Hit The WWW

When I first started travelling, I used travel agents because I thought they had the inside track on all the best deals. While they might still have some great insider knowledge, and can certainly take some of the pain out of organisation, the internet can offer some amazing bargains that save you huge amounts of money. Check out the sales from budget airlines, usually during the day on Friday, and think about signing up for the free frequent flyer programs.

Wise Food Choices

Locals can obviously not afford to eat at the huge prices you can sometimes be expected to pay overseas. It would then make sense that there is probably an eatery around somewhere, where all the locals hang, pay cheap prices and experience amazing food. Make it your mission to get into the actual (as opposed to tourist) culture of the place you’re visiting and save money into the bargain. Packing your lunch, as opposed to buying it, and having a big breakfast is it’s included with your accommodation, will also keep your expenses down to size.

Do As The Locals Do

Anyone who has ever carried a chicken on their lap as part of their passage to the next town, been stranded in the middle of nowhere in a broken tuk-tuk or considered the chance of survival as slim to none as the bus turns yet another harrowing corner will tell you that travelling by local means has its perks. It’s all part of the experience, and will save you so much money as long as you can maintain a sense of humour (in the most part) and keep wide time schedules.

Shoulder It

I would necessarily recommend hurricane season travel as a great cost-cutting measure. Likewise, August in Italy is cheap for a reason- the whole country absconds to the ‘beaches’ and you can’t do anything. But with a bit of research, you can find great bargains on shoulder seasons (the times of the year before and after the massive tourist rushes, but hopefully not the depths of winter or natural disaster times). Avoid school hols at all costs, and spend some extra time planning about how best to enjoy these wonderful places cheaply.

Think Outside The Box

Just because ‘everyone’ heads to Europe doesn’t mean you have to as well. With so many amazing countries nearby, desperate for tourism so offering great deals and amazingly cheap to get to, why not think outside of the box in terms of destination? You can always head to the more popular places when you have some more money saved- though maybe the chances are, you’ll fall in love with the off-the-beaten-track way of living.

Sure, you can charge some of it to the company or to tax deductions if you’re self-employed, but the little expenses will always come out of your own pocket. Here’s how to limit them.

Hostel Action

I’m sure this isn’t something I could do forever. Hostels are inextricable with ABBA played a high volumes until 3am and people leaving early in the morning with a million plastic bags to accompany their departure. But for the time being, hostels are by far the most sensible way to travel for work cheaply.

Not only because the accommodation is cheaper (usually about the quarter of the price of a hotel room), but because a hostel will always have a kitchen for you to cook your own meals in and usually have a common room for you to hang out in, saving you money on the inevitable ‘boredom’ spends. The same goes for caravan parks, if you’re happy to get low-budget on your trip.

Buy Groceries

Doesn’t matter that you’re only travelling for three or four days, groceries will save you and your business a fortune. Even if you’re staying in a hotel room that only has a kettle, you can save a lot of money if you bring muesli for breakfast, some fruit and bread for lunch and one of those fantastic rice meals from ALDI for dinner. Breakfast is the silent killer of work travel expenses, so save your money and eat in.

Ask Around

The staff at your accommodation will be able to give you a good idea of what’s happening in the local area. Work travel can be expensive as there are inevitably a lot of hours to kill and a lot of money spent in trying to keep yourself entertained. A night at the movies cost $20, a meal could cost more than that, so ask if there’s any free entertainment happening.

Pick up some street press and find out about the local gig or community festival. Find out local walks you can go on, or the nearest park to sit and read your book in. You’ll get a better feel for the place you’re in and save yourself from unnecessary spending as well.

Live Free (or at least cheaply)

Developing our Free Radar is an important skill that most of us can employ in our day-to-day existence. Take us out of our comfort zone, though, and you’ll find yourself disoriented and paying out of the nose for things like WI-FI and transport. For WI-FI, it’s better to head to the local library than to ask for it at the hotel or at a coffee shop. The connection is likely to be better, it’s completely free and no one cares if you stay there all day. For things like transport, work out your routes before you go.

Grabbing a taxi might seem like a great option, but it’ll be about twenty times more expensive than a shuttle, train or local bus. A bit of planning will save you a lot of money.

We live surrounded by the most amazing places and with summer just around the corner, it’s time to get back on the road. It’s a glorious feeling, but can it be done cheaply?

Here are a couple of tips for how to get on the road, and stay on it.

