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Find out how to do all things travel-related with our useful guides, how tos and top tips. From travelling on a budget to environmentally friendly holidays, you'll know it all after reading these articles...

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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.
Green Traveller's A-Z
- Author: Rachel Ricks
See how easy it is to stay green even while travelling with the help of our A-Z guide…
How to be a wildlife-friendly traveller
- Author: IFAW
Everyone enjoys bringing home souvenirs as a reminder of an enjoyable holiday, but did you know that some of these trinkets may have cost the life of a rare, endangered animal? IFAW shows you how to be a wildlife-friendly holiday-maker...
Top 20 animals you can see in the wild
- Author: Rachel Ricks
Love animals and dream of seeing them in their natural habitat? Here are our top 10 favourite animals in the world and where you can go for guaranteed sightings of them... plus 10 you can see nearer to home...
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…
How to volunteer
- Author: Rachel Ricks
Fancy spending a month on a Costa Rican beach; six months of diving in the Philippines; two weeks camping out in a jungle; or a year getting to know life in a rural Indian village..? Volunteering can open up all sorts of amazing opportunities that you might not normally come across...Here's how to do it.
How to have a holiday with a difference
- Author: IFAW
Did you know that some seemingly benign activities such as whale-watching, scuba-diving, or taking an elephant-back safari can have a harmful effect on wildlife? As the popularity of wildlife watching holidays continues to grow, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is encouraging travellers to be aware…
How to do London for free
- Author: Rachel Ricks
Although London is often thought of as one of the most expensive cities in the world, it is more than possible to visit the city and spend barely a penny. You can see famous paintings, ancient artefacts, fascinating buildings, rare wildlife and even films and plays for free.
How to bus it in London
- Author: Rachel Ricks
Visitors to London are often reluctant to take the bus, for fear they might not know which bus stop to stand at, which route to take or where to get off; and instead opt for the pricier tube. However, give buses a go – they can often stop nearer your desired destination than the tube, plus you get to see where you’re travelling past through the window - especially if you're sitting on the top deck! Travel editor Simon Calder even says that his favourite journey in the world is taking the number 11 bus from Liverpool Street to World’s End, Chelsea in London.