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St. Patrick’s Day is coming up. Most families don’t seem to think about traveling for this holiday. However, it can actually be a perfect time to take a little family trip. It’s off-season for many places so you can easily find good deals on hotels. Destinations aren’t too crowded. And you can see some things [...]
One of the ways that you can enjoy budget travel around the world is to attend holiday and event celebrations that aren’t traditional. Many people travel for Christmas and for Spring Break so costs of travel at this time can be high. There are many other holidays that are widely celebrate but aren’t commonly high-traffic [...]
I recently wrote here on the blog about my ideas for affordable Valentine’s travel. One of the things that I think is a great thing to do for Valentine’s day is to spend the night away from home in a local hotel. It feels like a nice little getaway, someone else makes the bed and [...]
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 hope that everyone is having a wonderful Christmas! If you traveled to see friends and family this Christmas season then I hope that your travel went smoothly and that you have arrived safely at your destination. If you have people coming to visit you then I hope that has all gone well as well. [...]
I’ve developed a wonderful online friendship with someone who had read this blog and written to me. She had originally written to let me know about some good discount hotels in Houston. Although I didn’t particularly need that information right now, I really liked the woman and we’ve been talking about travel online ever since. [...]
If you’re a regular reader of this blog (thanks!) then you know that I went on a Thanksgiving trip that was planned at the last minute. I had been concerned about the cost of the unplanned trip but it worked out well in the long run. I was glad to spend time with loved ones [...]
The Thanksgiving spirit has grabbed me in spite of myself. I have been thinking about all of the things that I am thankful for this year. Most of them are related to my health, my family and my working life. However, there are some things that I can think of that are specifically related to [...]
Ugh. I just found out that my husband wants to go away for Thanksgiving this year. I’m not too happy about the idea to be honest. I prefer to do a quiet dinner with just us and the kids here at home. We do a lot of stuff with the extended family for the Christmas [...]