Campervans are your friend

As long as you are flexible, campervan relocations are one of the greatest ways to get around, especially as they’ll save you money on accommodation as well as transport. The deal is that you have a certain amount of days to drive a van from one place (say, Sydney) to another (say, Brisbane).

You rent the van for a $1, and so can get from A to B very cheaply. Your only cost is petrol. The sting in the tail is, of course, the credit card or deposit you have to put on the line in case you smash the van, but drive carefully and it’s the cheapest way to see the world.

Eating out is your enemy

You got up at 5 o’clock in the morning, drove for six hours and had to change a flat tyre somewhere between here and nowhere. Travel is hard, and all you want to do it eat. I know; I get amazingly akin to a three year old in my behaviour before meal times. Resist the urge to just eat out all the time, because before you know it, your budget will have been spent on Hungry Jacks and sushi. Stay at hostels, and use their kitchen.

Make big batches of food, and take it for lunch with you. Being a weak city slicker, I succumb once a day to the cravings of a cappuccino but try and cook everything else at home.

Stay tuned

I tend to take my road trips in a fairly flexible manner, but there is definitely a place for organisation in every road trip. Check out free activities coming up in places you’re interested in going. If there’s a festival, call and ask if you can volunteer. You’re likely to get free camping and free food, as well have a great festival experience.

In all likelihood, the most difficult task you’re going to be asked to do is paint a sign. There are tonnes of great, free activities all around Australia and there’s no better way to head out around the country.

Ask

For discounts. For directions. For the best place to eat/ head/ camp. Always ask, because often you’ll find out a crucial piece of information or someone will be happy to give you a discount if you stay five nights. Beyond anything, it’s the best way to get talking to people, which is, after all, the whole reason you’re out there in the world to begin with.

Look up old friends

I’m not suggesting you should call people you haven’t seen in twenty years, but the old housemate you’re always saying you’re going to go see. Why not now? Don’t overstay you’re welcome, and make sure to return the favour, but it is a very cheap way to see new places and have a great time.

Travel is an expense. There’s no way you can save money by travelling. That said, it is also a wonderful experience, and worth investing some of your savings in if it appeals to you. There are two approaches to travelling- it can be done ad hoc and without much thought, which might cost you more money than you were anticipating. Or you can do your research, think it through and exercise a bit of frugality, and you might be able to stay longer or come back sooner because you’ve done it cheaply.

Here are some tips from readers of Yahoo! Travel on how to do it cheaply, and in style.

Before you go on your travels

Convert your money

Print out money conversion charts before you head overseas, as anyone for whom maths was a long time ago will understand, it’s not easy to do conversions on the spot. That way you know how much you are spending and can avoid accidentally spending a lot of money on more expensive items or meals.

Blogosphere – Read up about traveling and its costs

While websites are great, nothing is more up-to-date than the blogosphere. Threads on the Lonely Planet are always good for finding out the latest cheap deal, and reading the reviews on sites like Hostelworld.com will reveal pretty quickly whether it’s a rip off or a great deal.

Deposit before hand to be organsed

Pay for some things before you go, and others while you’re in the area. For instance, some things, like big tours would be better arranged from Australia. Other things, like some accommodation, local eateries and local tours, might be cheaper once you’re there and can ask around.

Get insured – travel insurance is vital!

I don’t care what people say, I have always ended up getting my money back on my travel insurance and I haven’t even managed to injure myself yet. It’s not worth the risk you’ll have to pay for treatment in an American hospital. Get insured, and you’re making a smart money decision.

Once you’re there…

Ask around

Ask other travelers about the best spots, ask for a discount if you’ve got a concession or pension card, ask locals where the best place to eat is (it’ll often end up being the cheapest).

Go public

Public transport may seem hazardous, depending where you’re travelling, but it’ll be unbelievably cheap compared to the costs of more luxurious transport. Think about using public transport as much as possible. Or walk, the cheapest from of transport of all.

Eat in

You’re in the most beautiful place- that doesn’t mean you need to eat in the most expensive restaurant because of it. Pack yourself a lunch, and sit in a Parisian park,, or on the shores of a Slovenian lake. You’ll look a lot more like a local that way.

Spend wisely

It can be tempting to buy all those ‘unique’ handicrafts that people sell you throughout the tourist traps, but they’re likely to be more expensive and less well made. Walk through the back streets, and look at the little stalls there. Visit small markets. You’ll get a better deal from it.

What are your cheap travel tips?

