Budget Vacations

» desertblue - Welcome!

What a great first article to set up your topic! I am really looking forward to reading all your tips.

I've always had to use the 'scrimp and save' version of traveling (avidly reading and higlighting Let's Go, staying at hostels, using student passes, hitchiking and cheap eats) and I might be ready to enter your second category of traveler now!

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» Jennifer W. Miner - Welcome!

For me, I like to go where it is that I want to go, but save money on meals (resorts can be incredibly extortionary in this regard) by buying the basics for our room. You know, dry cereal, coffee. Usually I'm not up to facing pert and cheerfull waitstaff until I've dosed myself with a certain amount of caffeine anyway.
Jen http://luxuryresorttravel.suite101.com

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» Kelby Carr - Welcome!

In response to Welcome! posted by desertblue:

I also believe budget travel doesn't have to mean cheap, or sacrificing a good trip. Shoot, if you're too broke to enjoy yourself, don't go! I've traveled plenty of places without much money, and usually find the experience is even better those times. Comparing trips around Europe, for instance, by train and staying at hotels, we had a far less authentic experience than we did by car, camping the whole way. We met so many more people camping than we did in hotels. We got so used to camping on one long road trip around the Pyrnees that, when we decided to splurge and stay in a hotel one night, my husband, daughter and myself got barely any sleep that night! Heheh! I think we got used to our air mattress and the fresh night air.

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» Jennifer W. Miner - Welcome!

I totally agree. Say you have X money in your travel budget. I'd much rather spend it going somewhere new and neat (but saving on the hotel room or avoiding fancy restaurants), than takaing a few high-end one-day overnights.

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» Kelby Carr - Welcome!

In response to Welcome! posted by JenniferMiner:

Yes. This is actually why organized tours turn me off. You're paying for handholding and a total cheesy tourist experience. I'd much rather muddle through on a budget and see what I discover.

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