Budget Travel

Jun 19, 2018 • 5 min read

Summer in New York City can be brutal – and one of the best ways to escape its sweltering clutches is by heading to Central Park. Once all areas of the…

Jun 11, 2018 • 5 min read

Helsinki is not cheap, but since the advent of Restaurant Day – a festival organised four times a year when ordinary citizens can open their own food…

May 2, 2018 • 6 min read

Historically, paradise on earth has cost the earth: Persian emperors constructed opulent private gardens (pairidaēza – from which the word ‘paradise’…

Apr 23, 2018 • 7 min read

Wouldn’t it be great to gaze upon your hometown with the wide-eyed wonder of a child? Where the city is not a collection of office blocks and car parks,…

Apr 23, 2018 • 8 min read

Our relationships with our hometowns are often turbulent. Yes, you have a lot of history together, but it’s easy to grow complacent, denounce it as dull…

Apr 17, 2018 • 6 min read

Blackjack tables, roulette wheels and slot machines just aren’t what they once were in Las Vegas.

Apr 12, 2018 • 6 min read

The ‘Big Trip’ has long been a rite of passage, but for many budding travellers – even those blessed with the bravado of youth – the thought of months on…

Apr 6, 2018 • 4 min read

Lonely Planet Local Heather Mason moved to Johannesburg in 2010. Enchanted, she soon fell in love with Melville – the quirky, tree-lined suburb where she…

Mar 29, 2018 • 6 min read

Lithuania’s capital city has been quietly charming tourists for years, drawing in visitors with the largest baroque Old Town in eastern Europe, then…

Mar 19, 2018 • 5 min read

Lonely Planet Local Amy Hornsby has lived in Kraków for two years, where she spends her time soaking up the old world charm of eastern Europe and…

Mar 1, 2018 • 6 min read

You finally settle on a destination for your next US vacation, and just minutes into planning, it hits: sticker shock. The bubble of excitement can easily…

Feb 22, 2018 • 4 min read

If you've never tried comida corrida, you're in for a treat. You might be asking, what is comida corrida? Well, it's an affordable lunchtime option served…

Feb 19, 2018 • 4 min read

With glamorous casinos, glitzy nightlife and the prestigious Formula 1 Grand Prix tearing around its streets, Monaco has long fascinated the jet set crowd…

Jan 25, 2018 • 5 min read

Dionne Warwick called Los Angeles a great big freeway, while John Lennon called the city a big parking lot. Daily gridlock remains the norm in this…

Nov 30, 2017 • 5 min read

Whether it be whispered pillow talk in darkened dorms or frenetic story swapping in communal kitchens, hostels are an essential port of call for the solo…

Sep 19, 2017 • 5 min read

Found yourself in Adelaide with limited funds? Not to worry – there’s plenty to see and do here that won’t cost you a cent. In fact, the city’s gratis…

Aug 25, 2017 • 6 min read

Prices in Morocco have risen along with its popularity, but there are still bargains to be had. In the relaxed seaside city of Essaouira, many of the…

Aug 10, 2017 • 4 min read

Whoever said nothing in life comes free has obviously never experienced the numerous (and thrifty) thrills that the island of Oʻahu offers. From…

Jul 25, 2017 • 7 min read

Budget travel doesn’t have to mean dining in on instant noodles or window shopping top-drawer sights to avoid pricey entrance fees. There is a wealth of…

Jun 30, 2017 • 4 min read

Bubbling with life at any time of day – and often long into the night – Malasaña is Madrid’s hippest neighbourhood. Surrounding Plaza del 2 de Mayo and…

Jun 5, 2017 • 4 min read

On the fringes of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, the Living Hunter’s Museum of the Ju/'Hoansi functions both as an open-air education facility for the…

Apr 18, 2017 • 6 min read

The section of the ancient Silk Road that runs through China is an epic journey through desert dunes to the end of the Great Wall, a length of pink mud…