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Slow Travel – The Best Budget Travel Secret We Can Share. Street life, Isaan, Thailand. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Slow Travel – The Best Budget Travel Secret We Can Share

Slow travel is the best budget travel secret we can share. At the time of writing this we have been on the road travelling continuously and living out of suitcases for seven years. Travellers often ask us what our travel secret is, how we fund our travels, and how we have managed to travel for so long. Travelling slowly is our secret.

As perpetual globetrotters we often get asked how we’ve managed to stay on the road for severn years. Did we sell a house, take out a personal loan, max out credit cards, or are we spending our life savings? While we do work as we travel – as professional travel and food writers and photographer – slow travel is the best budget travel secret we can share with you.

Sure, you can sell your house, spend your life savings, take out a loan, and travel on credit cards, but unless your home was a mansion, you invested very wisely, the loan was substantial, and you have extremely high credit limits, you probably won’t make that money stretch to seven years or even two years or twelve months or whatever the duration of your dream trip – unless you travel slowly.

Slow Travel – The Best Budget Travel Secret We Can Share

Working will extend the length of your travel and travellers have always and will always embark upon working holidays. And I’m not talking about the small percentage of travel professionals like ourselves, the writers and photographers who derive their main income from writing about travel, nor the ever-increasing number of travel bloggers who spend their days in hostels and hotel rooms tapping out blog posts and devising kooky projects to keep them on the road. Um, well, like ourselves.

Nor am I referring to the self-styled location independent digital nomads who work remotely, often in IT, running web sites and programming and writing apps and doing whatever else they’re doing to make a considerable amount of money. Nor expats. Having been expats for seven years, I can vouch that they’re an entirely other breed with an altogether different way of life.

I’m talking about the everyday travellers who set out to work their way around the world doing temporary jobs – working on farms, picking grapes during wine harvests, packing fruit, offering language lessons, working as nannies or au pairs, waiting tables, working bars, pulling beers, doing secretarial jobs, filling supermarket shelves, and performing countless other tasks that most of them are probably way too qualified to do simply because they want to travel, and travel for as long as they possibly can.

I’m also talking about the gap year kids who volunteer abroad, the backpackers who head off for a couple of years, the couples who plan to do a six-month trip at mid-range level, the grey nomads who criss-cross countries in their motor-homes, and the families who embark on a year of house-swapping – or, like my parents, set off in a caravan for a year that turns into five.

Slow travel is their secret.

As it is for tho retirees and gypsy families who stay on the road for years, settling into camping and caravan parks for months on end. And the home-swapping families who house-hop around the world for one month at a time. They have it all worked out.

Not the travellers intent on ticking off X number of countries, seeing Y number of monuments or accumulating a certain amount of frequent flyer miles or airline points by a certain age. Nor the If It’s Tuesday It Must Be Belgium-style of tour groups.

Because the more you do, the faster the pace of your travel, and the more frequently you move, the more costly your trip will be. It will also likely be more unsatisfying, rushing through cities, seeing the iconic sights and little else, focusing more on taking pictures than taking in the atmosphere of a place.

But then if you don’t take the photos you won’t remember anything other than the budget calculations you find yourself continually making and the crazy itinerary you glance at countless times a day in an effort to keep up with the frenetic pace of travel you have set yourself.

Slow travel is the best budget travel secret by far.

Slow Travel Budget Travel Secrets – Tips That Will Save You Money

Take your time getting there

Trains, ferries, buses, bikes, and even your feet, will (mostly) all be more affordable than planes (low cost airlines aside), so take your time getting to where you want to go, and travelling from place to place. Remember – as clichéd as it sounds – travel is as much about the journey as the destination.

Settle in for a while

Whether it’s one week, one month, or more, settling in to a place is the best way to save money. The longer you stay the more you’ll save. We prefer renting apartments or houses, and monthly rates are always cheaper than nightly or weekly rates. But also consider camping and caravanning (even cheaper), house-swaps (free) and house sitting (there’s usually a joining fee), and if you’re young and like the social aspect of a youth hostel or backpackers, why not stay a while, volunteer to work for board or negotiate a cheaper longer-stay rate.

Walk or use local transport

We always walk as much as we can because we find walking by far a better way to get to know a place than catching a subway or even bus, but if you can’t walk somewhere then public transport is the next best option for getting around. The people-watching and eavesdropping opportunities aside, in most places it’s cheaper than catching a cab, especially if you’re settling in for a while and can buy weekly or monthly transport passes.

