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Budget travel feature - on the move on a shoestring - camel caravan in desert

Beat the credit crunch with our helpful articles with top tips on how to travel on a budget and how to buy cheap flights online. And for a little light entertainment, we tell you our own experiences of travelling on a shoestring…

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How to buy cheap flights online
- Author: Margherita Poggiali
Get some helpful hints and tactical tips on how to buy the cheapest flight available online. We’ve tried and tested all of these techniques for ourselves and have always come away with a good holiday bargain...
12 ways to travel on a shoestring
- Author: Rachel Ricks
Follow these easy budget travel tips and you may save a penny or two on your holidays, without compromising on the good times.
Argentina
- Author: Guy Bristow
Since the collapse of the Peso, Argentina has gone from the most expensive country in South America to one of the cheapest. This has made Argentina into a hot destination for budget travellers for the first time...
How to make your holiday more rewarding
- Author: Kristina Roe
In these tough times, we all want our holidays to stretch that bit further, to get more value for money and a fuller experience during our stay. What better way than taking a volunteering holiday? See a country, help other people, and gain valuable experience for your CV... Kristina Roe from responsibletravel.com shows us how…
Our top budget travel tips and tales
- Author: Rachel Ricks
We at Stanfords are very well-travelled - as you may already know from reading our We’ve been there section - and we have all partaken in our fair share of budget travel too. Here we reveal our top tips and experiences of travelling on a shoestring…
Live large in Paris and London
Live large in Paris and London without spending big. Frommer’s introduces Free and Dirt Cheap guides to two of the most expensive cities in Europe.
Iceland - Reykjavik
- Author: Chris English
I can't recall London's weather conditions in February with any greater clarity than I could describe my prevailing mental state, but suffice it to say things were cold, damp and grey as usual and thus not very interesting - and the weather was little better. However, I had a solution.