Sightseeing on a shoestring: ‘I don’t think anything beats living out of a van with your best friends’

Seasoned travellers say they saved more than £2,300 on hotels and visited far more places than they would have had they taken a conventional holiday From left friends Irena Minarikova, (21), Ludmila Paleckova, (23), and Ondra Slansky, (37), who travelled Ireland in a hired Transit van. Three friends have revealed how they managed to save more than £2,300 on hotels by touring Ireland in a hired Transit van. Best friends, Ludmila Paleckova (23), Irena Minarikova (21) and Ondra Slansky (37), from Prague in the Czech Republic, met while learning Irish dancing in Prague and fell in love with Irish culture.

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