4 Cheapo Questions For Michael Yessis From World Hum
Today we continue our “4 Cheapo Questions” interview series with one of the pioneers of travel blogging, Michael Yessis. Michael, along with Jim Benning, founded the highly regarded website World Hum...
View ArticleSlow Down: A new series on Slow Travel from Bradt Travel Guides
Slow travel is suddenly in fashion. Speed was once associated with success. Less so nowadays, as travelers realize that those who travel slow savor riches that those committed to speed simply miss....
View ArticleTraveling Offline: How to NOT use an iPhone abroad
One afternoon in Paris this past February, I exited the Metro at the Place de la Republique. I had been visiting hotels all morning and needed a coffee break. The French café ritual is one of my...
View ArticleGoogle Goggles and the Future of the Guidebook
If an article in last week’s Financial Times is to be believed then the end is nigh. Not of all life as we know it. The FT merely predicts that the days of the guidebook are numbered, as ever more...
View ArticleBook Review: Venice explored through great prose
By Nicky Gardner and Susanne Kries— Last week saw the publication of the sixth title in Oxygen Books’ innovative city-lit/city-pick series, with Venice joining a line-up that already includes Berlin,...
View Articlehidden europe: Our favorite European map makers
Yes, we know it sounds dreadfully sad, but we have been spending the long winter evenings poring over maps. Maps are a must for travel planning, and an essential companion on the road. We count a good...
View ArticleJonglez Guidebooks: Europe with a “Secret” Twist
From time to time, as we mooch around cities in western Europe we raise a glass to toast Thomas Jonglez – a man who took a decade to realize that a career in the steel trade was decidedly unsexy and in...
View ArticleParis vs. New York… The neighborhood showdown
By Bryan Pirolli in Paris— Vahram Muratyan’s book Paris vs. New York: A Tally of Two Cities has been making quite an impression on big city dwellers. Debuting at Colette last year in Paris and...
View Article4 Cheapo Questions for Tim Leffel of Perceptive Travel
In today’s installment of “4 Cheapo Questions for…” we interview Tim Leffel, an award-winning travel writer, editor of the narrative webzine Perceptive Travel, and all around knower of budget travel...
View Article4 Cheapo Questions for Nomadic Matt
Last week we had a fun afternoon visit from our friend Matt Kepnes, creator of the popular budget travel site NomadicMatt.com. Matt stopped by to talk about his new book, “How to Travel the World on...
View ArticleBook Review: Only in Hamburg
By Nicky Gardner and Susanne Kries— It is more than 18 months since we highlighted a trio of new titles in the “Only in…” series here on EuroCheapo. Now author Duncan JD Smith follows up Berlin, Vienna...
View ArticleBook Review: Bradt Travel Guides to Macedonia and beyond
The best guidebooks go through many editions, and canny publishers ensure that each edition just gets better and better. Our bookshelves are crammed with old guides, and it’s interesting to see how...
View ArticleEuropean Rail: Celebrating 140 years of Thomas Cook Timetables
“Hey, come on,” said our neighbor as we sat in spring sunshine, exclaiming in mild delight at the timetable that had just been delivered by the Berlin postie. “Look,” he said, “it is just a train...
View Article4 Cheapo Questions for Pauline Frommer
Today we’re happy to welcome Pauline Frommer to our “Four Cheapo Questions” interview series. Pauline is a one-stop shop for budget travel insight and advice, offering tips for “spending less and...
View ArticleBerlin Graffiti: Street art guide, with walking tour
Berlin—Critic and curator Emilie Trice writes, “Berlin is the graffiti mecca of the urban art world.” And a recent New York Times article confirms Trice’s assertion with the observation that “The...
View ArticleEurope by Train: Time Out’s guide to the best itineraries
What train routes might make it into a list of Europe’s greatest train journeys? The book that inspires us to ask this question is published next month by Time Out Guides Ltd. Great Train Journeys of...
View ArticleBook Review: “Ask Arthur Frommer: And Travel Better, Cheaper, Smarter”
If you’ve been following the career of Arthur Frommer—guidebook pioneer, magazine founder, and budget travel personality—you’ve probably noted his daily travel musings on his blog, “Arthur Frommer...
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