A new travel site is looking for some travelers willing to travel around the world for nine months as a part of their new online travel show. If you have nine free months to spare in 2008, are willing to help plan this project and trip, and are interested in the prospect of free travel, read on.
Awesomely cheap European budget airline Ryanair announced 20 new routes recently. Not all of the routes start immediately, but summer budget travelers and backpackers will be able to take advantage of some of the new European routes.
The low cost airline battle in Europe continues to heat up as nearly every budget European airline now offers discounts to lure summer travelers. So if you’ll be flying around inside of Europe this summer, you are in luck. The airlines publicly cutting airfares include easyJet, RyanAir, British Airways, and Bmibaby. Below is an airfare savings comparison chart for these European budget airlines.
Lonely Planet recently released a new budget travel / backpacking travel guide for South America. The very popular travel guide series “on a shoestring” now creates a path through South America’s wonderful countries, and will undeniably be gobbled up by backpackers and budget travelers from all backgrounds. But here are a few thoughts concerning backpacking with this lonely planet guide.
New York City is a cultural mecca in American travel, and will continue to be a major US travel destination in the years to come. Because of the amazing New York City attractions, cultural diversity, historical importance, and large population, one would think it would be a great place for budget travelers and backpackers. Actually, not so much. Why? Because it’s expensive. So here are some really cheap hostels in New York City to help backpackers and budget travelers.
Attention all future backpackers: read an free, honest backpacking book covering how to travel all around the world on $25/day. The online book was written by a real, live independent backpacker who has been to 35 countries on eight real trips. This, in my opinion, has gave him the authority in travel information to write such a book.