Why not have a look at our budget planner especially made for people looking to save money quickly?

Australia is a unique place when it comes to day trips. It’s not like Europe, where a day trip can easily involve another country.

We can’t just hitch a train to New Zealand and be back in a couple of hours.

But there are some benefits to being an island and largely uninhabited- namely, that getting away from it all is very easy. After all, the Blue Mountains are a day trip from Sydney, the Great Ocean Road is a drive away from Melbourne, Phillip Island a short jaunt from Adelaide and the Daintree readily accessible from Cairns.

There is so much to do and see in Australia, and lots of activities you can do cheaply.

No need to day trip to another country, day trip to another world

Australian’s, by and large, live near the coast. We are also blessed with coastal waters that are unparalleled. With a couple of hours driving and some snorkeling gear, most of us could have a day spent under the sea for the price of petrol and a picnic lunch. Good guides online as to where’s best to snorkel in Australia are here and at DiveOZ.

Go bush

Australia is pretty uninhabited, with 2.6 people per square kilometer. That means there’s lots of space for us and our adventures. Growing up in the Blue Mountains, the bush isn’t so much a daytrip away as it is right on my doorstep. Pull out your good walking shoes, drink bottle and hat and get out there. The peak body Bushwalking Australia is a portal for organisations across Australia, and can provide information about where to head in various areas. A cool guide to a variety of tracks is here.

Road trip

Remember when you used to just jump in a car and drive? Day trips don’t need to be about lots of activities crammed into a day. How about you just jump in a car and head to a scenic spot with a packed lunch? Turn the radio up, roll the windows down and enjoy a bit of open road. Great road trips can be mapped here.

Get some history

Australia is pocketed by cute, quaint, or blast from the past kind of towns and usually they are well within reach. Get some history, and visit an old courthouse, park, or pub. Usually entry is free or pocket change. A great guide to one near you is here.

We all want to get away from it all, and with a train fare and a homemade sandwich, it’s pretty easy to do so cheaply. It’s not about the planning; it’s about getting a bit of adventure into your everyday. It’s about jumping in the car and heading to the place you’ve always said you’ll visit. There’s a long weekend heading our way, how about spending it in the elsewhere?

What are your favorite cheap day trips and day trip activities?

Are you planning any for the future long weekends?

Surveys always rank Sydney as one of the most expensive cities to live in. While this is true of the cost of an apartment or a cappuccino, Sydney is also one of the best cities to be in if you like having fun for free.

Here are a few fun things to do for free over the coming months:

Newtown Festival

It’s an annual event, it has a line-up to kill for and its absolutely free. Happening on November 8th in Camperdown Park, the Newtown festival is set to be a sensation for another year. Bring your picnic rug, sun block and hat and get ready to browse market stalls with Hermitude and others pumping in the background.

Dr Pong

The beer isn’t free, but entry and the ping-pong certainly are. Dr Pong is a new addition up in the suddenly booming Burton St, and is a cozy and chatty bar centred around the greatest of modern activities- the ping-pong table. Bats are handed out on entry and whether you’re good, moderate or totally atrocious at the game, you’re sure to enjoy yourself.

Carriageworks.

On any given day, Carriageworks can play host to new dramatic works, Kitchen Garden workshops or the Eveleigh growers markets. Carriageworks tags itself as Sydney’s new home for contemporary arts, but it is also a great space for a bit of community. It’s one of the most wonderful resources Sydney has and its schedule of events can be found here, http://www.carriageworks.com.au/whats_on.php. The Finders Keepers markets will be a sensation, so pencil them in to the diary.

Free Pool Nights

Lots of pubs have set times when the pool is free. Sometimes this means they are crowded to the hilt, and your attempts at sinking anything are watched with the eagle eye of aficionados. Often it means you can spend your afternoon sinking (or not sinking) balls with reckless abandon with no one watching. Some of the best:

Roof Bar, 77 Castlereagh St. Every Tuesday until Saturday after 5pm.

Golden Barley, 167 Edgeware Road, Enmore. Tuesdays after 7pm.

Nag’s Head Hotel, 162 St Johns Road, Glebe. All day Sunday.

Sculpture by the Sea and Laneways By George

Art and About has really pulled out the big guns this year. The annual Noodle Markets and art lining the central walkway of Hyde Park were as wonderful as usual, but Laneways by George have really stepped it up a notch. Laneways full of bars, art exhibitions and places to sit now hide just off George Street. They’ll be there until January and maps can be found here.

