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Amidst the craziness of wedding planning, it’s easy for couples to go a little overboard on spending, especially when it comes to the honeymoon. On average, Americans are known to shell out almost $30,000 on a traditional wedding — and approximately $4,183 on a honeymoon. To help keep you in check, we’ve compiled four stellar…
Photo Credit: Alex Webster Booking an all-inclusive stay in Mexico or the Dominican Republic may seem like the best option for budget-minded travelers, but road trips across America can be far cheaper. In my case, I traveled from Seattle to Denver over 11 days in June/July 2015 and spent only $115 on accommodations the entire…
Norway doesn’t exactly have a reputation for being budget-friendly. Oslo is one of the world’s most expensive cities and the country’s average monthly wage is around $5,200, so proportional costs of living can seem pretty steep. But that doesn’t mean the country is inaccessible to the average budget traveler. In fact, by tightening the purse…
Dubai is home to many of the world’s most impressive hotels, which can make the dazzling city seem like an intimidating place to visit if you happen to be the owner of a well-worn backpack instead of a well-worn, unlimited American Express card. But a wise traveler knows that, just like other alluring cities in…
Copenhagen houses photo courtesy of Styg Nygaard. Back in February, we told you the most important facts that you need to know about trans-Atlantic budget airlines. However, we forgot to mention one important detail: the long layover. Norwegian Airlines is an infamously cheap option for traveling to continental Europe, but unless your final destination is…
It’s not all luxury suites and overwater bungalows here at Oyster.com; we’ve seen the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. From claustrophobia-inducing spaces to dirty and drab budget hotels, some rooms have haunted us long after checkout. Take a look at these 10 nightmare-inducing hotel rooms we visited (so you don’t have to).
Photo courtesy of Binayak Dasgupta. Southeast Asia is a budget traveler’s dream. With cheap hotels, ludicrously inexpensive and delicious food, vibrant nightlife, and a wealth of culture, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Thailand have been on the budget-travel map for decades. Unfortunately, there’s one glaring exception to the region’s cheap-travel reputation: Singapore. According to The…
You’ve often heard that you don’t have to spend a fortune to travel, and we’re here to prove it. For those who don’t mind sacrificing a central location, or are perfectly fine sharing a room with strangers, there are ample budget-friendly accommodations in popular cities around the world. We plugged in travel dates for May…
Last year, Bloomberg published a list of the world’s most expensive hotel cities and we were fairly surprised that San Francisco took the number one spot, even though we did know it’s one of the world’s most expensive cities to live in. As New Yorkers, paying some of the largest rents for the smallest spaces,…
For most Americans, traveling abroad has become much more affordable than it was five years ago. Not only has the U.S. economy finally bounced back after the devastating financial crisis of 2008, but the ushering in of 2016 has seen the dollar increasing in value against most major currencies. However, many economists have suggested that…