Welcome

Welcome to my travel blog!

We tend to be quite the travelbugs and whenever we get the chance, and have the money, we travel somewhere, anywhere. This also has something to do with the fact that we currently stay very close to Stansted Airport, in the UK, where there are lots of cheap flights to many European destinations (mostly courtesy of Ryanair).

The cost of flights is obviously an effective way in determing where we go, and we have found one particular website, Skyscanner, to be especially useful in searching and comparing flight prices. What is especially nice about this site is that a destination does not have to be specified - one is able to search for the cheapest flight to any European destination. So if you are low on cash, but not too particular about where you want to go, this is always a good option!

In terms of hotels and other places of accommodation, we tend to use the usual, well-marketed sites, such as Lastminute and Expedia . However, if you dislike searching for rooms on each individual site, the answer lies in Travelsupermarket.com which lists and compares accommodation prices from various online travel agents, finding the lowest hotel rooms available. This website also deals with flights, car hire and holidays. If you are on an even tighter budget and would prefer to stay in hostels, then Hostelworld is a good starting point.

When we are not travelling to other countries, we like to explore what we can of the United Kingdom, even if it's only a day trip to a new village or town that we haven't seen before. This blog will therefore not only focus on countries outside the UK, but the places within it too.

I have started this blog a little late, and therefore the first entries will focus on places that we've already travelled to, over the past two years. Once I am up-to-date I will continute blogging about our current travels. I hope that you will enjoy reading and gain some useful travel tips!

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