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 Food, Free Stuff, Travel, USA, Web Tips on 9 May 2008 | 1 Comment »
Didn’t get enough last week? There’s another free ice cream offer: Häagen-Dazs celebrates its new flavor, Vanilla Honey Bee, on May 13 by giving it away between 4 and 8 p.m.! Find your nearest store and more information under this link.
And if any of you happen to be pregnant and living in [...]
Posted in Cheap Activities, Food, Free Stuff on 26 April 2008 | 2 Comments »
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
Readers in the northern hemisphere have already had their first taste of spring (between spells of bad weather), while those in the south are watching autumn slowly wind towards winter. Here is your chance to enjoy your first/last ice cream outing of the season on [...]
Posted in Airports, Cheap Activities, Contest, Europe, Food, Reader Tips, Spain, Travel, United Kingdom on 20 March 2008 | 12 Comments »
Per yesterday’s post, I’m off in April for my first trip to Spain and have tied in time in gateway country England as well. That’ll be 4.5 days in London, .5 days passing through Valladolid to Madrid (unless someone argues I should spend more time there), 4 days in Madrid, 3.5 days in Barcelona, [...]
Posted in Asia, Australia, Carnivals, Cheap Activities, China, Food, Free Stuff, Museums, Online Media, Packing, Travel on 15 March 2008 | 7 Comments »
Welcome to the fourth Travel on a Shoestring Carnival for Asia, Oz. Here you’ll find Asian, Australian, New Zealand and Oceania travel tips for those without a lot of money to spend.
Photographic inspiration this week is courtesy of Karen Castle. Her image of Niall David Begley’s Swaanen is from the annual Sculpture by the Sea [...]
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 Airlines, Airports, Cheap Activities, Europe, Food, Free Stuff, Italy, Luggage, Museums, Packing, Public Transport, Travel, USA, United Kingdom, Web Tips on 6 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
A number of my favorite travel bloggers are in town for the ITB — the team from EuroCheapo and I ascended the dome of the Reichstag in record time last night, while a reception tonight promises a meeting with Karen from Europe a la Carte. It’s always nice in the largely anonymous blogosphere to [...]
Posted in Airlines, Budget, Cheap Activities, Currency, Europe, Food, Lodging, Malta, Photos, Public Transport, Travel on 28 February 2008 | 9 Comments »
A three-night trip to Malta, including round-trip airfare, cost me a whopping 50 euros. I’ll show you how after the jump.
Posted in Food, Information, Lodging, Travel, Web Tips, tagged etiquette, guests on 26 February 2008 | 20 Comments »
Houseguests over the past couple of weeks have reminded me of a few of the rules — the give and take — of hosting and being hosted. Today’s post is on the role of the gracious guest.
In the power hierarchy of the guest-host relationship, guests are at the bottom. A gracious host will make [...]
Posted in Cheap Activities, City Tips, Contest, Food, Italy, Lodging, Public Transport, Rail, Shopping, Travel, Web Tips on 14 February 2008 | 7 Comments »
Venice is touted as one of the most expensive cities in Europe, but you needn’t spend anything more than your time in order to enjoy the city and absorb its history. Stop to eat or rest your head, however, and you may soon find that the city’s most successful industry is not crafting carnival masks [...]
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