Bermuda was featured in The New York Times Frugal Traveller section.

Writer Seth Kugel was in Bermuda shortly before Hurricane Igor hit.

He wrote: "As ice was crushed, they chatted with its owner, Clency Belloguet. The topic was Hurricane Igor, then brewing hundreds of miles to the southeast.

'Do you think it will hit us?' one woman asked.

'Igor would never come to the Bermuda,' Mr. Belloguet replied. 'The island's too expensive for him'.

"They laughed. I laughed. Anyone who had spent any time on Bermuda would laugh. It's an expensive place."

The frugal traveller came on the All You Can Jet pass, which allows a person unlimited travel, except on Fridays and Sundays, between September 7 and October 6.

He stayed in a bedroom in a private residence which had been advertised for $70 a night on Airbnb, a short-term rental website site. Mr. Kugel recommended people use the bus in Bermuda and rent snorkel equipment for $10 an hour at Tobacco Bay Beach. He also recommended the Royal Naval Dockyard.

As for eating, he wrote that he found many bars too expensive. "That left a bunch of local hangouts that are essentially diners, down to the friendly waitresses and old men drinking coffee and reading the paper at the counter," he wrote. "I tried three: Angeline's Coffee Shop in St. George, New Traditions in Sandys, and the Spot in Hamilton. By sticking to the cheaper offerings, I ate for about $14 (with beverage, tax, and tip) at each. All three were mediocre. My bacon-egg-and-toast breakfast at Angeline's was soulless; my hamburger lunch at New Traditions was decent but overpriced, and my minuscule portion of two lonely waffles at the Spot were a downright rip-off, $7!"