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Saving Money on Your Next Vacation—Book Early

Timing is everything in life and that goes double when you are planning a vacation. I try to provide as many cost-saving travel tips as possible in this blog and regular readers know that high on the list of advice is to book early. Doing so almost always guarantees cheaper seats—whether by sea, air or land. To prove my point I found a great deal to the Greek Islands that allows you to skip the crowds and the sky-high prices. The catch: Book now travel later. The bargains are good now but you won’t be taking your trip until the … Continue reading →

Jammin’ Jamaica

The expedited delivery of the government’s economic stimulus package checks to working Americans has prompted several tour groups to unveil new deals to sunny locales. Tour operators are no doubt trying to lure sun worshippers to spend some of Uncle Sam’s dollars on fabulous trips to resorts bordered by cobalt blue waters and powder soft sand beaches. If you are looking for a way to spend your newly acquired cash and catch a tan for an unbeatable price you might consider this budget saver to Jamaica: For $839 per person (plus $100 in taxes) you will receive round-trip airfare from … Continue reading →

Affordable Accommodations in Exotic Locations

How do you spend your travel dollars? Do you pay big bucks flying off to exotic destinations and compensate by staying in budget hotels? Or do you try to find the cheapest means of travel and loosen your budget purse strings to pay for ultra-luxe accommodations? If you play your cards right in the days leading up to the busy summer travel season you could save on both. A number of airlines are offering great travel deals to exotic locations while hoteliers are aiding budget conscious jetsetters by providing package deals. Take a look: INDONESIA Bali’s Desa Seni opened less … Continue reading →

Celebrating Arbor Day in Asheville

If you are looking to go “green” this spring consider a trip to Asheville, North Carolina. The Blue Ridge beauty features majestic mountains that cut into the horizon and you can see them from all angles by taking one of a number of scenic drives that run through the region. Most travelers take in Asheville’s cool, clean mountain air from the Blue Ridge Parkway. The 469-mile recreational road connects Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks and offers visitors a reprieve from commercialism. The road is dotted with charming vintage farmhouses, tunnels carved into majestic mountains and steep climbs that … Continue reading →

Summer Road Trip: Cruising the Country

If your family enjoys spending the summer months cruising the countryside in search of unique attractions then you are in luck. Several popular travel destinations are bringing in one-of-kind treasures to their sites this summer in hopes of attracting a record number of tourists. For example, in St. Paul a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence is coming to the state as part of Minnesota’s 150th anniversary celebration. The document is the only one of its kind that travels the country. It is often referred to as the “Dunlap Broadsides” and was typed and printed shortly after the handwritten … Continue reading →

Tax Refund Travel Packages

I don’t know about you but my tax refund has been put to use paying for water, heat, and electricity for my home and fuel for my car. I know… glamorous it’s not and so much for taking advantage of the all those fabulous travel deals tour operators are offering right now. You know the ones that guarantee once-in-a-lifetime memories to far off lands… that cost half your tax refund. In all honesty some of those travel packages are real bargains and quite enticing regardless of how much you got back from Uncle Sam. If you still have a few … Continue reading →

Unique Travel Deals from Coast-to-Coast

WASHINGTON Perhaps, America’s love of “The Simpsons” is the reason the following free tour is booked solid. After all, Homer Simpson does make working at a nuclear power plant look so, uh, interesting. Whatever the reason, when the U.S. Department of Energy offered 48 tours of the Hanford Site (that’s twice as many as last year) for the public to register for on a first-come, first-serve basis it took less than 12 hours for all 2,000 spots to be filled. The tours started earlier this week and run through the summer. If you were not one of the lucky ones … Continue reading →

Affordable Accommodations in Europe

With the worth of the U.S. dollar continually dipping in a growing number of European destinations it is up to savvy travelers to make every cent count when touring abroad. One of the ways you can save when traveling internationally is to take advantage of deals offered by lesser-known lodgings. The following hotels are currently providing guests with outstanding savings on standard rooms. Take a look: ITALY Baglio Santacroce is located on a hillside near Erice, Sicily, with sweeping views of Mount Cofano and the Gulf of Cornino. The hotel has 62 rooms that are split between a renovated 17th-century … Continue reading →

Arbor Day Travel Deals

The first Arbor Day took place on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska. It was the brainchild of Julius Sterling Morton who was passionate about the environment. As such he actively pursued the wide-scale planting of trees throughout Nebraska. Today all 50 states celebrate Arbor Day although the dates may vary in keeping with the local climate. And while it might be a stretch, some hotels are taking advantage of the special occasions by offering travel deals. Okay, so it’s a tad gimmicky, but given that the gap between spring break and summer vacation is longer this year it would stand … Continue reading →

Affordable Lodgings in North America

Gas prices are soaring, the price of homes is dropping and the stock market is unstable. For many families the thought of taking a vacation during these tough economic times is simply out of the question. Which is why I’ve been writing a series of blogs on how to travel without going bankrupt. In previous blogs I listed a variety of hotels that are offering incredible savings on rooms–only to take advantage of the deals you would have to journey to the far reaches of the globe. If you are looking to stay a bit closer to home (provided “home” … Continue reading →