Sculpture by the Sea has it’s fair share of controversy and attention every year, but can anything be better than a wander along one of the best stretches of coast in Sydney to the backdrop of the wild, wacky and wonderful creations of sculptors.?

It’s here until January and you can always cool off your artistic heels by a well-earned dip at Bondi or Bronte when you’re done.

What do you think are the best free activities Sydney has to offer?

It made me ponder about the best ways to travel with money in a safe, secure and easy to access way. I started to do my research and came across a number of different options, most of which were either restrictive to access my money or would charge a premium to let me take it overseas in multiple currencies.

Not only did I need a way to take my money overseas, I needed an option that would let me dispose of the card once I came back. Credit card fraud tends to happen months after the initial place of transaction, so I wanted to ensure that the card was no longer active or holding any of my money when I came back to Australia. Take that fraudsters!

Safe Travel Money

As the title of the post suggests, the best way for me to take money overseas was via the Travelex Cash Passport – and trust me, I looked around for a long time. Travelex offers a plastic card called the ‘Cass Passport’, it offers the convenience of a credit card with the security of how travellers cheques used to be – quite a good mix really.

It lets you load your money onto the card before travelling to ensure that you can access it when you get to your destination and offers you a pin and signature depending on which card you get.

The debit card allows you to have the following currencies on the card;

• EU€ – The Euro
• GB£ – Great Britain Pounds
• US$ – US Dollars
• NZ$ – New Zealand Dollars
• AU$ – Australian Dollars

Key benefits of a Travelex Cash Passport

Security

The Cash Passport is not connected to your primary bank accounts & allows you to assign a PIN for ATM use or PIN and Signature for Debit Card use.

Prepaid Convenience

You can withdraw local currency at multiple places around the world via Visa ATMs. You can also use it as a credit card anywhere that Visa is accepted.

Reloadable

You can top the funds up on your Cash Passport mid trip. Eg; Over the internet at an internet Cafe in Malaysia.

Flexibility

The Cash Passport is available at over 7,500 outlets across Australia, from travel agents to credit unions or Australia Post Shops.

Worldwide emergency help.

Your Cash Passport comes with 24/7 Global Emergency Assistance which provides a range of FREE services including replacement cards and access to emergency cash if your cards are lost or stolen, interpreter services, send a message home and help finding legal or medical support.

Further information on the Travelex Cash Passport

Visit the main Travelex Cash Passport website for more information. I believe it is quite a good option for people wanting to travel and protect their money, especially in high risk countries.

Have you ever had a travel money disaster? Share it with us!

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With a little searching and a few pointers, you can travel for half the usual cost of any trip you have ever flown before. Flights to America are as cheap as $600 return, which is without fail the lowest they have ever been.

Qantas

is offering good prices on flights to New Zealand departing from all over Australia as well as return tickets to Singapore from Sydney, Perth and Brisbane for under $670. If you’re thinking about heading to New Zealand, your best flight deal will be the one to Queenstown as it’s usually more expensive to fly in there, and the flight above the alps is simply stunning.

Air New Zealand

is also offering low prices on one-way flights starting from $200, but be quick, the sale ends soon. They’re also offering an $890 return ticket to the US but the sale ends 1 July.

Virgin Blue

is offering good domestic packages as well as New Zealand ski packages and special deals on hotels near the slopes. Their best deal: Sydney to Melbourne for $59 one-way.

Air Asia X

Is a new airline and really shaking the industry up – we suggest you check them out on their website. They were offering trips to Malaysia for as little as $500 return including all taxes. Currently they only fly out of a select few airports in Australia though a little birdy has informed us that this wont be for much longer, as they have expansion plans in the making.

Tiger Airways

is hands down the cheapest, but don’t expect any frills. They usually have low airfares all year round and good specials. At the moment, they’re offering $200 one-way tickets to Phuket from Perth, and $160 one-way to Singapore. Check out their latest deals on their website.

Have other destinations in mind and want to check out up to the minute deals and airfare sales? Webjet is a great comparison website for both domestic and international flights, but also run the prices past the airline sites directly, you may get a better deal.

Another great way to save money on flights, and especially if you’re a frequent flier is to use your points to either upgrade, or redeem your miles for a flight. Zuji and Expedia are also great websites to book your flights and travel and usually have good hotel deals.

