Our idea of the Best Asia Travel on a Budget is getting the most for your money and finding those little hidden gems in Vietnam, Cambodia and Hong Kong that few people know about.
We include photographs as well as a Video Tour of your destination city on each page.
This allows you a "See and Feel" experience of your destination city as well as all the information you'll need to find your way to the best attractions, hotels, restaurants and 'watering holes'.
This information will give you the freedom to make your own choices instead of being sold to by other websites that do nothing more than ask for your credit card details.
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You might have already bought one of those high priced Asia travel guidebooks. I did as well.
Those books ARE informative but they're like a nosy neighbor who keeps peering through the drapes and telling the neighbors all your secrets.
As soon as any Hotel, Restaurant or Tour Operator makes it into the vaulted pages of this Asia Travel Guidebook, or that Budget Asia Travel Guidebook, they quickly raise their prices to meet the stampede of tourists that soon follow.
It's big money for the Asia travel guidebooks and their clientele. The goal isn't to find the best places for you but the ones that pay the most towards their advertising revenues.
Meanwhile you're stuck in long line-ups, paying premium costs and being herded to 'Recommended Attractions' and staying in 'Recommended Hotels'.
That's how I traveled Asia for years. Then I found myself in Shanghai, China at 1AM in the morning begging for a discount on a $50 / night room.
It was a youth hostel (The Captain Hostel) that I had selected from the 'Budget Section' of my guidebook.
$50USD a night for a 'budget hotel'?
"No Discount!" Fired the receptionist. "We now famous place!"
"Yes", I see. Page 138."
I walked out of there in a huff but the adrenaline helped me lug my huge backpack through the dark, cold streets.
I walked from from one Hostel to the next with that heavy bag strapped to my sore back.
It was a hard lesson but I found some of the most amazing, out of the way places on the streets of Shanghai during that early morning trek.
It wasn't until I took a wrong turn and got lost that I finally found a decent hotel. It had a clean bed, a toilet, heat and hot water.
It was a really nice little room and it was $12USD / night.
Of course, it was not listed in my Asia Travel Guidebook.
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Quoted by My Mother
It seemed there was need for a Budget Asia Travel website where people could gather useful information and hear advice from fellow adventurers who are not trying to sell you something.
We'll share everything we've learned during the past 7 years and numerous 11 block walks we've taken in cities throughout Asia.
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Here is the New Year's celebration of January 1, 2007 in the city of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam.
And the next day I took this video of a traditional Vietnamese Lion Dance on one of our Vietnam travel excursions.
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Contact Info for every Embassy and Consulate in Vietnam A contact list of every country's embassy and consulate in Vietnam. Included are Email addresses as well as names so you can circumvent the automated answering systems.
China Scams to Avoid on Your Trip Through China. China scams and scam artists are waiting to prey on the uninformed traveler. You'll stand a better chance of keeping your wallet if you know what to expect.
Getting a China Visa for the Budget Tourist A china visa is the first thing you'll need to get before you can travel to Beijing. We'll tell you what you need, who will need it and where to send it.
Get a Thailand Travel Visa Without any of the Hassle Getting your Thailand travel visa is perhaps the most important part of your trip. Here's how to easily get this vital document and how to extend it once you're in Thailand.
The Shanghai Subway System Bible The Shanghai Subway system is the easiest and most efficient way to get around Shanghai. Here are all the maps, stations, routes, and pricing guides you'll need
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About Us at Travel-Budget-Asia.com This is about us at Travel-Budget-Asia.com; how and why we started what has turned into a successful online business by delivering the best value to the budget traveler in Asia.
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