Greetings fellow travelers and welcome to this week’s Carnival of Cities. I’m happy to be your host as we jet around the world following tales of tapioca, tumbling and taxidermy. Intrigued? Read on . . .
New York City, NY, USA: Sascha Zuger from Travel Savvy Mom scoops a great hotel package, [...]
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Carnival of Cities for 26 November 2008
Posted in Airports, Asia, Caribbean, Carnivals, Cheap Activities, China, Entertainment, Europe, Free Stuff, Germany, India, Italy, Lodging, Museums, Public Transport, Travel, USA, United Kingdom, Web Tips, tagged Broadway, Carnival of Cities, Cirque du Soleil, Dominican Republic, Dublin, Ireland, London, Mexico, New York City, Rome, San Francisco, Thailand, Washington DC on 26 November 2008 | 2 Comments »
Montreal Pas Cher
Posted in Canada, Entertainment, Food, Free Stuff, Lodging, Public Transport, Rail, Reader Tips, Travel, tagged Montreal on 29 October 2008 | 1 Comment »
Shoestring reader and friend of the blog James D., currently of the Big Apple, took a trip to Montreal this summer and had the following tips for fellow no-budget travelers:
+ Getting There: if you have time, take the train from NYC. Yes, it is a long ride, but it is a beautiful one, and [...]
Greetings Budget Travel Readers!
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Automobiles, Canada, Caribbean, Carnivals, Central America, Cheap Activities, Entertainment, Food, Free Stuff, Internet Access, Lodging, Luggage, Museums, Online Media, Public Transport, Shopping, South America, Sports, Travel, USA, Web Tips on 11 October 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you’re new to Less Than a Shoestring, please take some time and have a poke around! I welcome your questions and comments on the site. This blog shows that travel can indeed be both pleasurable and frugal. Because I live in Europe, you’ll find loads of information on European no-budget travel — [...]
Welcome to the Carnival of Cities!
Posted in Asia, Canada, Carnivals, China, Europe, Germany, India, Lodging, Travel, USA, tagged Bangalore, Beijing, Berlin, California, Carnival of Cities, Chicago, Croatia, Krakow, Pula, Vancouver on 28 August 2008 | 4 Comments »
Welcome travelers! I’m happy to be hosting the Carnival of Cities this week. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you should appreciate the variety of locations included in this weekly carnival; if you’re a follower of the carnival, welcome to my blog on no-budget travel and feel free to poke around!
Now, without further ado [...]
Travel on a Shoestring Carnival: Asia, Oz #6
Posted in Asia, Australia, Automobiles, Carnivals, China, Food, India, Lodging, Public Transport, Sports, Travel, tagged Bangalore, beach, Beijing, bicycle rental, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Karnataka, Lombok, Mangalore, Mongolia, Mumbai, Mysore, South Korea on 20 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
Welcome to the sixth 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 from Nancie McKinnon, another fabulous image courtesy of Intelligent Travel’s Global Eye. You can read more about Nancie’s [...]
Travel on a Shoestring Carnival: Americas #6
Posted in Architecture, Automobiles, Carnivals, Central America, Cheap Activities, Food, Free Stuff, Lodging, Museums, Travel, USA, Web Tips, tagged Asheville, family travel, Honduras, Lawrence, Milwaukee, New York City, Orlando, private island, road trip, RTW, San Francisco, staycation, Washington DC on 14 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
Welcome to the sixth 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 Ralph Grunewald via Intelligent Travel’s Global Eye feature. You can read the details of his photo from [...]
Travel on a Shoestring Carnival: Europe #5
Posted in Airports, Architecture, Belgium, Cheap Activities, Drink, Europe, Germany, Lodging, Online Media, Photos, Public Transport, Rail, Spain, Sweden, Travel, United Kingdom, Web Tips, tagged Brussels, flowers, France, Granada, Greece, Lisbon, Paris, Portugal, Stockholm on 7 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to the fifth Travel on a Shoestring Carnival for Europe. Here you’ll find European travel tips for those without a lot of money to spend.
Photographic inspiration this week comes from yours truly, one of the many intricate details I captured (in this case, a carved door) in June at the Alhambra in Granada, Spain.
If you’re headed [...]
Travel on a Shoestring Carnival: Americas #5
Posted in Automobiles, Budget, Canada, Caribbean, Carnivals, Cheap Activities, Entertainment, Food, Lodging, Museums, Public Transport, Rail, Travel, USA, Web Tips, tagged Boston, camping, Hawaii, Hotwire, Montreal, national parks, rental car on 14 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
Welcome to the fifth 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.
This week’s photographic inspiration comes from the Canada article at DirectoryM. The entry is loaded with tons of information about the country, including a [...]
Travel on a Shoestring Carnival: Europe #4
Posted in Automobiles, Belgium, Carnivals, Cheap Activities, Currency, Europe, France, Guidebooks, Italy, Lodging, Photos, Shopping, Slovenia, Spain, Travel, United Kingdom, Web Tips, tagged Bank of America, Brussels, Cannes, Eastern Europe, Florence, Girona, Pisa, Travelodge on 7 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to the fourth Travel on a Shoestring Carnival for Europe. Here you’ll find European travel tips for those without a lot of money to spend.
Photographic inspiration this week comes from yours truly, with a sloping street view of flowering balconies, rain-slicked cobblestones and lush wisteria growing over ancient stone walls captured in Girona, Spain in April.
Andrew Evans reminds us of the [...]
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