(Yes, You Can Eat Well, Stay Safe, and Still Take Cool Photos Without Spending a Fortune) Let’s get one thing straight: budget travel doesn’t mean sleeping in bus stations and eating dry instant noodles every night. (Been there, no thanks.) It means traveling smarter, prioritizing what matters, and finding ways to make your money stretch…

Let me just say: I used to be a chronic over-packer. I once brought a hair dryer, 6 books, and three pairs of boots for a weekend trip to Italy. And yet — somehow — I still forgot my toothbrush. After a few too many travel fails (and a painful encounter with blistered feet and…

I didn’t plan to be alone in a foreign city. My friend missed her flight, and there I was—fresh off the plane in Budapest with a dead phone, a crumpled printout of our Airbnb address, and not a single Hungarian word in my vocabulary. Spoiler: I survived. Actually, I thrived. And I think everyone should…