Link Love - 19th June 2008
Pour yourself a glass of bubbly and settle back for a little bit of online travel browsing:
Travel podcasts
If you’re like me and couldn’t imagine travelling without your ipod, you can now justify your dependence as being a clever strategy to lighten your load. Vagabondish provides a great guide to all the fantastic travel podcasts available here.
Why not lighten the weight of your backpack or suitcase by exchanging a few of those travel and guide books with some of these travelcasts?
Do you have a favourite travel podcast? Please share it in the comments.
The World’s Best Beaches
I love a beach holiday - there’s no need to pack a great deal, you’re guaranteed to leave relaxed and there’s nothing better to daydream about in the weeks leading up to the holiday than laying on a sandy beach, cocktail in hand.
My favourite beach holidays to date have been spent at Haad Tien Beach, Ko Phan Ngan, Thailand & Paradise Beach, Mykonos, Greece.
But as it is currently winter in my homeland of Australia and I don’t have any beach holidays in my plans at the moment, Concierge is providing me with my fix through the 2008 Guide to the World’s Sexiest Beaches.
Read, dream and then start planning your next beach holiday!
Wedding bells…
When checking out the different search engine terms that bring people to Champagne Travel on a Beer Budget, I have noticed a few people searching for budget honeymoons. If that is what brings you here, you may appreciate another great blog along the champagne life on a beer budget philosophy - Champagne Wedding on a Beer Budget.
Our blogs crossed paths due to the similar names and I’m glad to recommend it, especially if you’re in the process of planning a wedding that has plenty of style without costing you plenty of cash!
Perhaps a future post on honeymoons is in order? My honeymoon was an absolute blast and was spent in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo & Byron Bay, Australia. If you have any tips or hints for anyone planning a honeymoon, please send them in!
June 19th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Hi!
Do you have recommendations for places to vacation/get married/no frills involved/beer budget kind of thing?
Cheers!
June 20th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Hi Kristen
When I read your question, the first country that automatically jumps to mind is Thailand. Admittedly flights are a little bit more expensive from the States than from my homeland of Australia, but you can still get a flight for just over $1000 from the US (according to kayak.com)
There is so much more to Thailand than girly bars and Phuket. There are great party islands down south, lots of eco-tourism up north, plenty of great options for health retreat holidays & Bangkok is a great cosmopolitan city - amazing food, good shopping & a few unexpected things such as some beautiful parks.
It is really easy to eat & sleep extravagantly for little cash in Thailand, or to keep it simple for even less cash.
I have a post coming up called ‘Champagne Travel on a Beer Budget does Bangkok’ - worth checking out of you’re heading to Thailand.
Bali & other parts of Indonesia are also perfect for weddings & is another place where you could have an amazing but no frills holiday.
Happy planning!
June 24th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Thanks so much for posting this answer. My boyfriend would love to go to Thailand, he’s been telling me how amazing it is for some time. Thanks!
Cheers,
Kristen