How I fund our family travel
I often get asked how we fund our family travel, especially with indefinite family travel. There are so many ways to fund one’s travel, so please don’t look at our examples and think just because your answer is “Well, I can’t do any of those!” that long-term family travel is out of your league. To be honest, you are only limited by your imagination. If you’d like some other ideas, there are...
Eats on the Cheap
How can I save money on food while traveling? I see this question frequently. It’s a great one really. There are many ways to reduce what you spend on food while traveling, and saving money on food translates to being able to save money for other activities, or making it more affordable to take a trip. Road Trips When taking a road trip, getting snacks at gas stations and convenience stores can quickly add up to a lot of...
More Travel Tips
In my last post I shared some travel tips on finding cheaper travel,getting discounts, etc. Now I want to delve a little deeper and cover some of the things people don’t always think about or issues they don’t always know how to resolve. And just so you know, I’m not receiving any type of renumeration for these recommendations. They’re just things I’ve found to be helpful, and I wanted to pass them...
Tips for Getting Around
—Updated on 20 June 2013 From time to time I get emails or other messages asking me for tips on finding low fares, etc. There are all kinds of tips out there so mine are probably not mind-blowing ideas. Still they work well for me and are based on personal experience. We all know airfare can be quite expensive. It is even more so within the US or when using US airlines which lately charge more and more and provide less and less...
Travel Advisories: Fear-Mongering, Paranoia, or Wisdom?
Travel advisories are becoming more and more frequent these days, especially from the US. Should they be heeded? Are they just tools of paranoia?
