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What do you look for in a good travel website? There are a handful of things that I think should all come together to make a great website for the person who is interested in budget travel. The most important features of a travel website for me are:
Great deals. I want to use a website [...]
I am starting to think about Valentine’s Day. Should my husband and I do something special to celebrate the day between just the two of us? Should we take the family somewhere to celebrate? Or should we just stay home and celebrate together there (either with or without the kids since they could always go [...]
I think it’s important to take our families on a variety of different types of vacations. I think children should get a chance to experience many different things as they are growing up. International travel, off-the-beaten-path travel, travel to family hot spots like Disneyland and nature-based travel are all important for kids. I certainly want [...]
One of the New Years goals I have for 2010 is to try to take my family out of the country this year. I would really love to go to Buenos Aires but I just don’t know if it’s going to be financially feasible. Right now what I’m working on doing is learning everything that [...]
One of the options that we have as people who want to travel frugally is to participate in volunteer travel. This refers to the kind of travel where you do volunteer work at the destination in exchange for your room and board. You may do anything from teaching a local family’s children in English to [...]
Last month I wrote a post about 5 super-cool hotel types that I would like to try staying at some day. (For example, I’d love to find an affordable underwater hotel to stay at for a night!) However I am not one of those adventurous people who wants to try staying at all of the [...]
San Diego is a destination that I keep trying to learn more and more about. It just seems like such a great place for families and yet a place that’s hip and cool (as compared to, say, Disneyland). Right now I’m interested in the best hotels in San Diego for families that are interested in [...]
Guess I’ve gotten off to a slow start with my blog posting for this year. It’s been more than a week since my last post! I’m the type of person who tends to beat myself up a little bit about things like that. However, one of my personal New Year’s goals is to be kinder [...]