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

Absolutely — if you want practical, budget-focused booking advice (not just inspiration), these sites are some of the best:

Budget travel blogs with useful booking tips

• Nomadic Matt — one of the best-known budget travel blogs; strong on finding cheap flights, hostels, travel cards, and general money-saving strategies.
• The Broke Backpacker — especially good for backpacking, low-cost accommodations, overland travel, and destination-specific budget advice.
• Never Ending Footsteps — practical advice from a long-term traveler; useful for budgeting, accommodation, and realistic trip planning.
• Goats On The Road — good mix of budget travel, money-saving tips, and destination guides.
• Expert Vagabond — more adventure-oriented, but still has useful booking and trip-planning advice.

Destination guide sites with practical travel info

• Wikivoyage — very practical and often underrated; includes transport, budget ranges, neighborhood info, and local logistics.
• Lonely Planet — good destination overviews and logistical details, though some content is more general than budget-specific.
• Rough Guides — useful for practical destination planning and transportation advice.
• Culture Trip — broader lifestyle and destination content; can be helpful, but usually less budget-focused.
• Travel Independent / independent travel blogs — often best when you need very specific “how to get from A to B cheaply” advice.

Best sites for actual booking help

These are especially useful if your priority is saving money on flights, lodging, and transport:

• Google Flights — excellent for fare tracking and flexible-date searches.
• Skyscanner — good for comparing routes and finding cheaper travel dates.
• Rome2Rio — useful for figuring out cheap transport options between destinations.
• Booking.com — strong for comparing hotels and budget stays, especially with filters.
• Hostelworld — best for hostel-focused budget trips.
• Airbnb — can be useful for longer stays, though fees vary.
• Trainline / national rail sites — often best for rail booking advice in Europe and elsewhere.

For practical budget planning, look for content that includes:

• real price ranges
• neighborhood recommendations
• transport from airport to city center
• hostel vs hotel comparisons
• “best time to book” advice
• scams / tourist trap warnings
• day-trip and local transit tips

If you want, I can also give you:

1. a shortlist by region (Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America, etc.), or
2. the best sites for flights, hostels, trains, and buses separately.