The cheapest New Year’s Eve destinations in Europe are the Baltic capitals, Riga and Vilnius, followed by Central European favourites like Budapest, Kraków and Prague. Of the seven cities in this guide, Riga and Vilnius came out cheapest in the Post Office’s 2026 City Costs Barometer , at £278 and £289 for a two-night city break for two. Lisbon…
Author: Diana Morais
Is Bali Safe? What Solo Travellers Actually Need to Know in 2026
Bali is safe for most solo travellers, as long as you plan for the risks that actually hurt visitors. Those are mostly accidents and health problems: scooter crashes, cheap spirits laced with methanol, dog and monkey bites (Bali has been under rabies emergency status in 2026) and strong currents at unpatrolled beaches. Petty theft is the main crime…
How to Eat Mumbai Street Food Without Getting Sick or Overpaying
You can eat Mumbai street food well for a few euros a day, as long as you eat where the locals queue and the food is cooked hot in front of you. The city’s classic snack is still cheap: a vada pav at a Central Railway station stall costs ₹13 (about €0.12), after the railway…
How to Buy Machu Picchu Tickets Now Advance Reservations Are Gone
You can still buy Machu Picchu tickets yourself, and it’s now simpler. In October 2026 Peru’s Ministry of Culture scrapped advance reservations on the official Tu Boleto site. You pick a date and slot, then have 15 minutes to pay before the ticket goes back on sale, and every ticket carries your name and ID,…
Things to Do in Hong Kong on a Budget Weekend
Hong Kong has a reputation as one of Asia’s most expensive cities, and if you judge it by hotel rates and rooftop cocktails, it is. But the things that make a weekend here unforgettable cost far less: crossing Victoria Harbour on the Star Ferry, hiking a ridge with skyscrapers on one side and the South…
The Best Hikes in Switzerland for Backpackers (Without the Swiss Price Tag)
Switzerland has a reputation for draining wallets, and that’s fair: a coffee can cost what a meal does elsewhere. But here’s the good news for hikers. The best hikes in Switzerland cost nothing to walk. The trails are free, beautifully signposted and reachable by public transport. What eats your budget is everything around them: the…
Thailand Travel Tips 2027: Visas, Rules and Rookie Mistakes to Skip
Thailand is the classic first backpacking trip for good reason: cheap beds, incredible food, islands that look photoshopped , and a hostel scene that makes it easy to meet people from day one. But plenty of the Thailand travel tips you’ll find online are now out of date. The visa-free stay has been cut, the paper arrival card has…
Da Nang Done Right: Beaches, Marble Mountains and Hostels
Plenty of backpackers treat Da Nang, Vietnam as a bus stop on the way to Hoi An. They change buses, glance at the high-rises and keep going. That’s a mistake. Da Nang has a long sandy city beach, marble mountains full of caves and pagodas, a bridge shaped like a dragon, and Hoi An’s lantern-lit…
Krakow First-Timer’s Guide: What to Know Before You Go
Krakow is the kind of city that wins you over on day one. You get a huge medieval market square, the cafes and cellar bars of Kazimierz, Wawel Castle above the river, and prices that stretch a backpacker budget further than most European capitals. But first-timers often lose time and money on things that a…
Vietnam’s Wild Side: Caves, Karsts and National Parks
Most backpackers come to Vietnam for the food, the cities and a few slow beach days. Then they see the karsts. Vietnam’s nature is the part of the trip people keep talking about long after the last bowl of pho: river caves you drift through by rowing boat, limestone towers rising straight out of the rice…
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