Tagged: budget

New Tours for Young Travelers Combine Hostelworld Stays with G Adventures Trips

A collection of tours that launched earlier this year aims to attract young vacationers with a combo of group adventure travel and low-cost accommodations in hostels. It's sort of like…

European Vacations Went Cashless Fast. Are You Prepared?

I spent all of May in the United Kingdom. And as incredible as it sounds, I didn't go to an ATM once. When I entered the country, I had £40 in my wallet, plus a little loose change. I…

Cruise Lines Are Now So Understaffed They're Turning Customers Away and Cutting Services

In early 2020, the problem with cruises was people were forbidden to get off them. But now that Covid is more manageable, cruises have a new problem: People can't get on them.Travel…

Pro Tips for Saving on Hotels and Transport in Italy from the Authors of Our New Guide

In many parts of Italy, tourism could return to pre-pandemic levels this summer. But after two years containing more twists and turns than a drive along the Amalfi Coast, the tourism…

New Travel Grants to Help Wheelchair Users Take Their Dream Trips

On top of travel expenses such as airfare, hotel rooms, museum tickets, and those churros at Walt Disney World that sell for $6.39 apiece, people who use wheelchairs have a whole other…

Newly Launched Breeze Airways Connects Smaller U.S. Cities for Low Fares

A new low-cost airline dedicated to serving small and "underserved" U.S. cities is set to take off this week. Breeze Airways, the fifth airline startup backed by JetBlue founder David…

Where Your Income Will Make You Happiest: A Look at Relocation Around the Planet

As more Americans became remote workers over the last year, the travel experience temporarily shifted from vacations to relocations. People who were fortunate enough to be flexible…

Here Are the Countries with the Least and Most Expensive Plane and Train Travel

Thailand has the world's most affordable domestic transportation prices overall while Denmark has the most expensive, according to a newly released analysis of plane, train, and bus…

Bar Tab: Map Shows the Cost of Beer Around the World

“Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!” That toast and its airtight logic come…

Into the Vault: Walk-In Safe Converted to Hostel Room in Edinburgh

Developers in Edinburgh discovered a surprise while working to convert a 19th-century produce market in the Scottish city's Old Town into a modern hostel for the St. Christopher's Inns…

Let This Japanese Inn Livestream Your Stay and You’ll Only Pay $1 a Night

Exhibitionists on a budget have a new lodging option in Japan. The Asahi Ryokan, located in Fukuoka on the subtropical island of Kyushu, is offering one room on the property at a rate…

What You Need to Know About the (Likely) Cost of Travel in 2019

Will it be a happy new year for vacationers in 2019? Experts are predicting some price shifts. A number of factors should impact the cost of trips next year and beyond. If you’re…

The Return of AutoSlash Means Deep Savings on Rental Cars Once Again

In this age of oligopolies, it can be difficult for the average traveler to catch a break. That’s particularly true in the rental car sphere. As I write this, three major car rental…

San Francisco-LA Sleeper "Bus" Debuts

This week, there's been a lot of press about the "Hyperloop" companies that are racing to create magnet-powered trains that will shuttle passengers at the speed of sound inside…

Record Low Exchange Rates Suddenly Make These Five Places Record Super-Bargains

Clifton, Cape Town, South AfricaGoing where the bargains are can feel a bit like surfing, metaphorically speaking. You hang out nowhere in particular for a while, keeping an…

What Motel 6's Fancy New Rooms Look Like

You're about to hear a lot more about Motel 6 in the coming weeks. By the end of this year, it hopes to have renovated 75% of its 1,200-plus properties.The motel chain knows it…

Long-Term Travelers Reinvent Hostels By Opening Their Own

During a three-month tour of Europe, marketing specialist Chad Fish hit 15 countries, 55 cities, and stayed in at least 65 different hostels. Hostel-hopping taught Fish that hostels…

How to Stay Safe During Spring Break Escapes

For weeks now, there's been nothing but bad news for people planning spring break getaways.First, the clamor of warnings against going to Mexico rose when the Texas Department of…

10 Tips for an Affordable Family Vacation

School's almost out, which means that families are gearing up for their upcoming summer vacations. Here are 10 tried-and-tested money-saving tips from the readers of WeJustGotBack.com…

Germany Celebrates the 90th Anniversary of Bauhaus

Berlin is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus School of Art and Architecture with a major exhibition that will run from July 22 to October 4, 2009, at the…

Spring Broke: 6 Secrets for Traveling Free

The promise of a free vacation used to be such a predictable come-on from a shady timeshare salesman or a questionable travel club, that all but the most gullible travelers ignored…