Eat like locals and eat in more than you eat out

Our top slow travel secret isn’t a secret at all if you’re a regular reader: we eat like locals when we travel. When we’re on short trips we tend to eat out for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but when we’re settling into one place for a while, we will only eat out once a day and cook or prepare the other meals in our apartment rental kitchen ourselves. That doesn’t mean you always have to eat at home – although that can be fun too, especially when you make friends and invite them over – you can put together a picnic for lunch in a park, a barbecue to enjoy beside a beach, or take a bottle of wine and some cheese and cold cuts and sit by a lake. Even cold beers and sandwiches can be amazing if you’ve made them yourself from local produce and you eat them in a spectacular spot.

Shop where the locals shop

Whether it’s a fresh food market, a local supermarket or specialty shops in a suburb, you’re always going to pay less for your groceries and fruit and vegetables than you would in a mini-mart in a tourist zone or even a supermarket in the city centre. You’ll also gain an insight into the everyday life of that place and how the locals shop, eat and even socialise. Also, often you only figure out where the best places to buy are after being in a place for a while.

Drink where the locals drink

While it’s tempting to visit those glamorous rooftop bars and popular waterfront lounges, especially if in the lead-up to your trip your research involved clipping stories from glossy travel magazines that featured the latest hot spots, local watering holes – cafés, bars, pubs, even local clubs, like RSLs in Australia, journalist clubs in Asia, and sporting clubs around the world – will be much cheaper to drink at, and again, like the shopping spots, provide much more of an insight into local culture and social life. And once again, it can take a while to discover which pubs and bars the locals prefer to prop themselves up at, which is why you need to settle in for a while and travel slowly.

So while you can sell your house, tap into your life savings, acquire a few credit cards, and even fund your travel with a personal loan, the secret to making your finances last as long as possible is simple. Slow travel. Just travel slowly.

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About Lara Dunston

A travel and food writer who has experienced over 70 countries and written for The Guardian, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Feast, Delicious, National Geographic Traveller, Conde Nast Traveller, Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia, DestinAsian, TIME, CNN, The Independent, The Telegraph, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, AFAR, Wanderlust, International Traveller, Get Lost, Four Seasons Magazine, Fah Thai, Sawasdee, and more, as well as authored more than 40 guidebooks for Lonely Planet, DK, Footprint, Rough Guides, Fodors, Thomas Cook, and AA Guides.

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  1. Karin-Marijke says

    December 10, 2012 at 11:54 am

    Possible tip: http://www.workaway.info?

    We just met a couple of people who find volunteer jobs via this website and it sounds like an interesting way to stay in places without spending fortunes or even a penny while getting to know a country/region/culture. During my first scan of the website I noticed it’s not just jobs in tourism (e.g. guesthouses) but also agricultural projects (organic farming) and animal rescue centers.

  2. Ian [EagerExistence] says

    December 10, 2012 at 1:04 pm

    The best bit is, these slow travel tips transfer easily, even if you aren’t on the road for years. By slowing your travel down a little, cooking your own food, catching slow trains, shopping where the locals shop, you can save yourself a considerable amount of your travel budget.

  3. Lara Dunston says

    December 10, 2012 at 11:57 pm

    Hi Ian – totally agree. The slower one travels the cheaper things get, but spending years on the road isn’t for everyone by any means. Thanks for dropping by!

  4. Scott says

    December 12, 2012 at 10:09 am

    Absolutely right here about everything. My girlfriend and I are just finishing up our first year of travel, and we stumbled into much of this ourselves. I enjoy about ten days of fast travel in a row now at a max, and luckily it’s all we can afford.

  5. Lara Dunston says

    March 24, 2013 at 6:20 pm

    Thanks for leaving the link – good tip!

  6. Lara Dunston says

    March 24, 2013 at 6:23 pm

    Yes, we’re like you – 10 days in a row is def. enough – too much? – then time to slow down. Thanks for dropping by!

  7. Liv says

    September 30, 2013 at 9:49 am

    I think slow travel offers far more depth too. The speedy traveller will see things, but travellers taking it slowly will understand places. That greater insight is what I love.

  8. Lara Dunston says

    October 1, 2013 at 2:05 pm

    We totally agree with you – that’s why we tend to spend weeks and months in places rather than days :)

  9. Rachel says

    February 5, 2016 at 7:22 am

    Great post Lara. We travel much the same way as you both, and for that reason we have managed to see so much of the world.
    We were excited to reach over 100 countries travelled just last year…with no intention of slowing down.
    All these valid points that you make of eating with locals, using public transport and travelling slower is the key to the living the travel dream.

  10. Lara Dunston says

    February 5, 2016 at 9:28 am

    Thanks, Rachel. Couldn’t agree with you more. Thanks for dropping by. Happy travelling!

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Still looking for Christmas cooking inspo? Check o Still looking for Christmas cooking inspo? Check out our seafood recipe collection, especially if you celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve with a fish focused meal in the Southern Italian tradition, transformed by Italian-Americans into the Feast of the Seven Fishes, or like Australians, who celebrate Christmas in the sweltering summer, feast on seafood for Christmas Day lunch, we’ve got lots of easy seafood recipes for you.

