Family Travel Bargains in the Yucatan
Monday, July 13th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Cheap North America Travel, Family travel, Vacation deals | No Comments »I'm currently on assignment in Playa del Carmen, which makes me feel like I'm in Florida. Restaurant prices are on par with what I would pay in my home town and the excursion costs for family activities are beyond ridiculous. ...
Cheap Family Travel in the U.S.
Monday, June 8th, 2009 Posted in Cheap North America Travel, Destination reports, Family travel, Leffel projects | No Comments »Since I do a lot of writing about international travel and focus on that in my books, naturally I think it's a great idea to take your kids beyond your home borders. But even if it's much cheaper where you're ...
Empty Beaches Are Waiting
Monday, June 1st, 2009 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Cheap North America Travel, Destination reports, Vacation deals | No Comments »I just returned from the Los Cabos area, at the tip of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. To say it's "not very crowded" right now would be a major understatement. The photo above was shot on a Friday afternoon on ...
Why This Will Be a Great Summer to Travel
Friday, April 24th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, Cheap North America Travel, Family travel, Travel industry, Vacation deals | No Comments »Traveling in the summer can be a real pain in the rear: huge crowds, whining kids, strollers in your way everywhere, jammed "scenic" highways, packed national parks, and on and on. And if you've been to Europe in the summer ...
Three Cheers for Opinionated Guidebooks
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Cheap North America Travel, Destination reports, Travel books | 10 Comments »Have you ever used a guidebook that was downright blah? One that felt as it it were written by committee, or by an editor who seemed strangely detached from the place he/she was covering? I get that feeling far too often, ...



