EuroCheapo's Trend Update Articles

Mar 30 With many travelers surely now in full planning mode for summer 2011, let’s take a look at the winners and losers in the European battle for the tourist’s dollar (or euro). Greece Greece’s economic misfortunes led to a crash in confidence among the country’s hoteliers, and 2011 is shaping up to be a bargain year » Read more

May 12 This month has seen quite a bit of low cost carrier activity, as airlines from Air Baltic to Ryanair and easyJet added routes eastward to the Baltics and down to the Balkans. Here’s a quick roundup of some of the most interesting additions. Air Baltic Recent weeks have seen Air Baltic aggressively expanding its network, » Read more

Mar 24 Three weeks ago, we reported here on EuroCheapo on how booking on a new air route or ferry service can cause a lot of grief for travelers intent on sticking to a fixed itinerary. All too often, teething problems can mean that a new service might not get started as smoothly as a carrier might » Read more

Jun 01 Photo courtesy of Kari Hoerchler Where would you go if you wanted to sport crazy tights and ride Critical Mass? Or don a wool blanket while dining out at the latest ‘It’ restaurant? A place where ‘sör’ means ‘beer’ and ‘bor’ means wine? Budapest, babája (baby)! During a recent to trip to the Hun capital, » Read more

May 23 The ideal thing about Ideal Bite is that the site and its daily e-mails offer interesting, useful, quick “bites” of information—replete with ample doses of humor—for people who want to serve the common good without sacrificing their own personal pleasure and style. Recently, Ideal Bite served up the 411 about Nau (pronounced “now”), a new » Read more

Apr 25 Irish lasses love to primp and pamper, even with the staggering cost of cosmetics in Ireland. Though an array of Irish women’s magazines provide good tips for living a champagne lifestyle on a lemonade budget, there’s nonetheless been a huge gap in the market for timely updates on beauty bargains. Enter Beaut.ie. Irish girls in » Read more

Apr 11 About this time last year, the term “flashpacker” began to appear in travel articles and blogs. Originally used to denote backpackers with considerable budgets, it seems to have broadened in meaning lately. Jason Purvor, Web master of flashpacker.com, defines a flashpacker simply as a “business class backpacker.” Paul and Meg Darvell of Flashpacker Diaries elaborate, » Read more