Frugal travel gives you a more intimate experience of where you are visiting
Summary
- Frugal travel often brings us closer to the essence of where we are visiting
Details
- When we travel frugally, we are more likely to use local transport, eat local food and stay in non-international chain hotels
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The marvellous thing about frugal travel is the way that it compels you to get more intimate with wherever you visit. You’re in a foreign land. You take the cheap local bus instead of the tourist bus, and experience the full range of ukulele buskers and tamarind candy vendors that pile aboard at every stop. Sure, the bus goes more slowly and winds around a lot, but that just gives you a chance to really absorb the scenery, or get a peek at streets you probably would never have gone down otherwise. You eat at cheap local food stalls instead of tourist restaurants. Not only do you discover a passion for sweet and sour catfish, but you get taught some regional slang that brings the house down every time you try it out.
Related
- Frugal travel may lead to discomfort, and that is ok
- Making frugal choices results in greater appreciation of pleasures
- In all things and in every field-be it fashion, food, or travel-I firmly believe that quality is always the key. Quality always pays off- in the product, in innovation, in service, and, above all, in people.... - Antonio de Matteis