| All too often, backpackers heading to the USA get | | | | Venice Beach Cotel has been a traveler's favorite in |
| blinded by the bright lights of New York or Los | | | | this part of California for over 20 years now. It's a |
| Angeles. Sure, these are top backpacking destinations, | | | | straight-up and affordable place, with a multitude of |
| but budget travel in the USA doesn't have to be all | | | | backpackers milling about its social areas every |
| about city-slicking. America, after all, is a vast and | | | | morning before heading off to the delights of the |
| varied place. | | | | beach. |
| One great vacation option that isn't | | | | South Beach, Miami |
| urban-holidaymaking is beach going. The USA boasts | | | | Miami is basically defined by the huge beach that |
| some immensely beautiful stretches of coastline, and | | | | stretches along its shore. South Beach (as the name |
| awesome weather to match. What's more these | | | | suggests) is the southern part of that beach. It's also |
| sandy havens are often accompanied by beach | | | | the part that is famous for its rich and glitzy lifestyle, |
| hostels, which provide sociable and affordable | | | | with the US' most famous celebrities constantly |
| accommodation. | | | | clamoring to own a seafront property here. Needless |
| Backpacking around the beaches of the USA is more | | | | to say, the sand is pristine, the water perfectly clear, |
| than possible for the budget traveler, then. If the sound | | | | and the general view simply breathtaking. |
| of a beach-vacation American-style tickles your fancy, | | | | Miami Beach International Travelers Hostel is a top |
| it may be worth checking out some of the following | | | | rated hostel in the area. It's a boutique kind of place, |
| great beach-and-hostel combinations... | | | | which means you won't feel at odds with all the glitz |
| Venice Beach, California | | | | around you. And, what's more, it's outrageously |
| Venice Beach is the quintessential American beach. | | | | affordable for accommodation of this sort and in this |
| This is a place where you can not only sunbathe on | | | | part of town. USA hostels rarely come better than this. |
| the sand, but you can also rollerblade or skate along | | | | Waikiki Beach, Hawaii |
| the parallel promenade, where you can play handball, | | | | It goes without saying that a beach-going backpacking |
| paddle tennis, volleyball and (of course) basketball on | | | | trip around the States simply must take in the wonder |
| the many playing surfaces provided, and where you | | | | that is Hawaii. There's a slew of options here, from |
| can join hot-bods and body builders on the famous | | | | Maui to Kauai, but for good honest affordable fun, it's |
| Muscle Beach workout. Quite simply, this is Baywatch | | | | hard to beat the great sand and awesome surf of |
| incarnate. | | | | Waikiki Beach. |