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Written by Omie Ismail
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Friday, 12 February 2010 05:15 |
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 From a reader in Arizona, "Can you help me? Last year was hard on my family moneywise. Each year we take a week vacation to Disney, Colorado, or the California coast. This year, money is tight and our plan is to skip the vacation and stay home. My husband wants to still go, but we definitely can't afford it. Looking for ideas for a cheaper vacation that's cooler than 110 in the summer. Thanks. J."
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Read more: Help! My Family Can't Afford to Go On Vacation This Year!
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Written by The Frugal Nomad
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 14:12 |
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The cheapest way to roam the planet is to control your overhead expenses. If you break down the cost of an overseas vacation, airfare is the single largest expense. And one of the ways you can really extend your vacation dollar is to plan for longer vacations. If you spend $900 on a round trip ticket to Europe for a nine-day trip – your daily overhead is $100. It’s actually a bit higher when you consider that it takes a day or two to get to your destination and recover from jet lag. Add another lost day to get packed and make the return trip and you’re left with six days of what I would consider quality travel days. That puts the daily overhead at $150.
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Read more: Stretch your vacation dollar by taking longer trips
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Written by The Frugal Nomad
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Friday, 23 October 2009 19:29 |
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I love Paris to pieces. It is the repository of some of my fondest memories. The City of Light stirs the soul, stimulates the intellect, massages your eyes with its dazzling beauty and might improve your French – a language I fully intend to speak fluently before I die. But Paris won’t make my short list this year because of one and only one reason: the current exchange rate for the Euro which is approaching one and one half dollars. In March, I could have gotten a decent deal as you can see from the chart below. If I need to get my fix of French, I’ll do it in Montreal or Quebec City because the Loonie, the Canadian Dollar, now trades at 90 cents vs. parity during early 2008.
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Read more: Let the Exchange Rate Determine Your Destination
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Written by The Frugal Nomad
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:34 |
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Does staying in a 5 star hotel with 3 full course meals for under $100 a day pique your interest? If you’re the adventurous type – there is nothing like getting a great vacation deal in a so-called ‘trouble spot.’ The average tourist picks up the New York Times or the London Times, reads a single alarming headline about a country or region they were considering as a vacation destination and says, “Well I guess we’ll be changing our summer plans.”
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Read more: Great travel deals to 'trouble spots' around the world
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Written by The Frugal Nomad
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 10:30 |
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Any financial advisor worth his salt will recommend that you start saving early in life. The same goes for travelling, start saving your memories early on. Over the course of a life time, the surest way to control your travel overhead is to take as many trips as you can while you’re young, single and unencumbered with a mortgage payment, rent or kids. Sell your car, pack your stuff and leave it with the folks or put it in storage. Whatever you manage to save on unnecessary expenses on the home front leaves you with additional funds to finance your journey abroad.
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Read more: Travel Cheap - Travel Young
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