# TrueLowCost

> Independent budget travel search worldwide (Europe priority #1). Compare buses, trains, low-cost flights, ferries, transfers, public transport, and taxi where available — ranked by total price first.

TrueLowCost (TLC) finds multimodal cheapest-first routes. Users book each segment on the carrier or ticket site. TLC is not a travel agency.

## Primary pages

- [Home / search](https://truelowcost.com/): Live multimodal search
- [Price alerts](https://truelowcost.com/price-alerts): Email when ticket fares drop (buses, trains, flights, ferries — not hotels)
- [Popular routes](https://truelowcost.com/routes): Curated city-to-city corridors
- [Guides](https://truelowcost.com/guides): Budget routing explainers
- [FAQ](https://truelowcost.com/faq): Booking and pricing questions
- [About](https://truelowcost.com/about)
- [Compare](https://truelowcost.com/compare): How TLC differs from Rome2Rio / Omio-style tools
- [Contact](https://truelowcost.com/contact)

## Featured guides

- [Rome2Rio / Omio alternative (cheapest-first)](https://truelowcost.com/guides/rome2rio-alternative-cheapest)
- [Kyiv to Berlin on a hardcore budget](https://truelowcost.com/guides/kyiv-to-berlin-budget)
- [Lisbon to Paris cheap](https://truelowcost.com/guides/lisbon-to-paris-budget)
- [Absolute cheapest Europe routing](https://truelowcost.com/guides/absolute-cheapest-europe)
- [Sardinia to Kyiv on a hardcore budget](https://truelowcost.com/guides/sardinia-to-kyiv-budget)
- [Overland exits from Ukraine](https://truelowcost.com/guides/ukraine-overland-exits)
- [Poland budget hubs](https://truelowcost.com/guides/poland-budget-hubs)

## Programmatic route pages

City-to-city landing pages live at `/routes/{origin}-to-{destination}`. Examples:

- [Berlin to Cagliari](https://truelowcost.com/routes/berlin-to-cagliari)
- [Kyiv to Berlin](https://truelowcost.com/routes/kyiv-to-berlin)
- [Lisbon to Paris](https://truelowcost.com/routes/lisbon-to-paris)
- [Bucharest to Budapest](https://truelowcost.com/routes/bucharest-to-budapest)

These summarize live cheapest multimodal chains when inventory is available.

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://truelowcost.com/sitemap.xml)
- [Privacy](https://truelowcost.com/privacy)
- [Terms](https://truelowcost.com/terms)