I find the best website for booking hotels overseas is www.latestays.com. They have a wide range of three to five star hotels around Asia and Australasia at really low prices, but as the name suggests, you’ve got to book last minute. But don’t worry, there’s plenty of hotels to choose from.

Where do you buy cheap flights from?

Tell us some of the providers you use below in the comment section, we would love to hear!

Staying at home is the easy solution, but when the weekend passes and the kids are back to school and we’re back at work, it can seem as though the weekend was unsatisfying and spent doing virtually nothing.

Getting out of the city to refresh and re-energize your battery doesn’t have to be a costly exercise — take the family on a road trip, and not more than two hours out of town, so you save on petrol.

What do you do to make the weekends exciting for the whole family without spending a lot of money?

Here are some money saving ideas for your next road trip with the family:

Make use of out-of-town friends and family

When it comes to saving money on accommodation, your loved ones are your best bet. Everyone loves having friends and relatives over for the weekend, just remember to bring a bottle or two of wine and a few treats from the city and don’t leave your wet towels on the floor!

Camp

The kids will thank you for it, when they’re older that is. Camping in the great outdoors is one of the best things families can do to bond and share special moments, especially when the kids are young. If you don’t have any camping gear, ask around your friends and neighbours, someone’s always got a few tents and sleeping bags in the back of their garage.

Find out more about camping in Australia at http://www.camping.com.au/

Pack healthy snacks for the road trip and a picnic basket

Stopping off at convenience stores on the way to pick up snacks and drinks is a real money waster. So make sure you pack plenty of fruit, muesli bars and bottled water to keep the kids and driver happy during the trip. Stopping for lunch off the highway may not be very expensive, but it sure will be unhealthy. Arm yourself with a basketful of goodies and find a nice spot for a lovely family picnic and some fresh country air.

Save money on food during the weekend

If you’re on the coast, find out where you can go fishing. Not only will you have dinner, but it’s a great opportunity for the family to bond, relax and have fun. If you’re staying with friends, bring some milk and cereal for breakfasts and have plenty of simple barbeques. If you’re camping, bring along a portable barbeque — someone’s always got one laying around if you don’t have your own.

Save money on petrol

Don’t venture too far out of the city. A two-hour drive each way is a comfortable distance to travel for a short weekend, and on the pocket. It’s easy when you live in Australia, nature is a skip, a jump and a hop away no matter where you are. Talk to your friends, family and neighbours, they might know a great spot that’s not very far away.

One the other hand, if you live outside the city, a great family excursion would be to visit the city over the weekend. If you drive, leave the car at home and use the buses and trains. You’ll save plenty of money, time and grief — parking and finding your way around the city can be stressful.

Pack a picnic and have lunch in the park and arm yourself with plenty of water and snacks for the kids to save money and visit free museums and concerts.

To find out what’s happening in and around your area, visit About Australia.

Sydney offers fantastic outing that will stimulate all of your desires – food, wine, sights and amazing entertainment and night life.

Whether you are an expat working in Sydney, a tourist visiting Sydney or a local resident, we are going to look at some of the things on offer for seeing this beautiful city without breaking the budget.

Sites to see in Sydney for free

There are some great places to visit while out and about in Sydney, here is our suggested list:

• The Sydney Opera House
• The Botanical Gardens
• Darling Harbour
• Star City Casino
• China Town
• The Rocks
• The Harbour Bridge
• Sydney Beaches such as Bondi and Coogee.
• and more

Visiting the Sydney Opera House for free

The Sydney Opera House is one of Sydney’s most popular tourist attractions. You can walk around the opera house and enjoy the truly unique design of what has to be one of the most amazing buildings ever built.

Take a picnic lunch and enjoy the views by sitting on the grass alongside the Opera House or for those who are feeling a wee bit healthy – why not climb all of those stairs out the front (184 to be exact!).

You can also enjoy a drink with family and friends at the Sydney Opera Bar located just underneath the Sydney Opera House – though beware of the inflated prices, so just stick to one or two. There is no charge for entry and there is an outside sitting area where you can enjoy the beautiful harbour and see the harbour bridge.

The views are incredible and it has a vibe unto itself come dusk.

Sydney Opera House official site

Visiting the Royal Botanical Gardens for free

Why not take a trip to the Sydney Botanical Gardens? Entry is free and you can take a nice picnic lunch and enjoy all the different varieties of beautiful flowers planted in this amazing garden. It has over 30 hectares of garden to visit. Ranging from herbs to Australia’s natural horticulture, you will definitely get a taste of Australian wildlife and plants.

