How to Vacation With Your Dog Are you looking to figure out how to vacation with your dog this summer? So was I. My husband and I knew we needed to get away for a vacation but we’re always faced with the quandary of where to leave our dogs when we go on vacation. Sure,…
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Making the Most of your Dollars (or Euros) the Italian Way
Martha Miller recently published a a travel memoir Times New Roman: How We Quit Our Jobs, Gave Away Our Stuff and Moved to Italy. She and her husband weren’t self-made millionaires or trust fund babies, and they weren’t lucky enough to have purchased a winning lottery ticket. They made their dreams to live abroad come…
Save Money on Holiday Vacation Rentals
If you’ve ever traveled with children, then you know that finding holiday vacation rentals often makes more sense than staying in a traditional hotel. When you spend your vacation in a rental, you often have access to multiple bedrooms, a kitchen and other amenities that make a family stay all the more pleasant. And, frankly,…
National Parks Service: Free Admission
In 2016 the National Parks Service celebrates its 100th birthday. Because of this, you can expect lots of celebrations at the more than 365 National Parks locations throughout the United States. Many may even offer free admission. National Parks Holidays Most noteworthy is this fact: there are a handful of times each year when the…
5 Free and Cheap Festivals for Summer 2016
Do your summer plans include attending free and cheap festivals–whether they be food festivals, music festivals or some other kind of festival celebration? If you’re into funky and off-beat festivals, I can help. Motel 6 has put together a list of free and cheap festivals that fall under the heading of off-beat and fun and…
5 Ways to Avoid Extra Fees
Are you a last-minute planner? Or an on-the-spot decider? Or, frankly, lazy? If so, your behavior could be causing you to pay extra fees that you really don’t need to be spending money on. For example, does your bank charge you extra to use another bank’s ATM? If so, the $3 charge may not seem…
How Product Reviews Changed How We Shop and Buy
News broke yesterday that Amazon.com is suing people who post fake reviews on the site. The fact that there are fake reviews troubles me. Not only because of the fraud factor but also because I rarely buy anything these days–or book a hotel room or make a restaurant reservation–without first reading product reviews. I first…
Air Travel Tips on the Cheap
After returning from a trip to Chicago last month, during which I employed some air travel tips for saving money, I decided to share them with you. Find out how everything from your seat choice to the airport you travel out of to the ride you get from the airport can save you big bucks.
11 Best Freebies When You Travel
Do you like to get freebies when you travel? I know that I do. In fact, I’ve come to assume that there will be complimentary things like free Wi-Fi in the airports and hotels I visit when I’m on the road. And when I have to pay for these assumed conveniences, I’m mad. I’m not…
Free Travel Guides With Coupons, Discounts
One of the best ways to save money when you’re planning a trip to a specific destination is to get free travel guides. They usually come packed with coupons and discounts that can help you save on lodging, food, and sometimes even souvenirs. If you’re planning a trip to nearly anywhere in the United States…
7 Travel Essentials You Can Find in Your Trash
I’m all about finding creative ways to reuse items on my quest to live frugally. I know I get that from my mother, who still saves plastic containers that something store-bought came in so she can reuse them for storage. Take one look at my rag bins and you’ll see I have a hard time…