Tips for Drafting a Reliable Travel Budget 
Independent Travel columnist Rob Sangster, author of the Traveler's Tool Kit: How to Travel Absolutely Anywhere, offers tips for creating a budget travel checklist appropriate for your destination. |
Know Your Seasons for the Best Travel Bargains
Resourceful Traveler columnist Tim Leffel, author of the World's Cheapest Destinations and Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune: The Contrarian Traveler's Guide to Getting More for Less, tours the calendar to describe the best seasons for those traveling on a tight budget. |
Travel and Learn Something While on a Budget
Tim Leffel suggests a variety of ways a traveler can study abroad on a budget - whether by participating in volunteer work, taking part in language programs, or other inexpensive forms of educational travel. |
Europe's Online Travel Deals
Rick Steves helps navigate the web to find the best travel deals in Europe - while providing advice on how to avoid being overcharged by the bigger sites and carriers. |
Budget Travel in Europe
Kelby Hartson Carr outlines the many options for budget travel in Europe, where cheap vacations are still possible with some smart planning. |
Budget Travel Tips for Europe: The Dollarwise Grand Tour
Volker Poelzl provides tips for budget travel in Europe - when, how, and where to go - even as the US Dollar continues to plummet against the Euro. |
Budget Dining in Europe
Kelby Hartson Carr describes some of the many options for dining well on a budget when traveling in Europe, where great cheap local food is available everywhere. |
Getting Around Europe on a Budget: Take Advantage of the Many Transportation Options
Kelby Hartson Carr on the many transportation options. |
Vienna: Ten Tips for Exploring Austria's Capital with a Thin Wallet
Alison Gardner offers budget travel tips and ideas for a visit to Vienna, Austria. |
Cheap Air Travel in Europe: Low-Cost Options for Flights Are on the Rise
Volker Poelzl provides tips on how to book flights and researches the best budget airlines within Europe while providing Web resources. |
Budget Travel in South America
Tim Leffel provides an overview of cheap but culturally rich travel options. |
Budget Travel in Latin America
Advice on picking cheap destinations wisely by Tim Leffel. |
Budget Travel in the New Eastern Europe
Tim Leffel notes that bargains are harder to find in the emerging hot spots in Eastern Europe, but provides inside tips for the budget traveler with an adventurous spirit. |
Budget Travel in Asia
Tim Leffel provides an overview of budget travel options for those who wish to visit Asia on the cheap. |
France on a Budget
Kelby Hartson Carr asserts that rewarding travel on the cheap in France is still possible. She outlines many options for affordable vacations in some of the better locations in France, and includes links to websites which offer cheap accommodations, dining, and transportation. |
Affording Italy: Camping Leads to Savings and Local Culture
Drew Colenbrander and Sarah Wiley show us how amazing vacations in Italy are possible on a remarkably affordable budget in a country not known these days for being cheap. |
Budget Travel in Mexico and Central America
Tim Leffel provides an overview of budget travel options for those who wish to visit Mexico and Central America on the cheap. |
Budget Travel in Honduras, Naturally
Terry Redding on the budget travel options in the beautiful and undeveloped country of Honduras. |
The Affordable Caribbean: Total Relaxation for Under $15 a Day
Terry Redding on hidden budget Caribbean getaways on the islands off of Honduras. |
Budget Flights to Europe
Rick Steves outlines a variety of strategies to get a cheap flight to Europe, but suggests you still consult a travel agent to guide you through the fare confusion, while they still exist. |
Budget Flights Within Europe
Rick Steves provides advice and web links for low-cost air travel within Europe. |
Learning about Burgundy Wines on a Budget
Experienced oenophile and tour guide Michael Kerwin takes you on a trip through Burgundy and offers tips for drinking great wine on a budget while cycling to enjoy the beautiful countryside of this region of France. |
Travel to China's Tropical Treasure
Adam Worcester on his travel to the city of Sanya, at the southern tip of China’s southernmost province, also known as the “Asian Hawaii.” Sanya offers a genuine cultural experience different from the Thailand-Bali-Fiji tourist circuit while easy on the budget. |
Budget African Safaris
David A. Smith describes a safari adventure tour in Mozambique for those who are looking to travel on the cheap. |
Off-Season Travel in Europe: Save Money and Meet the Europeans
Rick Steves desribes the advantages and disadvantages of off-season travel in Europe and where to go to meet the natives. |
Motor Homing in Europe
Steve Hunt provides tips, resources and links for motor homing in Europe - one of the best budget travel modes allowing for long-term cultural immersion. |
