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If you are looking to take a trip on a budget there are plenty of options available, from home exchange programs to budget coach trips in Australia and overseas. A range of travel sites exist to provide information on holidays to suit every budget. Several have directories of agencies and can enable you to compare rates etc, such as Plan Your Own Travel.
Another great way to travel the country and the planet is via home swapping programs. These are opportunities to live in another person’s house for a set period of time in Australia or in another part of the world.
For Home Swap holidays for Australians over the age of 50 is Seniors Home Exchange, which has a range of home listings available for people interested in holidays where they don’t have to pay for accommodation, which would have to be the ultimate in budget holidays! Another is Holiday Home Swap which provides a similar service.
Discount accommodation websites
These websites offer up to 70% savings on accommodation for country and city hotels, motels and apartments etc, and are excellent if you are able to keep your accommodation requirements open until shortly before you arrive at a given destination. The sites are:
