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Why Prices Go Up in Countries That Were Cheap

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Travel bargains | No Comments »

Over the holidays one uncle of mine talked wistfully of a motorcycle trip he took in Mexico "a while back" and went on about how incredibly cheap it was to eat out, swill tequila, and follow it up with a ...

How the Travel Dollar Fared Last Year

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 1 Comment »

Near the end of 2008 the dollar was flying high as a result of governments piling into treasury bills, so hopefully you took a trip while the getting was good. I took two, getting more soles for my bucks in ...

Singapore Signs, Evil/Not Evil Syria, and Spare Change for a Bolivian Bathroom

Monday, January 4th, 2010 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel | 1 Comment »

Yes indeed, a new issue of Perceptive Travel is now posted. Marie Javins returns to the fold with a fun story about her trip to Bolivia as part of a group tour and there's even a great custom illustration for ...

Most Popular Posts of 2009

Thursday, December 24th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, General, International living/working, Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Travel books, Work/Life/Travel Balance | No Comments »

I'm ready for eating cookies, opening presents, and arguing with relatives about why unemployed Republicans should care about health care reform. So no more posts until I have had my fill of all of the above. The only thing I ...

Where Your Travel Dollars Are Still Worth Something

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Long-term travel, Travel bargains | 3 Comments »

As I noted a couple months back, a strong dollar was fun while it lasted, but the strength caused by the worldwide economic panic has subsided. The euro is back to being worth 1.5 dollars officially (less at a real ...