Ernesto Machado has written a really thought-provoking blog post at Brave New Traveler called When Does Budget Travel Become Exploitation? The post makes some generalizations and assumptions about people traveling on the cheap, but it certainly does raise a lot of points about budget travelers who go overboard on the cheapness. Even better than the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘budget travel’
Tours and single supplements
Tours are such a double-edged sword. I find them to be more expensive than going on my own, and a little too structured for me. I prefer the flexibility of choosing what I want to see and experience when I travel and how long I want to enjoy each thing. On the other hand, if [...]
Last-minute savings
I’m not a spontaneous traveler. Because I’m pretty particular about where I stay and what airline I fly, I have to plan my trips and start looking for deals at least 3 months ahead of time. For this reason, I don’t use discount sites like Priceline or Hotwire where you can book great discounts, but [...]
10 Money-Saving Tips for Solo Travel
Since solo travelers routinely take it on the chin when it comes to hotel and transportation costs (because we have no one to split the cost with) and are unable to utilize 2-for-1 deals, it pays to have some other strategies in your back pocket for saving money on travel. Here are 10 that I [...]
Foreign Travel on a Budget – Getting Creative
Want to travel somewhere exotic, but don’t have the budget for it? 5 offbeat paths to foreign travel deals by Erin Peterson offers concrete suggestions for getting there in creative ways. Peterson explores five ways to get there for less: Agritourism, Volunteer Travel, Home Swaps, Hospitality Networks, and Ambassador programs. Interesting stuff. None of them [...]