Royal Botanical Gardens official site

Darling Harbour for free

Venture down to Darling Harbour and enjoy the great views it has to offer. Take a packed lunch and go for a long walk – there is countless things to do and see. Enjoy the free entertainment of buskers entertaining the many passers by or enjoy the views the city lights from your choice of Harbour restaurants.

You can also walk across the Pyrmont bridge to see the city in all its glory from both sides.

Darling Harbour official site

Visit Star City Casino – but don’t gamble!

Entry is free but you will need photo id to get in. You don’t need to spend money to go to Star City Casino. You can simply take a walk through the casino and feel like you are in Las Vegas! Watch the hustle and bustle of people on the pokies or enjoying a game of blackjack. Observing is free and sometimes more enjoyable. There is also a few bars situated in star city casino that has no cover charge to get in. If you wanted an excuse to dress up this would be the reason and can be an interesting way to spend your time before dinner, just remember to never gamble – casino odds are not made to help you win!

Star City Casino official site

Sydney’s famous China Town

China Town offers a great cultural look at one of Australia’s most thriving inner city areas. You can visit Paddy’s Markets which is notorious for a bargain during the late to mid week and weekend. Bargains a plenty!

Paddys Markets official site

Ye old Rocks

The Rocks is a great place to visit because its absoultey free. Check out the rocks market stalls where people setup stores and sell anything from clothes to handmade jewellery. There are some great english pubs in the rocks offering some great live bands.

To save money, just enjoy the wandering streets and take in one of Sydneys oldest inner city areas. The cobble streets and guttering were first made by convicts who arrived in Sydney from the UK.

The Rocks official site

Sydney Tourist Maps

You can get free tourist maps of Sydney at any information stand that are all over sydneys major streets like George Street. These information booths are specifically set up to help with free tourist information and providing free information about sites and things to do and see in Sydney.

More things to see in Sydney cheaply

There are countless things to do and see in Sydney on a limited budget.

Things to see for backpackers

For all those backpackers that want a tour that will last all night why not do a pub crawl? Pub crawls are usually organised through backpacker accommodation outlets or through your local backpacker centre. Prices range from $30 upwards and involve either an all day tour or evening tour of a list of pubs one after the other with a group of people. Meet new people and enjoy hours packed full of live bands and some drinks for the night! You can spend as much or as little as you want and will meet some interesting characters.

Centrepoint Tower

You can dine in one of the worlds most amazing restuarants from as little as $25 per child for lunch or adults from $49.50 (prices are subject to times and days). Check out Centrepoint Tower for more details. You can simply go up to the observation deck and see sydney via a 360% angle through their amazing telescopes. Its a breathtaking experience that you will never forget!

Targonga Zoo

Why not spend a day out at the zoo? Entry is $39.00 for adults and children are $19.00. Infants are free. There are always family passes available and specials available during certain times of the year. (Shopper dockets are great ways to find simple savings!)

Sydney Museums

There are numerous museums to go and visit in Sydney – ranging from the Australian National Maritime Museum, Museum of Contempoary Art, Art Gallery of NSW and more.

Entry is very reasonable and you will learn alot about Australia art and culture.

Luna Park

The entry is free but you do have to pay for rides whilst in the park. The great attraction about luna park though is that you pay a set fee for unlimited rides. Adults cost $37.95 and children $27.95. There is also family packages avaiable.

Sydney Aquarium

Sydney Aquarium is one of the most exciting visitor attractions in Sydney. Cost of entrance is for adults – $31.90 and children are $17.95. There are packages available for family and groups that will also help you save money.

IMAX Theatre

If you have ever wanted to see a movie in 3D on one of the worlds biggest screens, look no further! It is the worlds largest IMAX theatre and prices for entry range from $19.50 upwards for adults and $14.50 for children depending on what movie is seen.

The amazing thing about the IMAX theatre is that the movie screen is around ten times larger than a normal movie threatre screen and it is either 2D or 3D depending on the movie! Its an experience you wont forget!

Sydney Sight Seeing Pass Cheap

How does it work? Ranging from $135 upwards for a smart visitor card this allows you to get free admission into top local attractions, discounts at selected restuarants and shops and attractions. Some of these places include guided tours of the Sydney Opera House, half day sightseeing tours, Rocks walking tours and much more.

Available from www.sydney.com.au

How do you go out in Sydney on the cheap?

Share with us your money saving tips for going out in Sydney at little to no cost!