Broke In Budapest - Day 3 Trading for Food

Day 3, Broken Buddha Fest

These challenges, sometimes they're fun. Other times they really push you. They really, they really push you

Oh my lord. I can't continue how I've been going the past two days

I need to figure out a way to make money. because sleeping rough and lagging it or trying to get free food or people couch surfing that's

not sustainable it doesn't work like that i need to figure out a way to make money on this challenge

i'm in a different country so obviously i can't work but i need to use other means

creativity ingenuity or something i have to offer which is this camera so what i'm going to do

is trade my service for another service or trade my service for products or money or things i need

so i'm gonna try to get a free haircut today use the gym and get some food all with my camera

i'll offer them to make them a little video that they can post on their instagram or on their

facebook or like a promo video for them for their company for their business in return i get a

In return, I get some food. Using what I have to survive

Traveling with the world doing that. That sounds more exciting than just slumming it out, looking for food

Like, there's nothing here. I've done all the research. There's no pay-as-you-fill

there's no community dinners, there's no community fridge, there's no food waste sharing

There's none of that. So in a country like this, I have to use other means to survive

Alright, let's give this a go and let's see. Hello, hi, how are you

How's it going? Fine. Hello, she's the manager? No, the receptionist

Oh, is there a manager? Assistant manager? Yeah. So, I'm in Budapest for a while

I'm a videographer. I make videos and I know how to edit it and I know how to make a really good video

So I was hoping to make you guys a video, a promo video for your business

In return, I get a free haircut. It's the manager. Yeah, we are not manager

Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. No worries. Okay. So trial and error

That's how it works. So now I'm realizing I need small businesses where the owners of the businesses are the people serving you

or the shopkeepers or they're just in there because you don't want to go

through the oh let me call the manager let me do this let me do that you want

to just convince them directly at least we're getting some feedback imagine

traveling the world with my camera making money with my camera that sounds exciting

So my name is Tova I a videographer I make videos So I in Budapest for one week And I wondering if I could make you a video for your shop or your products

You can post online to maybe on your Facebook or to promote your video

Do you have videos already on internet? I have pictures on internet

Okay, so a video would be better. I'll show the outside. I'll come in, show the products

and in return you don't pay me, in return you give me maybe some food

So I make you a video you give me some food. Thanks for the video, but no

Okay, no worries. You eat anything. Are you sure? Oh, thank you

I'll have just maybe a pastry. I'll have anything. Anything you give me I'll have it

I'm vegetarian. Oh! One of this and then one croissant. Thank you so much, honestly

Thank you. Thank you so much. Okay, so I'm still working out the nicks and I'm still trying to figure out the best way to maybe present

That one didn't work so well. Or maybe I didn't explain it well enough or maybe it just wasn't the right one

He said he didn't want a video but I could have some food anyways. So that means the way I presented it came across in a way that I was in need and I was desperate for him to say

that's right, I don't need it but just, that's right, just have it. So we don't want that. We want to be able to earn it, right

I need to figure out a way to put it forward. I'm not like begging for food

But hey, listen, we've just got some breakfast. I'm happy. I'm not complaining at all

I'm happy. Hola

How are you? I'm fine. Can I help you? Um, are you, is there a manager here

Manager, I am. Yeah. Amazing. Okay, so I am a videographer. I make videos

And I was wondering if I made you a video of your business, can I get a haircut in return

I get a haircut and I make you a video. You can post it on online or Facebook or Twitter and then it promotes your business

And in return, I get a haircut. Okay. Okay, so you get your hair, free, you make the video. Yeah

Okay, show you. Amazing, okay. Great, success. So we just got a free haircut, I'm going to make the video, I'm going to make, I'm going

to get my haircut and then yeah, this is working so far, so I'm happy, happy days

thank you so much mate i'll send you the video once it's all edited and done

okay nice i mean have a good one amazing i genuinely think i can travel the world doing

this i'm like a giddy child right now i've just discovered something and i'm so excited about it

i'm yet to have my breakfast and i'll go and find something nice and comfortable sit down

have this brand new haircut looking fresh now I can't stress this enough I

think it's very important that you take care of your look when you're out on the

road or on your travels or on a survival challenge because it has like this it

plays a significant part on how you feel and how people interact with you and how people receive you and people perception of you if you have this rough rugged look and you all like lumping around a place trying to get maybe a place to stay for the night or some free food or some people look at you a

certain way and they treat you a certain way when you take care of your parents it like it gives you even yourself that confidence boost and it makes them

receive you better as well the reason I didn't want to take my jacket off in

there you don't want me to open this jacket it's because the smell that i'm containing in here

i need a shower that's another part of it you accrue a lot of smells over your days of not

showering and being on the road you have to take care of your appearance you have to take care of

hygiene you have to take care of yourself i need to find somewhere to take a shower my best bet for

that is either a gym or maybe a swimming pool or somewhere like that now I reckon

a gym probably sounds better find somewhere see if I can offer them to

make them a video and then I can use the gym so yeah I'm enjoying today so far

let's see how far we can take this Get up, stretch my legs

Hi, is the manager in today? I am here You're the manager

Yes, come in Hello Hi, how are you? I'm great, thank you, and you

Good It's nice to meet you You too So what? Hi Okay, so

You're a photographer? Yes, I am, I'm a videographer, I make videos Really

Yeah But do you do product shots? Product shots But videographer I need too

Because I'm trying to you know they said to make these like because this is my brand yeah

this is my family's staff and this is my shop so yeah so I'm actually looking

for some video references stuff like this but yeah today's your lucky day

because so I'm in Budapest for a week and I'm traveling around and offering my

service in return instead of money so today I went to a barber shop and then I

made them a video yeah yeah yeah so we have pedicures and facials and manicures

but you can get a man facial we have a man facial yeah

yes yeah yeah how are they like really good you will take about ten years yeah man facial

okay see you tomorrow thanks have a good one amazing already having bookings so I've

I've got a facial booked for tomorrow, and then in return, I make her a promo video

What's it called? Trade by Barter. I'm bringing it back. I trade you my service, you trade me your service

Happy days, win-win. And then the problem comes when people start to feel like their service is worth more

So if I feel like now, my promo video is actually worth 200 pounds and your facial is worth maybe 50 pounds or 100 pounds that when it starts to come in That why they created money to solve that problem Oh that my boss

All right, so it's getting late. Didn't manage to get a shower today

Right now, I'm starting to message some of the people from the couch surfing group yesterday

to see if someone can come through for me tonight, please. Let's not repeat yesterday. Yesterday was something else. Let's not repeat that please

That was too much. Alright, so I found a hostel. That seems pretty cool. I've got a lot of space

I was chilling in the lobby area earlier, charging my battery. And now there's like a community kitchen

I've gone into the community kitchen, warmed up the rest of my pastry

I'm going to have that drink some water. Right. So all the people I've been messaging from the couch surfing group

I don't know. Everyone's incognito right now. Yeah, I don't know what tonight is going to become

Okay, so now we need to figure out how to get into the showers and take a shower

So there's male and female showers this way but then you need a key card to get into it

called instance and it's open till 6 a.m. so this is probably me for tonight