Hi, All!
Many thanks to Cereal_Killer for providing us with a brand-new Travel forum!
So, this thread is for your hints and tricks for making travel cheaper, easier, or more fun!
What special secret have you discovered? What little-known hideaway would you like to share with us all?
Do you have some secret to making travel more affordable, so that it's not something only the rich can do?
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My second hubby taught me that travel isn't just for the rich. Even lowly wage earners can travel to exotic destinations if!.... (big if) ...
... IF you're willing to travel off-season, make your own travel plans, and stay in budget hotels.
Fortunately, the internet now makes it easy to do this.
Wow, you can get some great off-season deals!
For instance, one year we took my daughter to Paris and London over Thanksgiving. Now, most Americans working overseas travel TO the US for the holiday, then return afterwards ... so by planning to travel AWAY from the US and filling those empty planes before Thanksgiving, and coming back after, we saved a TON of money. No lie: it was $300 per person round trip to Heathrow London on British Airways. The round-trip commuter fare to Paris added another $200 per person... for a total airfare bill of $1500 that trip, for THREE people!
Okay, I've had my turn suggesting money-saving travel ideas.
Now, what are your ideas?
-- Paravani
Many thanks to Cereal_Killer for providing us with a brand-new Travel forum!
So, this thread is for your hints and tricks for making travel cheaper, easier, or more fun!
What special secret have you discovered? What little-known hideaway would you like to share with us all?
Do you have some secret to making travel more affordable, so that it's not something only the rich can do?
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My second hubby taught me that travel isn't just for the rich. Even lowly wage earners can travel to exotic destinations if!.... (big if) ...
... IF you're willing to travel off-season, make your own travel plans, and stay in budget hotels.
Fortunately, the internet now makes it easy to do this.
Wow, you can get some great off-season deals!
For instance, one year we took my daughter to Paris and London over Thanksgiving. Now, most Americans working overseas travel TO the US for the holiday, then return afterwards ... so by planning to travel AWAY from the US and filling those empty planes before Thanksgiving, and coming back after, we saved a TON of money. No lie: it was $300 per person round trip to Heathrow London on British Airways. The round-trip commuter fare to Paris added another $200 per person... for a total airfare bill of $1500 that trip, for THREE people!
Okay, I've had my turn suggesting money-saving travel ideas.
Now, what are your ideas?
-- Paravani
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