Get the Scoop from a Local
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Travel adventures | No Comments »Whenever I am in a new city by myself I try to get together with some people who really know the lay of the land. You can learn a lot from guidebooks, web searches, and tourism offices, but to get ...
The Beauty of a Local Tour
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 Posted in Destination reports, Long-term travel, Vacation deals | 3 Comments »There is one big reason I try not to dwell very much on the bare-bone minimum budget you can get by on in a destination when traveling. If you strictly stick to the lowest of the low budgets, you miss ...
Out Now – Third Edition of The World’s Cheapest Destinations
Saturday, January 24th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Cheap North America Travel, Leffel projects, Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Travel books | 8 Comments »I've been holding off making a big announcement until the new edition AND the cover showed up on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc., but now we're set. You can now purchase the third edition of The World's Cheapest Destinations at ...
A Buck or Less in Mexico City
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Cheap North America Travel, Destination reports, Travel bargains | 7 Comments »At the end of each country section in The World's Cheapest Destinations, I have a paragraph on "what you can get for a buck or less." It's not meant to be comprehensive, but just a sampling of what one U.S. ...
Mexico City – Nicer Than You Think
Saturday, January 17th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports | 11 Comments »Plenty of destinations in this world suffer from a bad reputation that was well-deserved in the past, but maybe not deserved so much now. After spending a few days bopping around four different neighborhoods in Mexico City (more to come), ...






