Posted in Airlines, Contest, Europe, Germany, Reader Tips, Sale, Spain, Travel, tagged airfare, Frankfurt Hahn, Grenada, RyanAir, Seville on 27 May 2008 | 10 Comments »
Readers are often skeptical at first that I travel as cheaply as I say I do, and the first target of their criticism is usually the cost of my flights. Looking over my budgets, you’ll see that I don’t crack the 30 euro mark on airfare, even when my trip is made up of [...]
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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, [...]
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Today’s post comes courtesy of long time reader, first time guest blogger Julia, currently at an undisclosed location in Bangladesh.
Having spent a total of ten months living and traveling in South Asian countries, I’ve done a fair amount of haggling. Sometimes I worry that I’m embarrassing myself for a little money, but usually [...]
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As I posted a month ago, I am looking for reader tips on Malta and Venice for my trip next week. Most useful tip posted for each location will win a small prize. Any and all advice is welcomed! Leave your tips in the comments.
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Three friends, three holiday flights home, 18.5 hours of delay. Hear their survival advice after the jump.
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It’s that time again: cheap flights have been advertised and purchased and I am travel scheming.
I am calling once again on the collective knowledge of my readership for tips and tricks for Venice (and the Veneto region generally), Ljubljana (and Slovenia generally), Malta and finally Stuttgart (and Baden-Württemberg generally). Trips are planned for [...]
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Further passing on the costs of service directly to the consumer, RyanAir recently altered their check-in model. Whereas online check-in was formerly linked to priority boarding and was a privilege to be purchased for 6 euros, they have turned the tables and made online check-in the free standard, with anyone needing counter service (namely [...]
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Posted in Cheap Activities, City Tips, Contest, Drink, Europe, Food, Luggage, Reader Tips, Sweden, Travel, United Kingdom, Web Tips on 24 October 2007 | 9 Comments »
In August I posted a request for reader tips to the high-budget destinations of London and Stockholm. To the worthy advice of my readers on the former, I add my own observations following my recent travels to both.
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Three days in Stockholm, including flights to/from Berlin, cost me 800 SKR. How did I do it? I lay my budget bare after the jump.
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Five days in London, including flights to/from Berlin, cost me under £100. How did I do it? I lay my budget bare and reveal the winner of the London Reader Tips contest after the jump.
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