It doesn’t matter where you come from. Chances are, when you finally set your feet on Canadian soil, you will start making mistake after mistake. It’s natural! I’ve been there, and indeed, I am still there.

You know,that ‘doh’ feeling after you did something. That certainty that you could have done it better. The feeling you could have paid a bit less for that backpack. The regret for having bought something you are not sure you need. Having signed that rental agreement…

Living in another country is a difficult thing. You have to learn everything from scratch. You have to learn how to buy groceries, how to take the bus, how to eat (believe me, I had to re-learn how to eat). And, as with every learning process, we commit errors, we make mistakes. Mistakes that could be avoided if we have known better!

Enter your friends. You probably have some friends over here. And if you do, they will help you out providing shelter for your first days, tips on how to survive the winter and, most of all, love and support. Consider me a friend of yours. I will show you another kind of trick: how to save money when arriving in Canada. I’ll take you by the hand and will show you the biggest mistakes we all do on our first days or weeks (sometimes even months!). And I’ll show you how you can avoid these mistakes.

The goal? Save money and give something back to your community. If you follow these tips, you will be able to save at least a hundred dollars in your first few weeks. This will convert in a lot of good vibes (we will discuss this later, believe me). I promise you! Are you ready to start saving money so you can have the life you’ve been dreaming about before arriving?