Amsterdam is one of those European bucket list cities, isn’t it? You hear about all of the crazy trips people have there as well as the beautiful city break you can have there, but can you visit Amsterdam on a budget? It must be an expensive city to visit right?? I had been wanting to …
With Saudi Arabia newly opened to tourists, it seems that it’s the intrepid backpackers like myself wanting to see what this closed-off Kingdom is really like! We associate ‘backpacking’ with ‘budget travel’, so can you backpack Saudi Arabia and can you travel Saudi Arabia on a budget? Well, I will tell you now that Saudi …
Sri Lanka is now up there in the top places to visit in Asia. Most of us know Asia for being pretty cheap and reasonable to travel around, especially for those of us coming from a Western Country but how cheap is Sri Lanka, how much money do you need to take to Sri Lanka, …
Taiwan had been on my Asia wishlist for years and when planning a trip to China and Japan I knew I had to squeeze a trip to Taiwan in too! I had no idea how much it costs to travel to Taiwan and I was hoping I wouldn’t find it expensive backpacking Taiwan. However, I …
The Perhentian Islands in Malaysia are a slice of Paradise and one of the best and most underrated islands in South East Asia in my opinion. They are popular with backpackers travelling Malaysia and South East Asia but also families and Malaysians too. They offer the ‘backpacker vibe’ as well as the ‘holiday resort vibe’, …
Koh Samui is one of the most popular islands for tourists to visit in Thailand. It’s the biggest island, it has an airport, and it’s very built up making it a great spot for holidays in Thailand! It offers a huge amount of accommodation from incredibly fancy 5* hotels to huts on the beach and …
What is the cost of backpacking India so you can plan your India backpacking budget?? This post was written after I had travelled North India for 2 months starting in Mumbai ending in Varanasi visiting 13 Cities/Towns in between all on a backpacker budget in India! I knew India would be cheap, well, I assumed …
When researching Lebanon and Beirut in particular there’s one thing that will always come up- the cost of travelling to Lebanon, because ‘is Lebanon expensive to travel’ is a common question because it’s not known as a budget destination. I knew I wanted to go to Lebanon and after reading a few Lebanon blogs I …
Cappadocia is on everyone’s bucket list and I think it should be! It’s magical, impressive and otherworldly. I’ve been to Cappadocia twice! Turkey is known as being quite a cheap and budget-friendly country, one of the many reason’s to visit Turkey. But now Cappadocia is one of the most famous places on the Internet (or …
You may think that these two words, Santorini budget, DO NOT go together. Well, neither did I until I visited the beautiful Greek Island of Santorini recently. Don’t get me wrong, Santorini can be an expensive holiday destination, those cave hotels in the side of Oia do not come cheap and now that it’s so …
Europe is so good for being able to go on European Budget City Breaks, whether you’re based in the UK or elsewhere in Europe there are always cheap flights to be found, budget accommodation options and you don’t need to spend that much on food and drink in certain European destinations! I’ve been on so …
I visited Italy for the first time on a 1 week backpacking Italy itinerary visiting Pisa, Florence, Milan & Venice. I’d never known if Italy could be travelled on a budget seen as its such a popular Western European Country however I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Italy can be travelled fairly cheaply! Below I …
I love Southeast Asia and have spent over a year backpacking Southeast Asia in total over multiple trips. For this 3 months in Southeast Asia trip, I travelled it on a backpacker budget and kept notes of how much I spent in Southeast Asia whilst visiting 4 countries in 3 months! I wasn’t on a …
Paris is one of the most visited and romanticised cities in the world, surely it must cost a lot to visit Paris? Well, I’m here to tell you that it doesn’t have to cost a lot to visit Paris and Paris can be visited on a budget, I’ve done it twice! Of course, you can …
I spent just over 3 months in South America a few years ago. When I booked the trip I really wasn’t too sure how much money I would need to budget for 3 months in South America but I knew I wanted to go so I booked a ticket and hoped it wouldn’t be too …