Posted in Budget, Cheap Activities, Drink, Europe, Food, Free Stuff, Lodging, Museums, Public Transport, Spain, Travel, Web Tips, tagged Barcelona, Girona, Madrid, Valladolid on 15 May 2008 | No Comments »
A nine-day trip to four Spanish cities, including airfare to/from the UK, for under 150 euros? I’ll show you how after the jump.
Posted in Asia, Australia, Budget, Canada, Cheap Activities, Drink, Europe, Free Stuff, Germany, Travel, USA, United Kingdom, Web Tips on 12 March 2008 | 4 Comments »
While passing through the “Czech Republic,” I picked up a flier (similar to this one) targeted at German tourists on breweries in the Plzen region. (If you’re a beer drinker, you are certainly familiar with the anglicized name of their traditional beer, pilsener.) While the vast majority of beer consumed is today produced [...]
Posted in Carnivals, Cheap Activities, Drink, Food, Photos, Public Transport, Sports, Travel, USA, Web Tips, tagged Costa Rica, Las Vegas, New York City, San Francisco, Santa Barbara on 10 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
Better late that never, welcome to the fourth Travel on a Shoestring Carnival for the Americas. Here you’ll find North American, Central American and Caribbean travel tips for those without a lot of money to spend.
Photographic inspiration this week comes from the ever-inspiring Global Eye at Intelligent Travel. Mary Hockenbery snapped this photograph of [...]
Posted in Budget, Drink, Food, Italy, Lodging, Public Transport, Travel on 13 February 2008 | 3 Comments »
I spent four nights in/near Venice and barely broke 90 euros, including flights! See how I did it after the jump.
Posted in Automobiles, Cheap Activities, City Tips, Drink, Food, Lodging, Sale, Shopping, Travel, USA, Web Tips on 5 February 2008 | No Comments »
The contribution of teachers — present and retired — will be celebrated in Ithaca, NY, the last two weeks of February in an event called Winter Recess. Present your school ID, proof of union membership or retiree status, or a letter on school letterhead signed by your principal to qualify for discounts on lodging, [...]
Posted in Carnivals, Drink, Europe, Lodging, Museums, Public Transport, Russia, Sports, Travel on 2 February 2008 | 3 Comments »
Welcome to the second Travel on a Shoestring Carnival for Europe. Here you’ll find European travel tips for those without a lot of money to spend. This week’s carnival is another quite manageable one, with entries sorted geographically for your reading ease.
Central and Eastern Europe
First up is a peek into the hallowed halls of the [...]
Posted in Drink, Health, Safety, Travel, Web Tips on 24 January 2008 | 9 Comments »
A quick post between travels and loads of laundry . . . Expect budget reports on Venice and Malta next week.
If you’ve linked over to the blog from BlogHer or Vagabondish, welcome! On the BlogHer page, you may also have read the post by Barbara at Hole in the Donut about Traveling Safely which [...]
Posted in Budget, Caribbean, Carnivals, Cheap Activities, City Tips, Drink, Food, Information, Lodging, Packing, Travel, USA on 13 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to the second Travel on a Shoestring Carnival for the Americas. Here you’ll find North American, Central American and Caribbean travel tips for those without a lot of money to spend.
If you only have time to read one post this week, let me recommend the oddly named The Secret Lives of Travelers by Susan [...]
Posted in Airports, Automobiles, Drink, Food, Packing, Public Transport, Rail, Shopping, Travel, Web Tips on 20 December 2007 | 9 Comments »
A follow-up to yesterday’s piece, I was inspired by Janel writing at Frugal Hacks about packing food for the road. [A little plug here: I recently joined Frugal Hacks, and if you write about frugality, you can too! Follow the FH button in my sidebar. Readers can navigate to a variety of [...]
Posted in Drink, Food, Free Stuff, Travel, USA, Web Tips on 7 December 2007 | 2 Comments »
Never, ever pay for dessert on your birthday again! Restaurants across the U.S. are waiting to reward you with free food, drink and other perks simply because you were born low those many years ago . . . Don’t forget to take your ID as proof!
A navigable post about your many, many free options can [...]
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