r/Shoestring is budget-travel discussion: cheap destinations, deals, hostels, couchsurfing, hitchhiking, and similar low-cost approaches. Rank #170 (about 5.2 million subscribers). Rules keep talk on shoestring budget travel, ban ads/self-promo, and disallow facetious non-answers (e.g., telling people to swim).

Supported differences

Aspect	r/travel	r/Shoestring
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	r/travel is a community about exploring the world. Your pictures, questions, stories, or any good content is welcome. Please read the rules and pinned announcements before posting. Failure to do so may result in a perma…	A community to discuss frugal travelling, last-minute travel deals, cheap destinations, and cheap means of travel. Whether couchsurfing, camping, or staying in hostels, whether hitchhiking or staying on Airbnb, let's di…
Size r/travel is larger in our directory (about 2.8×).	14.5M members	5.2M members
Posting activity (our sample)	100/day	2.3/day
Common post types in our sample	text posts 74%, galleries 14%, images 10%	text posts 100%
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	Avoid repetitive questions; Include descriptive title and context; No clickbait, blogspam, or self-promotion; Be as specific as possible; Check Google or direct source before posting	No advertising/spam/self promotion; Be civil; All discussion must be related to Shoestring budget travel; No facetious responses (e.g. telling people to swim)

What they share

Shared SubMouse topics: Travel
Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

travel short titles include: Avoid repetitive questions; Include descriptive title and context; No clickbait, blogspam, or self-promotion; Be as specific as possible; Check Google or direct source before posting; Stay around to answer questions; No low effort posts without details.

Shoestring: No advertising/spam/self promotion; Be civil; All discussion must be related to Shoestring budget travel; No facetious responses.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Short titles only. Mutual related-list links. Related curated pages: travel-vs-solotravel, travel-vs-travelhacks.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.

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