Cheap Travel - for Australians
USA AND CANADA
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Accommodation
HI USA The big Daddy of US hostels. Here
Couch Surfing, Hospitality Club and Global Freeloaders help connect you with strangers who will let you sleep over at their place - free. Check it out, see if it's worthwhile and get back to me!
Hostel World helps you search for the great deals on Hostels world-wide. Here
Trav.com It's been quite hard picking through all the crappy hotel websites but this one seems ok. Worldwide. Here
Hostel Bookers Book your room in a hostel here, for places all over the world. Here
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Airfares
Best Flights Top site. Top, top site. They post some amazing travel deals. Subscribe to their email to stay in touch, it's worth it. Here
Sky Scanner Search flights worldwide, it will dig prices up from anywhere! A great way to get the best deal in the shortest possible time. Better for Europe than other locations Here
Student Flights and Sta Travel Are two of the good major travel agents for flights and package deals. Student Flights is owned by Flight Centre.
American Budget Airlines
Air Tran
SpiritAir
isn't technically a budget airline, but have some nice deals.
JetBlue
Kayak.com is a fare search engine better for the United States than other areas if my searches for Australia-Asia routes are anything to by. Sidestep performs a similar function.
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Travel Tips and Hints
The real bargains of travel are generally found by asking other people. Use the forum resources of these three amazing sites to get the information you need.
Lonely Planet has a wealth of information including country-specific guides. Also use the forum for some help. Here
Virtual Tourist compiles reviews of attractions, lists of things to do and more all written by previous visitors - normal people. Also make use of their wonderful forums. When I went to Bangkok this place was an out-and-out goldmine. Here
Trip Advisor is basically the same as Virtual Tourist but not very user-friendly. Here
About.com has an enormous sectioon on budget travel. Here
Dr Voyageur presents a comprehensive information page about transport options in America - air, rail, bus and more. Here
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Work Abroad
Before you start, find out the visa requirements of the country you are visiting: Project Visa - fantastic website!
Stepstone European jobs website with a few hundred thousands jobs. Here
AnyworkAnywhere.com Is a tidy list of jobs available around the world - great for the UK, ok for other countries. Here
TeflCourses IAPA Au Pair List Want to be an au pair? The International Au Pair Association provides a list of Au Pair associations in each country. Here
InterExchange USA Work in the USA. Camps counselling, seasonal work.. etc. Here
BackDoor Jobs Unfortunately named site but links you in with a bunch of seasonal jobs mainly. Best for USA. Here
Jobs Abroad Search by country for positions that interest you - a very broad list! Here
Getting Around
Dr Voyageur presents a comprehensive information page about transport options in America - air, rail, bus and more. Here
Greyhound Buses Gigantic US bus company. Use buses to get around USA! Here
Green Tortoise does some extraordinarily cheap bus tours in America. How? They have converted their coaches into sleepers! There's bunks in the bus. It doesn't look too uncomfortable but be realistic when thinking about trip length! Here
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Best of the Rest
Luggage Direct In their words: "Australia's Largest Luggage Retailer of Brand Name Luggage at Warehouse Prices." In mine: if you like to get luggage that is actually good.. probably the best way to do it. HereHave a suggestion for this site? I'd love to hear it! See the form below
Luggage.net.au Discount branded luggage Here
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