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Home away from Home

Dreaming of a villa in Tuscany? A chic apartment in Manhattan?

Or a house by the sea in Sydney?

Budget travel doesn't have to mean share bathrooms and bed-bug friendly hostels. Networks such as Couch Surfing can set you up with a place to stay and instant local friends in almost any location in the world, in exchange for you offering a bed at your place for a friendly traveller too.

Or, if you want to make like Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz in 'The Holiday' and enjoy a longer vacation in a house you would normally pay big bucks for, check out Home Exchange

Home exchange does have a subscription fee, but networks such as Couch Surfing are completely FREE.

This savvy traveller is keen on this nice little pad up for exchange in Provence, France:

Where can you get the most bang for your buck?

Want to compare the price of a cup of coffee or a movie ticket in Paris, Cairo or Auckland to find out how far your travelling funds will take you?
Check out the Frommer's Global Price Index for June 2007 at http://www.frommers.com/rss/articles/4445.html

Puntarenas, Costa Rica looks like a good bet to me.