Our new Travel Cost Guides are here! Have you ever wondered how much stuff will cost when you’re planning a trip? That is the primary question we set out to answer when Budget Your Trip was founded. Now, we’re taking a huge amount of our travel cost data, combining it with financial tips and advice from real travelers, and publishing Travel Cost Guides for countries and cities around the world. These guides are now available as an eBook on Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook, or as a PDF eGuide here on our site. They make a perfect supplement to traditional guidebooks, because no other resource contains the travel cost information found in our Travel Cost Guides. (more…)
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How Online Tools Help Travel Agents
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012Travel agents today are blessed with an infinite source of information. Not only do they have access to online resources that are available to the general public, but they also have uniquely designed tools and resources created to make their job easier. A booming industry, referred to as home based travel agents, continues to grow and evolve, and is perhaps the most likely to benefit from these resources. Tools, such as our own Budget Your Trip Agent tool, are specifically designed to make the travel agent’s job that much easier. (more…)
Does Your Trip Have A Name?
Thursday, February 9th, 2012Travel is a source of inspiration. Being in a new place stirs the emotions and forces the brain to ponder new concepts. So, it’s no surprise that some of our users here at Budget Your Trip have shown us some of their creativity. Sometimes when we travel, we simply refer to our trip as, “that time we went to the beach” or, “summer vacation.” However, every now and then, a trip comes along that deserves something better and bigger. It deserves a real name – a name that stands alone to let the world know that you’re going out there to find something amazing.
Submit a Travel Tip and Get Noticed
Monday, October 31st, 2011Did you know that you can read and share travel tips on our website and also get some attention for your travel blog? In addition to using Budget Your Trip to discover travel costs around the globe, you can also spread your knowledge to your fellow travelers. It’s super easy. Just log in and submit a tip for any city or country. And here’s the extra bonus: if you put the URL of your website on your Budget Your Trip member profile, the link will show up next to your name for each travel tip you submit, giving your travel blog more attention (plus a little linking love). When you log in, you’ll see links on the home page to submit a travel tip or update your profile. (more…)
No One Travels In Luxury Anymore?
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011We’ve been working hard lately and crunching a lot of numbers. We pulled out the old statistics textbook and studied it thoroughly. We forced the planets to line up, the atoms to quantitate, and our cat to land butter-side up. The end result is a new mathematical and statistical method for calculating the average daily costs here at Budget Your Trip. Now, our travel budget will be more accurate than ever. (more…)
Self Promotion
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011It’s time for some self promotion. And we’re talking about the promotion of YOU this time. We’ve just rolled out the new profiles here on Budget Your Trip. Now you’ll be able to tell everyone about yourself as well as link to your blog, twitter profile, facebook page, flickr photos, and more. Simply log in and look for the edit link on the upper right area of the page. Here’s an example.
In addition to that, we’ve been working on allowing you to embed many of the charts and graphs from your travel budget onto your own site or blog. We’ve also added some new charts allowing you to break down your budget over various months by category and location.
Finally, we’d like to thank Rove Magazine for mentioning us in Issue 5. While you’re there, take a peak at those great photos from Morocco, too, it’s one of our favorite countries.
We’re looking forward to seeing everyone’s updated profiles. Happy Travels!
New Features
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010We aim to please, and that’s why we’ve been busy working on some great new features for Budget Your Trip. Check ‘em out! (more…)
Standout: A Free WordPress Theme
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010We’re happy to announce the release of our first of many free WordPress themes for travel bloggers. The Standout theme is based on the design of BudgetYourTrip.com, so don’t be surprised if you notice some similarities. We’ve spent a lot of time working on Budget Your Trip, and so we decided to give the design away for free in the form of a WordPress theme so that travel bloggers can benefit from our hard work. We put a lot of great features into the theme, including a carousel slideshow, custom social networking links, post title images, and more. (more…)
The Budget Your Trip API
Monday, October 11th, 2010Attention nerds! This is what you’ve been waiting for: the Budget Your Trip API. Now you can get all sorts of data from our website for use in your own applications. The API is still under development, but so far we have released a few functions which we hope you will find useful. (more…)
Our Ultimate Guide: How To Plan A Trip Around The World
Sunday, September 5th, 2010In 2009, we spent eleven months traveling through Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. We want you to learn from our experience, so we put together a trip planning guide: How To Plan A Trip Around The World. We cover everything from budgeting to packing, route planning to insurance, safety to vaccinations, and visas to round-the-world plane tickets. Combining our first hand experience with tips and resources from other travelers, we leave no stone unturned. And the best part is that we’re always adding more information to it as we gather more advice and stories from other travelers. (more…)
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Budget Your Trip
Budget Your Trip lets you plan and track your travel expenses. On our blog you can find travel advice, tips, photos, and more! You can also find out how much stuff costs in various locations around the world with our Travel Cost Calculator.