budget travel

If you budget wisely, your travel funds can go a long way, though not as far as you.

Situ Town Spent 30 Million Yuan on NPCs. The Real Problem Starts After the Photos.
One park has Guinness records, the city’s top revenue, and a daytime problem that another mascot cannot fix. Situ Town’s founder, Zhou Xiaoming, posted a video. Online, he is known as “Village Chief Zhou.” He has 1.14 million followers and more than 10 million likes. In the video, he said the park lacks NPCs who can push tourists’ emotions to the ceiling. The park held a meeting and decided to spend 30 million yuan to invite talent. The pitch: if you have skills and dare to perform, the park will pay one million or ten million yuan a year.
By Jinabout 14 hours ago in Wander
Minus 4°C, a Closed Road, and 400 Calls: That Night Qilian County Opened Its Schools
Body At 5:30 p.m. on October 3, the phones in the office of the Qilian County Culture, Sports, Tourism, Radio and Television Bureau began ringing. By midnight, more than 400 calls had come in. Mr. Chen and his colleagues wrote down phone numbers, number of people, and gender composition by hand, took photos, and sent them to the hotel group chat and the work group chat. The director ordered takeout for them. A hamburger took two hours, and it still was not finished.
By Jina day ago in Wander
5 Weird and Wonderful Southeast Roadside Attractions
Fall is here, the holidays are creeping closer, and maybe this year you’re ready to do something a little different. Instead of spending Thanksgiving stuck around the dinner table listening to the same family stories—or spending Christmas surrounded by wrapping paper and shopping bags—why not pack the car, grab the family, and hit the road?
By Shahjehan Khan 3 days ago in Wander
Why the Pink in The Grand Budapest Hotel Never Looks Cheap
First shot: Gustave and Zero in the lobby. Pink walls. Purple uniform. Black bow tie. The elevator opens. People cross the carpet like ants in candy wrappers. No dialogue says old Europe. The color says it.
By Jin3 days ago in Wander
The Tiny Reason I Ended Up 4,000 Meters Above Sea Level
One time, on the ABB commuter bus, a colleague from ABB High Voltage said they were commissioning a substation for the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. The relay contacts burned out easily. They did not know how to fix it. I asked a few questions and learned the substation sat above four thousand meters. I told them this was electrical altitude sickness. The fix was to connect the same type of contacts in series. That would remove the ablative impact of the breaking arc.
By Jin5 days ago in Wander
Japan’s Streets Are Spotless. So Why Can’t You Find a Trash Can?
1. Shinjuku South Exit, 10 a.m. A foreign visitor stands beside a row of vending machines. In his left hand is an empty paper cup. In his right hand is a convenience store plastic bag. Inside the bag: a receipt, the corner of an onigiri wrapper, half a pack of tissues.
By Jin5 days ago in Wander
They Came for the Great Wall. They Left With a Second Suitcase.
Beijing Capital Airport, international departures hall. A group of French tourists waiting for a flight. Each has a neck fan around their neck. One has a handheld fan clipped to a backpack. Mint green, pink, black. Bought at Miniso. Cheaper than a bowl of noodles in Sanlitun. They are gear.
By Jin6 days ago in Wander
Kebab Meat, Chips and Salad
Check out was at 11am in Costa Teguise, but our flight wasn't until 9:10pm in Arrecife, our accounts were near empty, our bags were heavy and our bodies were tired. We contemplated sitting on the beach near the hotel until it was time to leave, but that would mean getting on a flight and then travelling through London at 1am, cold and covered in sand: hard pass.
By Stace8 days ago in Wander
Perez Pepper Sauce by Chris Perez is a great hot sauce
He created different types of awesome hot sauces like for example a regular hot sauce and a green sauce. I loved it! One christmas, my cousins had gotten me the hot sauce. Chris signed the bottle as he did for all who purchased the products. Chris is a man of many talents and hot sauce maker is one of the other of Chris’ talents. With the sauces there was a shirt that came with it.
By Revista Miko:XCI 14 days ago in Wander
Lifesavers monument
These photos of me were taken in Guvenor, New York near the Canadian border. Anyway, This is a photo of me is taken with the LifeSavers candy statue. Life Savers candy were created in Guvenor and I wanted to take a couple pictures with the monument and tribute to a candy that people have loved and enjoyed for decades and decades and hopefully many more.
By Revista Miko:XCI 14 days ago in Wander
More on my trip to Miami!
another mural I saw while in Little Havana was that of Gloria and Emilio Estefan. I love Little Havana! It makes me think that once Cuba is free again, it’s a taste of freedom that will be restored in Havana as well as the rest of the island. You can’t beat Bacardi Rum. I saw a mural if Bacardi Rum. The liquor was invented in Santiago de Cuba. My visit to Miami Florida, Little Havana as well as other places in Little Havana and importantly Willy was everything I dreamed it would be and much much more than ever I could have imagined.
By Revista Miko:XCI 14 days ago in Wander
another article about Miami 305
It was a fantastic flight, and everything went well, and I had a couple of adult beverages. I was so excited when we took off; it was fantastic. We landed at Miami International Airport, and the flight was smooth. Our captain and flight crew did a great job making sure our flight went well and without any problems. From the plane, I tried to take pictures of Miami as we approached. It was wonderful to see Miami, Mia 305, but even more fantastic. Driving around Miami with my cousin and godmother, I saw a picture of my friend Willy Chirino on a bus stop. In Miami, I felt right at home, and that was the first time I’ve ever felt like that on a holiday, and going to Miami was one of the most memorable vacations of my life.
By Revista Miko:XCI 14 days ago in Wander