Greyhound was the king of the highway, assuring low-budget travelers a safe trip home for funerals and holidays.

The Winston is inexpensive ($75 to $82 for a double with private bath), and rather stark - definitely for the low-budget traveler.

These veteran low-budget travelers are likely to be heading for Bali now, Mr. Dalton said.

Something that low-budget travelers should know is that it may cost them a good deal to get to the Florence airport, which is near Pisa.

Even though Thamel has been referred to as the "ghetto" by some, most low-budget travelers consider it a tourist heaven.

"Let's Go," which started as a 15-page guide to Europe for Harvard students in 1960, is now considered a bible for low-budget travelers.

The expense mostly involves high-priced airline tickets and poor-quality hotel rooms whose rates are a strain for a low-budget traveler.

It was opened in March 2005 and has since catered to low-budget travelers visiting Barcelona.

Their considerably larger Century Paramount Hotel, which caters to low-budget European travelers willing to sleep four to a room, is also thriving.

Fort Metal Cross, at Dixcove (also a guesthouse for low-budget travelers only).