Finally, after surviving blazing hot days in February and freezing days in May, summer has arrived. To celebrate the arrival of June, I’m clearing out of New York and heading to Berlin on Sunday. Three days later I’ll continue on to additional hot, top-secret destinations in Europe. My bags are packed (sort of), papers organized(ish), » Read more
Cheapos at work: Budget Travel Guide
Welcome to 2011, Cheapos. Now that the eggnog is finally gone and we’ve shoveled away the snow from the Christmas blizzard, it’s time for one of our favorite annual traditions: making New Year’s travel resolutions. This year, everyone here at EuroCheapo HQ has made a pact to aspire to both personal and office-wide resolutions. The » Read more
This past weekend, June 18-20, 2010, the Travel Blog Exchange (“TBEX”) held its second annual conference in New York City. Hosted at the Cantor Film Center in Greenwich Village, the two-day event featured panels, presentations, and readings featuring travel bloggers hailing from the US and abroad, some coming to town from as far away as New Zealand. » Read more
We’re rubbing the sleep from our eyes a little later than usual today, dear Cheapos. Thanks to all who attended our “Farewell Winter” party at the home office in New York City last night. The place was packed and the night roused on until late. Folks chattered of finding cheap airline tickets, what cool budget » Read more
After an extensive search throughout most of the eastern seaboard of the U.S., we are pleased to announce the official hire of our new office dog, Maude. Maude is a three year old dachshund (i.e., “weiner dog”) and hails from rural Virginia. Her previous employment included chasing field vermin, attempting to heard sheep, and playing » Read more
Hi everyone — just a quick note from EC HQ in New York where I’m about to dash out the door and head to Newark Airport. Over the next 19 days, I’ll be sending dispatches from Paris, St. Petersburg, and (drum roll!) Riga, Latvia! In Paris, I’ll be visiting as many hotels as I can fit into » Read more
One of the things we look forward to each January is making our annual New Year’s resolutions. Call us crazy, but for whatever reason, the process of manic reinvention and self renewal just gets us excited. And while we have a number of the ol’ standbys on our list (did somebody say “less caffeine, more » Read more
Now that the presents are unwrapped and most of the eggnog is gone, we’ve been spending quite a bit of time reading (and chuckling) through our many blog posts from 2008. And what a year it has been, Cheapos! We’ve published over 300 blog posts since January, upon which you’ve provided nearly 400 comments, all » Read more
EuroCheapo in 2001. Love that look! Please excuse the self-congratulatory and very personal manner of today’s post. Next week, we’ll be back to budget travel advice. However, tomorrow, June 14, is EuroCheapo’s seventh birthday. The site launched on June 14, 2001 from my apartment in Berlin, where I spent the year living and traveling on the cheap. The first » Read more
At long last, Tom, Pete, and Mere are heading off to Berlin today to attend the ITB conference through Saturday. It should be quite an event, throwing together national and city tourist boards, travel writers, travel agencies, and other industry types for three hectic days. The organizers of the event sent off a press release on Monday » Read more
On the home front, the entire EuroCheapo office has been delighted by the (relatively) recent arrival of Aroma Cafe, an Israeli coffee chain, in our immediate neighborhood. The cafe’s SoHo shop is the first to open outside Israel. The strength of Israeli cafe chains is old hat at this point. The coffee is good and » Read more
Our favorite polyglot shepherd You didn’t think we’d let the current award season pass by without creating our own EuroCheapo award category, did you? Not only do we have keen eyes for hard-to-find budget hotels, but we can spot a fine photo-op while we’re on the hunt, too. This one comes from the French Alps. » Read more
