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Budget UK Travel - Frugal Ideas for the United Kingdom

Budget UK travel's doable: stretching the pounds and pence across the pond

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Budget UK travel sounds like an oxymoron: without a doubt, the United Kingdom -- England, Wales, Scotland -- is an expensive place to visit; in fact, one of the most popular student travel destinations in the world, London, is also one of the spendiest. Visiting this wonderful part of the world needn't be painfully wallet-draining, though; take a look at a roundup of the cheap ways to do some budget UK travel:

You can also hop straight to some specific budget UK travel pence-saving suggestions for your hop across the pond:

(Don't forget that hostels across the British Isles are usually your best bet for fun, cheap lodging: see the top London hostels, for instance.)

London Travel

Though hot student travel spots like Glasgow are cheaper than, say, Dublin, none of them come close to the ludicrously expensive (but lovely) London. Figure out a few ways to pinch the pounds in London:

Enjoy the budget UK travel research!

"Frugality without creativity is deprivation."

- Amy Dacyczyn

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