I think of all the cities I visited last year, Lisbon was the one city that really seduced me.       Moment I took flight from the dreamy shores of the Tejo river, I was conjuring up a plan to revisit her again.   What is there not to love about [...]

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 [...]

            As excited I am about 2012, I am already missing 2011. Maybe it’s the onset of winter in Edinburgh that is bringing about this wave of nostalgia. I can’t argue. 2011 was an amazing year in travel for me, visiting places that I had read only in history books [...]

  Every month, we’ll be interviewing the best and leading budget travel experts from across the world on the BudgetTraveller. This month’s on the hotseat is the Mr Budgetastic Sean O’ Neill , contributing editor to the brilliant Budget Travel magazine. Say hello to Sean on Twitter: http://twitter.com/sean_oneill   How would you define Budget Travel?   Budget [...]