Can you recommend travel blogs and destination guide sites for finding practical booking advice on a budget trip?

Yes — for practical, budget-focused booking advice, I’d look at a mix of budget travel blogs, destination guide sites, and fare/deal tools. Here are solid options:

Budget travel blogs

These are good for real-world tips on how to book cheaply, when to go, and what tradeoffs are worth it.

• Nomadic Matt — one of the best-known budget travel blogs; lots of practical advice on flights, hostels, transport, and country-by-country budget planning.
• The Poor Traveler — especially useful for step-by-step budget trip planning, sample itineraries, and cost breakdowns.
• Broke Backpacker — strong for budget, adventure, and backpacking advice, including affordable stays and transport.
• Expert Vagabond — less booking-focused overall, but good travel planning and budget route ideas.
• Never Ending Footsteps — helpful for long-term, low-cost travel strategies and honest destination budgeting.
• Travel and Destinations — often has practical guides and cost-saving tips for specific places.

Destination guide sites

These are useful for understanding a destination before booking, especially for neighborhoods, transit, and what’s worth paying for.

• Wikivoyage — community-built destination guides; very practical for transport, districts, and budget tips.
• Lonely Planet — reliable destination overviews and useful booking/location guidance, though some content is paywalled or broad.
• Rough Guides — good for on-the-ground style advice and logistics.
• Frommer’s — classic destination guides with practical planning info.
• Time Out — good for neighborhood-level advice, especially in major cities.
• The Culture Trip — more lifestyle-oriented, but often useful for where to stay and what areas to avoid.

Deal and booking comparison tools

These aren’t blogs, but they’re very helpful for actually finding the cheapest options.

• Google Flights — excellent for price tracking, flexible date searches, and route comparisons.
• Skyscanner — great for “everywhere” searches and flexible destination ideas.
• Kiwi — useful for creative routing and multi-city searches.
• Rome2Rio — very good for comparing transport options between places.
• Kayak — solid for flight/hotel comparison and price alerts.
• Hopper — useful if you want price prediction and alerting.

Good strategy for budget booking advice

If you want the most practical info, search for:

• “[destination] budget itinerary”
• “[destination] cheapest neighborhoods to stay”
• “[destination] transport from airport to city”
• “[destination] budget travel guide”
• “[destination] how much to budget”

Best combo to use

A strong workflow is:

1. Wikivoyage / Lonely Planet for destination basics
2. A budget blog for real costs and money-saving tactics
3. Google Flights / Skyscanner for actual booking
4. Rome2Rio for ground transport planning

If you want, I can also give you:

• a shortlist specifically for Europe / Asia / Latin America, or
• the best sites for hostels, cheap flights, and train/bus booking.