Where to Go on Your Summer Vacation
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 3 Comments »With gas prices at a record high, flying a demeaning exercise in bad service and extra fee avoidance, and soaring commodity prices driving up the costs of food and transport, what's a summer vacationer to do? That seems to be ...
Prices in Honduras
Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, Travel bargains | 6 Comments »Time for another up-to-date rundown on prices for travelers, this time for Honduras. I was only there for a week and spent a fair bit of that in swanky hotels on assignment and moving around with a driver, so no ...
Five Ways to Find a Hotel Bargain
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 9 Comments »After years where hotel rates have kept going up and up, it looks like the guests may soon start getting the upper hand again. A worldwide recession, airline hassles, and the high price of gas are starting to take their ...
Elusive European Bargains, Part 3
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 3 Comments »I mentioned before that I've got an article out right now in Budget Travel on how to keep from going broke while traveling in Europe this summer. In the previous post I ran through some items that didn't make it ...
Ask me about Mexico and Central America
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Leffel projects, Travel bargains, Travel books | No Comments »I'm pretty good about answering e-mails from readers, even if they do sometimes want me to serve as their surrogate guidebook and travel agent (ahem). But a lot of questions are common ones that more than one person is asking, ...
