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Wed
7
Jul '10

Crazy Parents Spend $5000+ Per Night on Barbie-Themed Hotel Room

I understand that not everyone is into budget travel. In fact, although I definitely love to travel frugally, I am not necessarily into the kind of extreme frugal travel that others are into. So I can respect people who would choose to pay more for their hotels or flights than I would because I realize [...]

Fri
4
Jun '10

10 Important Instead-Ofs for Budget Travelers

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 [...]

Sun
16
May '10

Stay-Safe Hotel Rules for Families

Last month I wrote a post here on the blog about the hotel safety rules that I don’t always follow. However, I didn’t mean to imply that we should be neglectful when it comes to staying at hotels. We do need to make sure that we make smart safety decisions when we’re on vacation. This [...]

Thu
8
Apr '10

Eating Healthy as a Family while Traveling

One of the things that is easy to let go of during family travel is healthy eating. Here are some of the reasons why that is:

You aren’t cooking. It’s easy to know how healthy a dish is when you’ve cooked it yourself. It’s not as easy when someone else is making it for you.
Finding good [...]

Mon
29
Mar '10

Top 10 Haunted Hotels

After I wrote my recent post about ghost towns, I started thinking a little bit about ghosts. There are a lot of places in the country that are supposed to be haunted. There are also a lot of people who choose to visit these haunted locations. In fact, a lot of people like to stay [...]

Tue
23
Mar '10

Top 5 San Diego Beaches

There are many different reasons that San Diego appeals to me as a family travel destination. One of those reasons is because of the city’s beaches. There are so many different beaches in San Diego. I think you could spend a whole trip just going from beach to beach.
Here is a look at the top [...]

Thu
25
Feb '10

5 Tips for Saving Money on Hotels with Kids

There are many tips out there about how to save money on hotels. These tips are varied in how applicable they might be to you. If you happen to be someone with a family who really enjoys family travel then you’ll want to look specifically for ways to save money on hotels when you’ve got [...]

Thu
4
Feb '10

People Are Traveling Again

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 [...]

Fri
15
Jan '10

Home Stays Make International Travel Affordable

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 [...]

Thu
14
Jan '10

Pros and Cons of Volunteer Travel

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 [...]