Bogotá on a Budget Bogotá is one of the cheapest big capitals in South America to visit, and a surprising amount of it costs nothing at all. Sitting at 2,640m in the Andes, the city runs on an “eternal autumn” climate (cool, often overcast, around 14-15°C year-round), so pack layers rather than summer clothes and budget zero dollars for that part of the trip. Before you go: Bogotá in...

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Myrtle Beach on a Budget: 14 Cheap and Free Things Myrtle Beach is one of the few US beach towns where the free stuff is the whole point of the trip. The sand costs nothing, the 1.2-mile Boardwalk costs nothing, and the honest core of a Grand Strand vacation is beach and pool time, not a checklist of paid attractions. Budget for one paid outing a day at most: a $5-8 state park, a round of mini...

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Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Phnom Penh runs on US dollars, and most of its best sights cost $10 or less Cambodia prices its capital in US dollars, and the honest number is that a full day of sightseeing here rarely clears $15: Wat Phnom is $1,...

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Almaty on a Budget Almaty is Kazakhstan’s largest city and its commercial and cultural capital, but ⚠ it hasn’t been the political capital since 1997, when that role moved to Astana. Don’t call it “the capital.” What Almaty does have is the Tian Shan mountains rising straight out of its southern edge, leafy streets cooled by open aryk irrigation channels, and a name...

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Hamburg’s cheapest harbor cruise costs the same as a bus ticket Ferry line 62 runs from Landungsbrücken to Finkenwerder, past the harbor and the Övelgönne shore, on a normal HVV transit ticket, no surcharge added. That’s the model for Hamburg on a budget: the Alter Elbtunnel is free 24 hours a day for anyone on foot, Planten un Blomen runs free water-light shows every night from May to...

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Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Where to stay in Nanjing without overpaying Nanjing has one obvious default base and three cheaper or more situational picks, and choosing by what you’re actually doing each day beats defaulting to the busiest...