Author(s): Tim Uden

NZ Travel

The BUG travel guidebook series focuses solely on the needs of the backpacking traveller and books in this series will be comprehensively updated with a new edition released every other year. Budget travel is what we're all about. No flash hotels and fancy banquets - just the most comprehensive information on backpackers' hostels and enjoying your trip without blowing the budget. BUG's books are smaller than other guides so travellers can bring along a book that is a useful resource rather than a burden. Despite being more compact, BUG travel guides are packed full of useful information. BUG travel guides feature BUG's exclusive star rating system, which makes it easy to find a great backpackers' hostel at a glance. Hostels have four different five-star ratings for different aspects of the hostel, plus an overall rating.