Australia
Australia on a Budget Starts With the Map
Australia is not expensive because travelers have failed to discover the correct hostel. It is expensive because the country is enormous, distances…
Topic
Budget Travel
Budgeting
Bora Bora on a Budget Starts With the Right Expectations
Bora Bora is often sold in two extremes: the overwater bungalow that costs more than a sensible person wants to calculate, or…
Africa
Kruger Is Not a Checklist With Lions
Kruger National Park is often sold through five animals and one dramatic sunset. The Big Five may help organize a brochure, but…
Belize
Belize Is Not the Affordable Bora Bora. It Is Belize.
Calling Belize the affordable version of Bora Bora sounds flattering until you notice what disappears in the comparison. Belize becomes turquoise water…
Budgeting
Budget Travel in Mexico Starts With Geography
Mexico can be affordable, but calling it a cheap country is not much of a plan. A week in a beach resort,…
Budgeting
Budget Travel in Colombia Is a Route Problem
Colombia can be affordable, but the old promise of a bed for five dollars and an entire month for a few hundred…
Budgeting
Budgeting for Peru Means Budgeting for the Andes
Peru can be affordable, but the old price list promising five-dollar beds and fixed-cost trips to Machu Picchu was never going to…
Bolivia
Bolivia Is Affordable Until the Route Gets Remote
Bolivia is often described as one of South America’s cheapest countries, which is true in the broad, unhelpful way that hides every…
Asia
Thailand Is Cheap Until You Keep Moving
Thailand can be affordable. It can also become expensive with impressive speed once you start adding islands, domestic flights, dive trips, nightlife,…