Posts by author Thomas Meyers
Photo: Tim Reckmann
Chapter 3: Finding Cheap Flights to Europe Flying to Europe is expensive — in fact, it’s probably the largest expense facing many American travelers heading abroad. How can you actually find great deals on airfare to Europe? Here are some tips to help you fly the cheapo skies. For most of us traveling from North » Read more
Be realistic with your plans. Photo: Je Shoots
Chapter 2: European Itineraries for Budget Travel When putting your travel itinerary together, try to remain calm and realistic. If possible, give yourself a minimum of two nights at every stop in order to minimize travel expenses and keep everyone happy. Note: This is Chapter Two in our Ultimate Budget Travel Guide to Europe. The » Read more
Guidebooks might not be cool, but they're very practical. Photo: mrdamian
I’ll be the first to point out this irony: I started EuroCheapo, a budget travel website, back in 2001, and yet I still love traveling around Europe with a guidebook. Furthermore, I’m conveying this information to you — on a website. Ironies aside, I believe that when it comes to trip guidance, there’s room for » Read more
You can easily score very cheap flights on easyJet... just watch out for the extra charges. Photo: Dr_Tr
It costs how much to fly from London to Berlin? I just searched for the flight for mid-September and found incredibly (some would say “suspiciously”) cheap offers from easyJet (€40 / $52) and Ryanair (€46 / $59). That’s super cheapo, and not even unusual for Europe’s budget airlines, which have been known to offer tickets » Read more
Is flunch for you? Photo: InSapphoWeTrust
How would you like to “flunch” together? Curious name aside, the flunch cafeteria chain in France offers a Cheapo-friendly lunch and dinner option to travelers not afraid to grab a tray and get in a line. But are cafeterias your thing? The cafeteria conundrum Without shame, I admit to being a fan of cafeteria food. » Read more
Venice's St. Mark's Square on February 25, 2010. Photos by Tom Meyers.
February 26, 2010: I awoke this morning at 5:55 to the sound of an alarm. It wasn’t my travel alarm clock, however. It was more of a siren, it was moving in the street, and it was loud. Once I remembered that I was in a hotel in Venice, all worries were cast aside. This » Read more
À bout de Souffle. Photo: TheMoveDB.org. Photos below: Theadora Brack.
In grand ole Oprah style, I’ve decided to round out 2009 with another contest give-away. Plus, I’ll doff my “bachi” (French sailor hat) to a few of my favorite things in Paris! Be the first Cheapo to correctly answer the New Wave film-related questions below, and we’ll give you a handsome catalog from the exposition, » Read more
We’re proud to announce the Finn-tastic launch this week of EuroCheapo Helsinki, our 29th city guide! The new guide to cheap hotels in Helsinki takes us into exciting new territory, farther north and east than any of our other guides. Sarah Silbert, a contributing editor who covered the city following her update of Copenhagen, was initially surprised by the high rates of hotels » Read more
Sarah relaxes at the Viking Bar in Copenhagen. Photo: Derek Van Gorder
We were very pleased to update our Copenhagen hotel reviews yesterday, adding several new budget hotel picks, and refreshing our existing listings. Sarah Silbert, our “listings guru” in the New York office, visited Copenhagen last month to tackle the job. We sat down with her this morning to learn more about her trip. As a first-time » Read more
Prost! Photo: Jacqueline Macou
It’s kick-off time for Oktoberfest, that free-flowing celebration of German beer and sausage that happens every fall in Munich. The Munich tourism board calls the celebration the “biggest public festival in the world”—so we hope that you booked your rooms well in advance! (If not…) Before you grab your favorite stein and head for Bavaria, » Read more
An artist at work in Berlin. Photo: Wendelin Jacober
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 city’s skyline might be defined by a Sputnik-era TV tower, bombed-out churches and the ghost of a certain wall that once split the German » Read more
Another blurry night at the Weinerei. Photo by angermann.
For years we’d heard about a cool Berlin bar where you drank as much as you liked and paid whatever you thought was right at the end of the night. However, no one mentioned that the bar also offered vats of wholesome food and cushy couches! Welcome to the Weinerei Tourists to Berlin often refer » Read more
