Comments on: Cheap Holiday Ideas: 8 Budget Vacation Deals https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/8-great-alternative-budget-vacation-ideas/ Travel Better, Cheaper, Longer Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:17:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Hanna https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/8-great-alternative-budget-vacation-ideas/#comment-1246529 Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:22:39 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=13336#comment-1246529 Great post with some really great ideas! I try to be a tourist in my own country and where I live as much as I can, but sometimes you just have to go somewhere else too… 🙂

]]> By: Puneet https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/8-great-alternative-budget-vacation-ideas/#comment-1233837 Sat, 10 Nov 2018 20:11:05 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=13336#comment-1233837 All the ideas really help and especially the 5th one. Traveling to non-commercial places is really a great idea to save on your budget. Really going to help a lot if one follow these ideas. Keep on posting interesting articles like these.

]]> By: Sabrina https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/8-great-alternative-budget-vacation-ideas/#comment-1232803 Fri, 09 Nov 2018 16:34:45 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=13336#comment-1232803 Great List! I love the idea of being a tourist in your home town, or home state. I’m looking forward to going home (after 2 years abroad) and doing all the things I put off!

]]> By: Leila https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/8-great-alternative-budget-vacation-ideas/#comment-1232764 Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:58:27 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=13336#comment-1232764 Love these ideas – national parks are the best! Btw in Australia camping in national parks can cost as little as $3AUD, and you can camp almost anywhere for free outside the cities. But food in those outback towns is often ridiculously expensive, so stock up in bigger places. Big love from Down Under

]]> By: David Pearlman https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/8-great-alternative-budget-vacation-ideas/#comment-972492 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:05:11 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=13336#comment-972492 Good ideas. For accomodations, I would highly recommend hostels. (not a sexy 21st century idea like Air B&B or Couchsurfing), but not only will you pay as low as $5.00 per night (as I did in some countries)-but you will also meet amazing people also travelling on the cheap.

]]> By: Izzy https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/8-great-alternative-budget-vacation-ideas/#comment-971912 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 22:15:35 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=13336#comment-971912 Fantastic ideas for travellers on a budget! (as we often are!) I agree that you should swap expensive locations like Paris for something not only cheaper, but also a bit more quirky and less well trodden, like Budapest. My tip here would be swap Costa Rica for Nicaragua – it’s more beautiful and far far cheaper!

]]> By: Gene https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/8-great-alternative-budget-vacation-ideas/#comment-922871 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 15:47:59 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=13336#comment-922871 In reply to Alex.

location independence is definitely an attractive goal!
whats the “secret”..advertising revenue via blog traffic? this market just seems so saturated. or is that not neccessarily the case?
thanks!

]]> By: Gene https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/8-great-alternative-budget-vacation-ideas/#comment-922864 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 15:35:29 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=13336#comment-922864 In reply to Earn on the Road.

hi there. ive never tried CS but want to try.. can you share you experience? did the host take you around their city to show you sites? was it during the weekend, since most people work? how did it actually play out? thanks!

]]> By: Hannah https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/8-great-alternative-budget-vacation-ideas/#comment-908559 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 06:33:32 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=13336#comment-908559 Hello Mr. Matt,
I will be going to Europe this coming April 2016. I’ll be there for 25 days. I will be traveling in 7 countries. How much do you think I need for a pocket money? I will be traveling alone. Thank you so much. God bless!

]]> By: Lea https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/8-great-alternative-budget-vacation-ideas/#comment-368193 Sun, 22 Dec 2013 07:06:18 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=13336#comment-368193 Great blog! I just traveled across Europe and stuck to the less-popular destinations (such as Serbia, Romania, Slovakia, etc.) AND it was off-season, and it was amazing how affordable and un-crowded it was. Everywhere I went was surprisingly unique. Most people don’t think about venturing outside of Paris/London/Spain/Italy and don’t realize what they’re missing out on.

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