Exploiting zoophiles for cheap travel

I'm a huge fan of travelling. Whether it's little trips out to see the world around me, or flying halfway across the world to end up somewhere with a totally different culture, language, and way of life. I think travelling just in general is one of the best ways to become a better and possibly even wiser person. Every time you make a personal connection with other people that are different than you, you become that much more wise, and emotionally mature. I really do believe the more people you meet, the more capacity for empathy you have. 

There's only one problem with travelling, and that's that it's FUCKING EXPENSIVE. 

Around the world, there are so many places I want to go see, but unfortunately with the state of well... Everything. And the economy as it is of course, it's hard to justify that kind of luxury purchase. Especially because the travel part is just the start of it. Once you get there, you've gotta spend money on so much more. You need a hotel, and you're probably not going to be doing a lot of cooking in your hotel so you'll be eating out a lot. And getting around? That can be expensive too. Either you struggle to figure out local transit, rent a car, or take Uber everywhere. 

But wait. What if none of those were actually problems... What if there was a way you could skip all those costs, and travel for cheap, without losing any of the experience?

Friends. Animals. Dear readers. Let me introduce you to the best travel hack I know. Taking advantage of zoophiles. 

That's right folks! With just a little bit of networking and know how, you too can travel the world at a heavily reduced price! It sounds complicated, but I promise it's not as hard as it might at first seem. Here's the trick. Zoophiles are amazingly kind and generous people eager to engage with other people like them, or even those who just support them. Which means that if you're someone really looking for a deal and willing to put in a little work, making friends with them for the purposes of travel discounts is easy! Just follow these simple steps, and you too could find yourself seeing the world on a budget! 


Step One: Find zoophiles

This part is very easy. There are lots of zoophiles just on the internet. They congregate a lot on Twitter, sometimes on Discord, and on Matrix. You might think the easiest way to find zoos would be to ask furries, since that's basically the same thing, but I find half the time they're happy to help and half the time they try to fight you. Even if you explain you're just trying to find a way to stay at a vacation destination without breaking the bank they seem to not see the value in that, and would rather argue about silly things like Harkness codes and the morality of feral art. Skip all that, save yourself the headache, and find zoos directly. 


Step Two: Make friends

I thought making friends with zoophiles would be hard, but honestly it was a simple process. I first tried reaching out to them saying things like "Hello zoophile I too find animals attractive do you want to talk about knots", but that didn't actually work that well. Being zoophiles, I though that would be a quick hit, but I guess my assumptions were incorrect. Instead, I noticed one of them talking about a game I played recently and told them I liked it too. At that point, we talked more about things like our jobs, other things we do for fun, and our favorite style of past 11PM diners. After that, we were pretty much friends. 


Step Three: Network!

Once you have one zoo friend, you can ask where other zoophiles hang out and join zoo groups and make more friends with more zoos and on and on and on. At some point they may ask you if you're a zoophile yourself. It doesn't really matter what you say. At first I said yes just because I thought that would be essential for fitting in, but I've tried saying no to other groups as well and it was mostly the same experience. They asked why I joined a zoo group and I told them I was interested in cheap travel and they seemed to find that answer sufficient. 


Step Four: Ask where they live

This part can be tricky. Zoos can be a little flighty around giving away their personal info. That said, if you make friends well enough they do tend to do it eventually. Especially if you say you happen to have some inclination to travel through an area they happen to live around. Once they do that, it tends to be safe to get more specific and say where and when you'll be there, or where you're thinking of going. Then, they'll likely follow up by giving you more details, and the conversation flows naturally from there.


Step Five: Profit

Once you get to that stage, it tends to be very easy to say something like "Can I crash on your couch" or "Do you have a spare room" or "Is there any floor space in your place of residence not occupied that I can lay down a sleeping bag upon or something". Sometimes the zoophiles will say no, but in my experience they say yes about a hundred times more often. And there you have it! You've completed all the steps! 

Now, to make sure that we're on the same page as to the benefits of this plan, let me go over the stress points from before. Hotel cost? Down to zero. Maybe you can offer them a couple bucks, but in my experience they usually refuse, or ask you to treat them to dinner or something. That's immediately a TON of savings. And food costs? You suddenly have a lot more control over that, as you now have access to a real kitchen. You can just make food at your new home away from home, and the zoophile you're staying with may appreciate that. Especially if you cook vegan! And finally, getting around. There's a chance that your zoo friend may just have a car and drive, and if so, they will feel compelled to take you places in order to be a good host. So that's free rides! And if they don't drive, chances are they know their local transit extremely well, and so you now have an in person hands on guide around that network. 

I can personally attest to the value of this system. I've stayed with zoophiles across the world over, from Seattle to Montreal, from Los Angeles to Hamburg, from Vegas to Copenhagen. And in all of those cases I had someone (or multiple someones!) who were more than happy to try and make sure I have the best possible time ever. They tend to even have super friendly and cool dogs or other animals they live with, which is a perk you'd never get in a hotel! 

I was even fortunate enough to meet a zoophile pilot who can get us extra cheap tickets sometimes as well. It's all the best parts of travel with none of the downsides. It literally couldn't be any better. 

If you're like me, and you love travelling, but you don't love an empty wallet, consider exploiting zoophiles for cheap travel discounts. It might just be the secret to your next vacation! 




Article written by: Jet Set Raccio (April 2026)