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I receive a lot of offers for discount travel deals. This is due in part to the fact that I’ve signed up with some of my favorite websites to receive special offers. It’s also due to the fact that I’ve taken advantage of special offers so the hotels and airlines I’ve done so with are [...]
I recently got into a discussion with some girlfriends about what it means to enjoy budget travel. Although most of us turned out to be on the same page about it, we did play a little bit of devil’s advocate during the discussion. Here are some of the things we decided that budget travel does [...]
As a general rule, I don’t think that vacations are for shopping. However, I know from experience that there are times when you end up shopping during your trip. Sometimes it’s because you come across such great local stuff that you have to have it. Other times it’s because you end up needing items unexpectedly [...]
If you haven’t made your summer travel plans yet then you may be starting to worry that you’re not going to get to take the family anywhere this summer. It’s true that waiting until the last minute during the peak travel season can mean that your price for travel goes up. However, it’s still possible [...]
One of the most popular phrases in my personal budget travel handbook is “instead of”. You can use this phrase to make some really great choices that allow you to travel at a lower cost. You aren’t saying that you won’t travel just because you want to save money. You’re saying that you will travel [...]
I recently decided that it was finally time for me to go ahead and try this Twitter thing. I am not really sure if I have it down yet. However, I am enjoying sharing links and thoughts about budget travel through the site. If you’re interested, you can follow me here.
Since I’m enjoying my experience [...]
I love paying attention to travel news, don’t you? Unfortunately, that news has been a little bit depressing ever since the recession started. Sure, there have been a lot of great articles about how to save money on travel and which destinations are cheapest but those are mostly coming from blogs. The real media headlines [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I love everything about budget travel. I love the experience of it. I love getting better and better at it as time goes on. And I love learning as much as I can about how to save money on traveling by getting advice from people who are even better at it than I am.
I get [...]