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Budget Travel

Editor’s Note: For those that just joined us, this is part of a series where Michelle shares her vacation highlights that show us how frugal travels can be just as fun as an extravagent vacation.
When Aaron and I had walked as far as our legs could carry us in San Francisco, we hopped in a [...]

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Being a tourist in London is one of the toughest challenges anyone committed to the frugal life will endure. Even for locals, it’s easy to fritter away cash in a city that seems to go out of its way to empty your pockets at every opportunity.
As always, planning is key. Otherwise you risk losing [...]

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This is Michelle here and a big hello from San Francisco! I’m happy to say that after weeks of anticipation, Aaron and I managed to leave work and home behind for five wonderful days in California. Aaron’s eleven year vacation dry spell is officially broken, and we are both much more seasoned at travel [...]

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In my last post I described how Aaron and I came to the decision to spend our first vacation in San Francisco and Napa Valley. Once the destination was settled, we were able to focus on the financial choices that we could make before leaving.
Let me share a few tips with you on [...]

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(MICHELLE, THE AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is the opening post in a short series that will chronicle the financial choices behind my first real vacation. I’m a frugal person, but will I be able to stick to my guns and make wise money decisions [and still have a great trip]? We will find out.)
At the end [...]

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The unemployment rate is still very high, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t or shouldn’t take a vacation. Actually, with the added stress that a bad economy puts on us, a vacation is much needed and hard earned! Luckily, Galit helped prepare some tips for us to take that dream vacation without [...]

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If you are thinking about getting The Little Budget Travel Book from Amazon, you may want to do it quick because there’s only five copies left until it goes out of stock again. Many people agreed that the book is packed with tons of useful and proven money saving traveling tips, so the sooner [...]

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The book that I wrote, The Little Budget Travel Book, is out as you know, but many of you have some questions and emailing me for answers. Here are some of the more common ones for those of you wondering the same thing.
Note: This is already circulated within the frugal newsletter. If you [...]

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When money is scarce, vacations are often the first thing to go. For many, the dream of a cruise or an island getaway seems out of reach. However, even if an expensive vacation is out of the question, there are many great ways to take time off without maxing out your credit card. One idea [...]

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