Our recipes include a classic prawn cocktail, blini with smoked salmon, a ceviche-style appetiser, and devilled eggs with caviar. We’ve also got recipes for fish soup, seafood pies and pastas, salmon tray bake, and crispy salmon with creamy mashed potatoes.

You’ll find the recipes here: https://grantourismotravels.com/seafood-recipes-for-christmas-eve-and-christmas-day-menus/
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If you’re still looking for food inspo for Chris If you’re still looking for food inspo for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day meals, my smoked salmon ‘carpaccio’ recipe is one of dozens of recipes in this compilation of our best Christmas recipes (link below). 

The Christmas recipe compilation includes collections of our best Christmas breakfast recipes, best Christmas brunch recipes, best Christmas starter recipes, best Christmas cocktails, best Christmas dessert recipes, and homemade edible Christmas gifts and more.

My smoked salmon carpaccio recipe makes an easy elegant appetiser that’s made in minutes. If you’re having guests over, you can make the dish ahead by assembling the salmon, capers and pickled onions, and refrigerate it, then pour on the dressing just before serving. 

Provide toasted baguette slices and bowls of additional capers, pickles and dressing, so guests can customise their carpaccio. And open the bubbly!

You’ll find that recipe and many more Christmas recipes here: https://grantourismotravels.com/best-christmas-recipes/ (link in bio if you’re seeing this on IG)

Merry Christmas!! X

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If you haven’t visited our site in a while, I sh If you haven’t visited our site in a while, I shared a collection of recipes for homemade edible Christmas gifts — for condiments, hot sauces, chilli oils, a whole array of pickles, spice blends, chilli salt, furakake seasoning, and spicy snacks, such as our Cambodian and Vietnamese roasted peanuts. 

I love giving homemade edibles as gifts as much as I love receiving them. Who wouldn’t appreciate jars filled with their favourite chilli oils, hot sauces, piquant pickles, and spicy peanuts that loved-ones have taken the time to make? 

Aside from the gesture and affordability of gifting homemade edibles, you’re minimising waste. You can use recycled jars or if buying new mason jars or clip-top Kilner jars, you know they’ll get repurposed.

No need for wrapping, just attach some Christmas baubles or tinsel to the lid. I used squares of Cambodian kramas (cotton scarves), which can be repurposed as napkins or drink coasters, and tied a ribbon or two around the lids, and attached last year’s Christmas tree decorations to some.

You’ll find the recipes here: https://grantourismotravels.com/homemade-edible-christmas-gifts/ (link in bio if you’re seeing this on IG)

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This crab omelette is a decadent eggs dish that’ This crab omelette is a decadent eggs dish that’s perfect if you’re just back from the fish markets armed with luxurious fresh crab meat. It’s a little sweet, a little spicy, and very, very moreish.

Our crab omelette recipe was one of our 22 most popular egg recipes of 2022 on our website Grantourismo and it’s no surprise. It’s appeared more times than any other egg recipes on our annual round-ups of most popular recipes since Terence launched Weekend Eggs when we launched Grantourismo in 2010.

If you’re an eggs lover, do check out the recipe collection. It includes egg recipes from right around the world, from recipes for classic kopitiam eggs from Singapore and Malaysia and egg curries from India and Myanmar to all kinds of egg recipes from Thailand, Japan, Korea, China, Mexico, USA, Australia, UK, and Ireland.

And do browse our Weekend Eggs archives for further eggspiration (sorry). We have hundreds of egg recipes from the 13 year-old series of recipes for quintessential egg dishes from around the world, which we started on our 2010 year-long global grand tour focused on slow, local and experiential travel. 

We’re hoping 2023 will be the year we can finally publish the Weekend Eggs cookbook we’ve talked about for years based on that series. After we can find a publisher for the Cambodia cookbook of course... :( 

Recipe collection here (and proper link to Grantourismo in our bio):
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I’m late to share this, but a few days ago Angko I’m late to share this, but a few days ago Angkor Archaeological Park, home to stupendous Angkor Wat, pictured, celebrated 30 years of its UNESCO World Heritage listing. 

That’s as good an excuse as any to put this magnificent, sprawling archaeological site on your travel list this year.

While riverside Siem Reap, your base for exploring Angkor is bustling once more, there are still nowhere near the visitors of the last busy high season months of December-January 2018-2019 when there were 290,000 visitors. 

Last month there were just 55,000 visitors and December feels a little quieter. A tour guide friend said there were about 150 people at Angkor Wat for sunrise a few days ago.

