Bangkok is one of Asia's most booming and exciting capital cities. From its renowned party areas such as Khao San Road and Nana, to its towering skyscrapers and huge modern shopping malls... Bangkok has it all!

With the London Olympics well underway, there's never been a better time to book your trip and get down to currently the most active and exciting city in the world.

To get a real taste of the free-wheeling Amsterdam zeitgeist, consider staying at one of the legendary Flying Pig Hostels.

Budapest offers a great range of hotels from budget to luxury. We've dug out some of the better budget hotels.

Hostels are beginning to become a lot more popular with older travelers as both the recession bites harder and the quality of hostels keeps increasing

With an outdoor pool, free coffee and tea all day, free WiFi and a common kitchen, Todd's Hostel Las Vegas is a poor man's Ceasar's Palace

Hostels might be a great choice if you're in New York City and don't have friends you know well enough to crash on their sofa

Organic porridge, iPod tours and a carbon neutral hostel are just a few of the eco-friendly highlights uncovered in the first ever green travel guide to Edinburgh

Would you travel greener if it were simple and inexpensive? 90% of travelers in a recent survey indicated that they would like to have less of an impact on the environment when they travel.

Jazz on the Park is the hipster's hostel, with house music blaring in the art-filled lobby, weekly barbecues in summer for just 5 bucks, movie and poker nights when the weather's colder, photos of great jazz musicians in the hallways, and a color scheme in the rooms that is taken straight out of the Wizard of Oz

The budget Central Park Hostel is a top bet for your next New York visit

More messy air travel news this week, so maybe it's time to catch the train instead? And the Inca Trail is sold out, travelers to Peru will have to find alternatives or wait until the fall.

Soup is one of the best one-pot meals. This hearty minestrone makes a perfect feast if you're staying in a hostel with friends or even cooking for your host when using a hospitality website.

This simple one-pot meal is originally a peasant's meal. It's quite hearty and very simple to make while on the move, whether in a hostel kitchen or a friend's house.

Italian food can be as easy as this one-pot dish from Tuscany. This sausages, sage, and white beans dish is hearty, easy to make, and feeds all your newly found hostel friends.

Travel planning takes time and lots of it. These five tools and options let you quickly find maps, currency exchange rates, somewhere to sleep, the local time and save your photos.

This family-run hostel in Cuernavaca is a great place to stay for the road-weary backpacker or older traveller on a budget. Clean, comfortable and very friendly.

For a friendly place to stay in Mexico City, pick the Hostal San Sebastian located just north of Zona Rosa in the Colonia Veronica Anzures.