Dad, daughter and 20 pounds of baby gear go to Washington.

AirBnB.com is a Web site that connects budget travelers with locals who are offering anything from an air mattress in their living room to a private bedroom in a luxury loft.

Learn how to shoot like a magazine photographer on a shoestring budget.

A guide to a half-dozen hidden gems with interesting pasts or mission.

People with roots in India, China, Japan, England, France and, of course, the Pacific Northwest have long lived together in Canada's most diverse city. The result? Delicious interminglings of cuisine.

On Galiano a low-budget trip takes on the open-ended feeling of summer 1979.

From the Puritans to the freegans, Ms. Weber - a 38-year-old former reporter for Reuters and Newsday - traces the evolution of thriftiness, larding her historical account with personal tales.

For as long as nice clothes have been expensive (which is to say forever), New Yorkers have found ways to get high-end looks for less.

Using Google Maps, two friends took a virtual road trip and "drove" from Los Angeles to Richmond, Va., with their mice and keyboards as steering wheels.

With these travel medicine tips, travelers can indulge in all the joys of low-budget travel from street food to hostels without getting sick or going broke.