•Eat at markets- local markets serve a cheap, fresh and tasty meal, for example in Thailand you can get a decent Thai dish, with rice and a fruit shake for under 70 baht, in a restaurant that would cost more than double.
•Stay in hostels- the idea of a beach bungalow my sound iddilic, but is it really? Hostels are the best places to meet people, and they are full to the brim with people just like you! Everyone there has one thing in common, we are travellers! I have met some amazing, weird and wonderful people in hostels, some of whom I'm sure will be my friends for life, and others who have given me brilliant story's to tell!
•Travel by bus- buses are cheaper than trains, simple.
•Stay a few days- moving around cost money, if you find somewhere you like why not stay for a few days, or a week.
•Musli for breakfast- you can buy a big pack of musli at a Thai supermarket for around 150 baht, it will last you well over a week. Add some yogurt or milk and a different fresh fruit each day and you have yourself a cheap, tasty breakfast!
•Go out early- if you want to party on the cheap, start early! In Thailand admission fees to clubs can be anything from 100 to 500 baht, but most place don't start charging until 10 or later. Get there just before the cut off time of free entry and save yourself some cash, it maybe a while before the party gets going but you'll have more cash in your wallet to enjoy it when it does.
•Eat local, not western- western dishes can be double the price of local. Eat local and save a wedge. Why come to Thailand to eat burger and chips anyway?!
•Improvise- there are many gadgets on the market designed to make backpacking a little easier, but before you spend your hard earned, and saved, cash ask yourself if you actual need any of them. For example, why spend £5 on a 'peg less washing line' when a piece of string will do just as well? £5 may not seem allot when your at home, but once you are on the road, £5 is a couple of nights accommodation.
