The Cheapest Place to Stay in Italy? (And Some Other Ways to Do Venice on a Budget)
When it comes to Venice, if you don’t have a spare kidney to sell or, at least a spare infant to people-traffic, you’re unlikely to...
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How (Not) To Go Skiing On A Budget
Someone once compared sailing to standing fully clothed under a cold shower burning ten pound notes. Which would, I guess, make skiing standing in a...
Travel Hacking: What To Book (And Not To Book) Online
Four Things To Book Online 1: Cheap Air Fares Many discount airlines are not listed on comparison sites, although Skyscanner has good coverage. Even where...
Travel Tips: Avoiding Transport “Scams”
It’s probably the commonest travel complaint on the planet from folk travelling the developing world. Transport “scams”. Overcharging… And it does relations between locals and...
Tuesday Travel Tips: How to Hand Wash Clothes
1: Beware of washing powder in developing countries. How do women who wash by hand in dirty water get their kids’ school shirts such a...
Round Halong Bay by Junk
Halong Bay, North Vietnam, is one of the most dramatic seascapes the planet has to offer. Five hundred million years in the making, twenty million...