The Index
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Travel Tips · Worldwide · budget · d · £214
A tested carry on packing list for trips of one week to three months, with weights, real prices and the airline size rules that catch people out.
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TurkeyTravel Tips · Worldwide · budget · 7d · £137
International travel tips about the parts nobody photographs. Border rules, pharmacy visits, card blocks, loneliness and the hidden costs of week one.
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Spain and PortugalBudget Travel · Europe · budget · 14d · £1046
A travel budget planner method built on four numbers, with a real fourteen day comparison of what was planned against what was actually spent.
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ItalyFood on the Road · Worldwide · mid · 5d · £186
Ten cities where the food is the reason to go, with what a normal meal actually costs and what to order when you get there.
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ThailandFood on the Road · Worldwide · budget · 3d · £86
Fifteen famous street foods worldwide, what each costs at a real stall, where to find the good version, and how to eat them without getting ill.
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VietnamFood on the Road · Asia · budget · 4d · £47
A repeatable method for finding authentic food while travelling in any city, using maps, timing, menus and one question that works everywhere.
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Travel Tips · Worldwide · budget · 30d · £30
The travel apps that earn their place on a phone, what each one costs, and the ones worth deleting before you fly.
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TurkeyFood on the Road · Worldwide · mid · 7d · £152
Which countries reward a trip built entirely around eating, judged on daily food cost, regional variety and how easy it is to eat well without booking.
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PortugalBudget Travel · Europe · budget · 10d · £790
Budget travel tips that protect your sleep, your back and your appetite. Real prices from a ten day trip through Portugal that cost £790 in total.
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VietnamBudget Travel · Asia · budget · 14d · £742
Ten affordable countries where a bed, three meals and local transport still come in under £45 a day, with a full receipt from fourteen days in Vietnam.
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PolandTravel Tips · Europe · budget · 8d · £612
A twelve step plan for booking, budgeting and packing your first trip abroad, with a real cost breakdown from an eight day trip to Krakow for £612.
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PortugalDestinations · Europe · budget · 7d · £558
Six places that are easy to reach, safe to walk at night, cheap enough to stay a week, and simple to navigate without any language skills. With a full receipt from seven days in Lisbon.
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GeorgiaBudget Travel · Caucasus · budget · 21d · £631
Tbilisi, Kazbegi, Kutaisi and Kakheti on a real £30 a day budget, with marshrutka fares, guesthouse prices and a full receipt from 21 days.
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JapanDestinations · Asia · budget · 12d · £492
Twelve days walking part of the 88 temple route in Japan, sleeping in temple lodgings and free huts, on £41 a day including food.
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MexicoFood on the Road · North America · budget · 10d · £418
Ten days in Oaxaca eating well, drinking mezcal at source and skipping the photo queues, with market prices, palenque visits and a full receipt.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaBudget Travel · Europe · budget · 18d · £486
Sarajevo to Kotor by bus, five countries in eighteen days, with every fare, border crossing and bed price written down. Total on the ground, £486.
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