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Cheap Tricks for Summer Travel

Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Family travel, Leffel projects, Vacation deals | No Comments »

Today there's a big spread in USA Today called Cheap Tricks for Summer Travel. The online version is not as pretty, so grab the paper one if you're staying at a hotel or have some spare change at the convenience ...

Will You Fly This Summer?

Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Family travel, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Travel industry, Vacation deals | 5 Comments »

Since I've got one book out on traveling to Mexico and Central America and another one called The World's Cheapest Destinations, naturally I'm going to encourage people to fly somewhere far and go exploring. This summer though, I wouldn't blame ...

Five Ways to Find a Hotel Bargain

Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 8 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 ...

Exploring The Other Mexico

Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Vacation deals | 2 Comments »

I've written before about how there are really two Mexicos: tourist beach resort Mexico and "the other Mexico." I finally vented and wrote a whole article about it in this Tripso column, titled appropriately enough, Travel Bargains in the Other ...

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 ...