Category: Budget Travel
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How Much Does Alexandria Cost Per Day?
Alexandria gets compared to Cairo a lot, and people usually assume it lands somewhere similar on price. It doesn’t, not exactly. It’s a coastal city with its own rhythm, cheaper than most of Europe by a wide margin but not quite as rock bottom as backpackers sometimes expect from Egypt. What you spend here comes…
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Alexandria on a Budget: 3-Day Itinerary Under $50
The first time a friend from Lisbon asked me what Alexandria would cost her, I quoted a number and she laughed, because she assumed I’d forgotten a zero. I hadn’t. I’m Egyptian, I grew up counting pounds carefully, and I’ve done Alexandria on a budget more times than I can count (sometimes by choice, often…
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Hostel vs Hotel: Which Should You Choose?
Hostel vs Hotel: What’s the Difference & Which Should You Choose? Let me be honest here: nobody warned me how stressful the whole hostel vs hotel decision actually is. I’m Egyptian, didn’t grow up with a big travel budget, and the first time I was booking a trip abroad, I spent a genuinely embarrassing amount…