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Our soy ginger chicken recipe will make you sticky Our soy ginger chicken recipe will make you sticky, flavourful and succulent chicken thighs that are fantastic with steamed rice, Chinese greens or a salad, such as a Southeast Asian slaw. 

The chicken can be marinated for up to 24 hours before cooking, which ensures it’s packed with flavour, then it can be cooked on a barbecue or in a pan.

Terence’s soy ginger chicken recipe is one of our favourite recipes for a quick and easy meal. I love the sound of the sizzling thighs in the pan, and the warming aromas wafting through the apartment. 

It’s amazing how such flavourful juicy chicken thighs come from such a quick and easy recipe.

Recipe here (and proper link to Grantourismo in our bio): https://grantourismotravels.com/soy-ginger-chicken-recipe/

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Who can guess the ingredients and what we’re mak Who can guess the ingredients and what we’re making with my market haul from Psar Samaki in Siem Reap — all for a whopping 10,000 riel (US$2.50)?! 

Birds-eye chillies thrown in for free! They were on my list but the seller I spent most at (5,000 riel!) scooped up a handful and slipped them into my bag. She was my last stop and knew what I was making.

My Khmer is poor, even after all our years in Cambodia, as I don’t learn languages with the ease I did in my 20s, plus I’m mentally exhausted after researching and writing all day. I have a better vocabulary of Old and Middle Khmer than modern Khmer from studying the ancient inscriptions for the Cambodian culinary history component of our cookbook I’m writing.

So when one seller totalled my purchases I thought she said 5,000 riel but she handed back 4,500 riel! The sum total of two huge bunches of herbs and kaffir lime leaves was 500 riel.

Tip: if visiting Siem Reap, use Khmer riel for local shopping. We’ve mainly used riel since the pandemic started— rarely use US$ now as market sellers quote prices in riels, as do local shops and bakeries, and I tip tuk tuk drivers in riels. I find prices quoted in riels are lower.

Psar Samaki is cheaper than Psar Leu, which is cheaper than Psar Chas, as it’s a wholesale market, which means the produce is fresher. I see veggies arriving, piled high in the back of vehicles, with dirt still on them — as I did on this trip. 

The scent of a mountain of incredibly aromatic pineapples offloaded from the back of a dusty ute was so heady they smelt like they’d just been cut. More exotic European style veggies arrive by big trucks in boxes labelled in Vietnamese (from Dalat) and Mandarin (from China), such as beautiful snow-white cauliflower I spotted.

Note: the freshest produce is sold on the dirt road at the back of the market.

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My Vietnamese-ish meatballs and rice noodles recip My Vietnamese-ish meatballs and rice noodles recipe makes tender meatballs doused in a delightfully tangy-sweet sauce, sprinkled with crispy fried shallots, with carrot-daikon, crunchy cucumber and fragrant herbs. 

The dish is inspired by bún chả, a Hanoi specialty, but it’s not bún chả. No matter what Google or food bloggers tell you. Names are important, especially when cooking and writing about cuisines not our own.

This is an authentic bún chả recipe:  https://grantourismotravels.com/vietnamese-bun-cha-recipe/ You’ll need to get the outdoor BBQ/grill going to do proper smoky bún chả meat patties (not meatballs).

My meatball noodle bowl is perhaps more closely related to dishes such as a Central Vietnam cousin bún thịt nướng (pork skewers on rice noodles in a bowl) and a Southern relation bún bò Nam Bộ (beef atop rice noodles, sprinkled with fried shallots (Nam Bộ=Southern Vietnam) though neither include meatballs. 

Xíu mại= meatballs although they’re different in flavour to mine, which taste more like bún chả patties. Xíu mại remind me of Southern Italian meatballs in tomato sauce.

In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, home to millions of Khmer, there’s bánh tằm xíu mại. Bánh tằm=silk worm noodles. They’re topped with meatballs, cucumber, daikon, carrot, fresh herbs, crispy fried onions. Difference: cold noodles doused in a sauce of coconut cream and fish sauce. 

Remove the meatballs, add chopped fried spring rolls and it’s Cambodia’s banh sung, which is a rice noodle salad similar to Vietnam’s bún chả giò :) 

Recipe here: (link in bio) https://grantourismotravels.com/vietnamese-meatballs-and-rice-noodles-recipe/

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It is pure coincidence that Pepper’s eye colour It is pure coincidence that Pepper’s eye colour matches the furnishings of our rented apartment. So, no, I did not colour-coordinate the interiors to match our cat’s eyes. 

I keep getting DMs from pet clothing brands wanting to “partner” with Pepper and send her free cat clothes and cat accessories. Although she did wear a kerchief for a few years in her more adventurous fashion-forward teenage years, I cannot see this cat in clothes now, can you? 

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