Budget Traveller

      I’ve realised writing this post was more of a challenge that the challenge of finding love as a travel blogger.   I got an idea of how daunting my challenge was when I asked people’s feedback about my grand idea of writing about this post.   The men generally were positive . [...]

  Earlier last month, I got the chance to stay at the amazing Gallery Hostel in Porto.   It’s a unique hostel in the sense that it functions as a Art Gallery and has regular exhibitions for the locals every month. I’ll be publishing a full in-depth review soon but in the meantime, enjoy the [...]

    It’s difficult to know one’s calling in life….   For example, travel blogging is a profession that has come to me after umpteen reincarnations, millions of pounds of debt, few too many degrees and too many cold winters in Scotland.   Some people don’t have that hassle. They are born with skills and [...]

  After the painful debacle of getting my wallet stolen in Barcelona last year, I have been exploring this years of other ways of carrying travel cash around, especially trying to spread the risk by carrying a few methods of payment.   For my recent trip to Berlin I got the chance to test drive [...]

    As some of you may know, just back from an amazing few days in Italy where I was attending Travel Bloggers Unite Conference in Umbria before heading to Bologna to launch the BlogVille project.   I’m back in Edinburgh for a few days but hitting the road on Friday, 3rd of May to [...]

      It’s a strange sensation when you leave a place you’ve only stayed barely a few days and feel kinda as if you’re leaving home.         That kind of place where everyone seems to be dead friendly and you just slip into the swing of things like a duck to [...]

By Julie Gamble   Travel bookseller extraordinaire by day and intrepid budget traveller by candlelight and weekends, guest editor Julie Gamble, offers her top 4 budget tips to make the most of the dreamy fairytale Czech town of Cesky Krumlov.          Cesky Krumlov is a beautiful place, all red roofs and river, and just [...]

Traveling solo presents a range of challenges. Like eating dinner by myself.   I remember the first time. I was in Inverness, Scotland on a work trip, few years ago where I had decided to check out Hootenanny- a local bar that does great live music and also serves lip smacking Thai food. Remember: These were [...]

  After months of planning and preparing, finally this week I’ll be hitting the road to start my Luxury Hostels of Europe project.     I’ve set myself a target of personally visiting 50 Luxury Hostels across Europe between now and the 4th October where I will be finishing my epic journey in Paris. It [...]

    In conjunction with RoomSurfer, BudgetTraveller is excited to announce a competition to find the next… Supersurfer!   Roomsurfer is a new and fresh platform that is now offering you an unforgettable trip in Berlin         With this platform you can enter your favourite city, select your interests and find your ideal host in Berlin, [...]