Fun While It Lasted – a Strong Travel Dollar
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, General, Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 1 Comment »Being a contrarian traveler is a lot like being a contrarian investor. The latter buys when everyone else is panicking and sells when everyone else is euphoric. If you followed that strategy as I did and pumped up your stock ...
The Cheapest Places to Travel
Friday, February 13th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Cheap North America Travel, Travel books | 2 Comments »Just a quick note that I got my stacks of books in from the publisher for the third edition of The World's Cheapest Destinations, so those of you who contacted me about reviewing it will get it soon. Anyone who would ...
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 ...
The New “One-third” Currency Drop Club
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Destination reports, Leffel projects, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | No Comments »Most investors have seen their retirement funds plummet by a third this year, but there's a nice way to ease that pain: go traveling where your dollars have risen in value by an equal amount. My latest Tripso column is a ...
Ten Bargain Destinations
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Cheap North America Travel, Leffel projects, Travel bargains | 4 Comments »This past weekend the cover story on the travel section of the Boston Globe was mine, a feature on ten destinations that are a bargain right now. (Yeah, a real stretch for me, right?) You can find it online now ...



