Making your buck, quid, euro, etc. go further has never been more important in these times. Fortunately there are still tons of strategies for taking off -- whether you're a student, a senior, or somewhere in between -- without landing in the poorhouse.

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Using Google Flights to score cheap airfares

If you’ve ever gone down the rabbit hole of searching for flights, you know how overwhelming it can get. Prices jump around, deals disappear, and it’s easy to spend hours refreshing tabs. That’s where Google Flights comes in—it’s one of the most powerful (and free) tools for finding cheap airfares. Here are a few strategies travelers swear by...read post

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A tribute to my friend, the late budget travel icon Arthur Frommer

  The legendary U.S. travel journalist and entrepreneur Arthur Frommer passed away November 18 at the age of 95. Born in Virginia and with an early boyhood in a small town in Missouri, Arthur was a lawyer who became a pioneering and great travel journalist, and who will be remembered as having helped open the joys of travel to the masses. While serving in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s, he got the travel bug, came out with a travel guide for servicemen, and followed up in 1957 with Europe…

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Flying Smarter: 10 Money-Saving Tips for Budget Travelers

    Airfares in 2024 have been a something of a mixed bag - generally down to/from/within Europe and the United States, but pricier when it comes to Africa and parts of Asia, as well as the Middle East and South America. Regardless, to make the most of your travel budget and leave you more for enjoying destinations once you get there, here are a handful of proven strategies read post  

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  • For the most part, the USVI isn't exactly what you'd call an inexpensive destination, but penny-pinching travel site ADimeSaved.com (also well worth bookmarking for budget travelers) just came out with a guide to visiting St. Croix on the (relatively) cheap: https://adimesaved.com/st-croix-on-a-budget
  • A writer on the platform Medium shares ten tips for saving money on your next trip: https://medium.com/globetrotters/10-budget-friendly-travel-hacks-fo...
    10 Budget-Friendly Travel Hacks for a Week-Long Getaway
    These simple tips helped me save up to $1000 on my trip to the Azores
  • After the worst of the pandemic, the travel industry is booming once again, but to fill depleted coffers, destinations and airlines, among others, are snubbing budget travelers in favor of the well heeled: https://fortune.com/2022/08/11/tourism-returns-but-budget-travelers...
    $10 tourists will have to wait. Budget visitors priced out of traveling
    Travel is roaring back in 2022, but budget tourism still has a way to go.
  • Many people think of this country as something of a luxury destination, but there's a budget side here, as well - and one of the more interesting options I've come across is a program based in the west-coast resort village of Tamarin called the Explorer Program: https://www.yourlifechoices.com.au/travel/luxury-on-a-shoestring-in...
    Luxury on a shoestring in Mauritius
    Get the best out of your holiday dollar with this guide on how to enjoy Mauritius on a budget.
  • It's the debut of a new transit report at The World on Wheels. This time, we're focusing on the Dallas Area Transit System.
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    The World on Wheels
    An ongoing adventure of travel and living while using a wheelchair. Tim has been disabled from birth. Darryl is his father and caregiver who travel…
  • our travel agent in Cusco Peru

    If you are looking for an unforgettable vacation, and would like to see Machu Picchu, Cuzco, or another part of Peru, we offer a wide variety of tours and packages all over the country! Peru has a diversity of destinations with different things to see and do. Peru is and has long been very culturally diverse, resulting in a rich history and an exquisite cuisine.  The country also has many different geographical regions and diverse climates.  Go ahead and look through our tours and packages to see what there is for you! Remember that you can personalize any of our best tours of Machu Picchu or travel packages, just contact us and our travel experts will help you plan the trip of a lifetime!.

    We specialize in tours to the city of CuscoMachu Picchu Tours and Inca Trail

  • I haven't swung a club in 20 years either, since I got arthritis in my wrist. Love to hike, listen to live music, and take in some sports now and then, which the area has in abundance. Thanks for checking it out.

  • Like your practical dollar by dollar approach to this because Arizona can be costly. Also maybe it helps that neither of us feels it's important to play golf there. 

  • At The World on Wheels, we're always looking for ways to make our dollars stretch while still having a great time. Today, we're looking on how to do Scottsdale on a budget, even in high season. Does $860, all-inclusive, sound like a good deal for three people for three nights? Here's how we did it (you can do it for much less during the low season)...Scottsdale on a Budget.
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    The World on Wheels
    An ongoing adventure of travel and living while using a wheelchair. Tim has been disabled from birth. Darryl is his father and caregiver who travel…
  • Planning Your Vacation Should Be Fun with a Capital “F”

    Girls That Roam Partners with Travel Advisors of Los Gatos

    Searching for vacations online used to be fun. That is until the options became overwhelming, prices changed never to be gotten again with a simple refresh of the page; refunds became a hassle, customer service was chilly and so many other issues that took the fun out of planning your getaway.

    Girls That Roam prefers the human touch which is why we’ve partnered with Travel Advisors of Los Gatos. The travel counselors have more than half a century of travel experience planning everything from solo to group vacations to corporate and business travel.

    http://girlsthatroam.com/planning-vacation-fun-capital-f/

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