tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85455124173417645232011-11-27T15:46:12.027-08:00Reporting from around the globe on how to enjoy the finer things in life for the price of a cold one...Taranoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545512417341764523.post-35785885482917704232007-06-30T18:11:00.000-07:002007-06-30T18:13:09.693-07:00Champagne Travel on a Beer Budget has moved to:<br /><a href="http://www.champagnetravelonabeerbudget.wordpress.com/">www.champagnetravelonabeerbudget.wordpress.com</a><br /><br />Come and check us out for stacks of fantastic information that will help you travel the globe for the price of a cold one!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8545512417341764523-3578588548291770423?l=champagnetravelonabeerbudget.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545512417341764523.post-57235147784263007142007-06-19T20:03:00.000-07:002007-06-20T02:26:10.393-07:00<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><strong>Dreaming of a villa in Tuscany? A chic apartment in Manhattan? </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Or a house by the sea in Sydney?</strong> </div><br />Budget travel doesn't have to mean share bathrooms and bed-bug friendly hostels. Networks such as <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/">Couch Surfing</a> can set you up with a place to stay and instant local friends in almost any location in the world, in exchange for you offering a bed at your place for a friendly traveller too.<br /><br />Or, if you want to make like Kate <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Winslet</span> and Cameron <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Diaz</span> in 'The Holiday' and enjoy a longer vacation in a house you would normally pay big bucks for, check out <a href="http://www.homeexchange.com/">Home Exchange</a><br /><br />Home exchange does have a subscription fee, but networks such as Couch Surfing are completely FREE.<br /><br />This savvy traveller is keen on this nice little pad up for exchange in Provence, France:<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077977826656149426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_bWMlDJ8ZiwQ/RniZ7dcmX7I/AAAAAAAAADY/4TBnmy0SZso/s400/home+exchange+france+2.jpg" border="0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8545512417341764523-5723514778426300714?l=champagnetravelonabeerbudget.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545512417341764523.post-55977261435242023982007-06-09T08:03:00.000-07:002007-06-20T16:36:00.458-07:00Want to compare the price of a cup of coffee or a movie ticket in Paris, Cairo or Auckland to find out how far your travelling funds will take you?<br />Check out the Frommer's Global Price Index for June 2007 at <a href="http://www.frommers.com/rss/articles/4445.html">http://www.frommers.com/rss/articles/4445.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.frommers.com/www.frommers.com/destinations/puntarenas/" target="_blank">Puntarenas, Costa Rica</a> looks like a good bet to me.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074085864731467682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_bWMlDJ8ZiwQ/RmrGNdcmX6I/AAAAAAAAADQ/cb57tRJATMw/s320/costa+rica.jpg" border="0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8545512417341764523-5597726143524202398?l=champagnetravelonabeerbudget.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taranoreply@blogger.com0