Cost-Cutting in London
Juliette Diggs offers ten budget tips for those who study, live or travel long-term in London. |
Budget Adventure Travel in the Dominican Republic: Inexpensive if You Go On Your Own
Barbara Gail Warden shares her experience of the many options for budget adventure travel in the beautiful land of the Dominican Republic. |
Budget Travel in Russia
Joshua Hartshorne has some inside tips for cheap independent or group travel in this bureaucratic country. |
Affordable Scandinavia
Inside travel tips for budget-minded travelers who wish to experience some of the many treasures Scandinavia has to offer. |
Travel To the End of the World
David Rich describes a budget trip to the island of Tierra del Fuego, which straddles Argentina and Chile. |
Backpacker's Turkey: Jobs Abound
Dan Eldridge describes the many and varied possibilities for short-term work in Turkey for those on a shoestring budget. |
Istanbul Travel Bargains
Robert E. Buckley on budget travel in the capital of Turkey. |
Homestays on Lake Titicaca, Peru
David A. Smith describes his budget travel experience between Peru and Bolivia. |
Solo Backpacking Through Europe
Sarah Protzman provides practical tips and perspectives on solo backpacking through Europe. |
Cheap Travel in Europe
Steve Sanoski provides inside tips based upon experience traveling on a tight budget as a student in Europe. |
Cheap Paris Stays
Mark J. Schechinger with budget travel tips to extend your Parisian visits to the maximum. |
Apartment Rentals in Europe
Jennifer M. Eisenlau on how her son led her to a new way to travel which allowed her to meet local people, eat native foods and sleep well. |
Budget Travel in Sumatra
Dan Hamlin finds a wonderful travel bargain which is being ignored due to its proximity to Bali, but those who visit are in for cultural and culinary treats which should fit into any travel budget. |
Tips for Booking Flights Online
Jens Jurgen describes how to book online and what to look out for and when purchasing your next your airplane ticket, whatever your budget. |
Cheap Travel in Europe
Student Steve Sanoski describes what it takes to travel in Europe on a tight budget, and stay as long as possible. |
Italy 101
Rick Steves offers his practical budget travel tips and advice when traveling through the magical lands of Italy. |
Travel Bargains and Travel Scams
Founding Editor and Publisher Clay Hubbs talks with budget travel expert Jens Jurgen. |
Taking Cargo Ships to Remote Pacific Islands
Inveterate adventure traveler Tom Booth takes a trip aboard cargo ships deep in the Pacific, and returns to tell the story and provide a lot of very practical information about his exotic idea for budget travel. |
Going Local in Polynesia
Tom Booth describes his budget travel experience with the Island People. |
Diving in Honduras
Kevin Revolinski reports that for diving and snorkeling, along with wonderful affordable food, there is no budget destination like Honduras in Latin America. |
Rome a Piedi
Anne Woodyard describes an incredible walking tour through ancient Rome which is an aesthetic and cultural feast, affordable for almost any budget traveler with an adventurous spirit. |
Greek Island Hopping: Do it Off Season
Sandra Downs provides the inside tips for budget travel through the amazing Greek isles. |
Japanese Traditional Inns
Luciana Lopez reports on the ryokan (traditional inns) which are popular among Japanese travelers of all backgrounds, but relatively unknown by international visitors who are unaware of this budget travel bargain. |
Car Camping Through Europe
C.B. Heinemann on budget travel in Europe via their diverse and sophisticated superhighway systems. |
European Travel by Bus
Koke Miller-Thomas shows how to see Europe and interact with the natives within your budget. |
Around-the-World Travel: A Conversation with Edward Hasbouck
Transitions Abroad found budget travel guru Edward Hasbrouch ready to divulge some of his views on Budget Travel and choosing a compatible travel companion. |
Cheap Flights from London
Jill Gordon offers the low-down on budget flights from London to mainland Europe, along with all the necessary resources. |
A Bargain in an Italian Palazzo: A Reading Retreat in Bologna
Rebecca Falkoff reports on a an idyllic setting for relaxation and reading which will not strain your budget. |
Rent a Gîte in a Forgotten Region
Pierre Epstein on his budget rental in an unknown area of the beautiful south of France. |
10 Money-Saving Tips for Your European Vacation
Ray Bangs provides low-budget travel tips in Europe. |
The Paradores of Spain
Mary Jo Blackwood on staying in the spectacular but relatively inexpensive Spanish castle inns. |
Budget Adventure Travel in Finland
Brent Cassidy shares his love of the winter wonderland that is Finland. |
Austrian Farm Vacations
Peter Rooney reports on budget accommodations for the independent traveler or the traveling family in an idyllic setting. |
