Vacation deals

The USA is blessed with some amazing national parks that draw visitors from around the world. Some of the most impressive and best-known ones are in a cluster that’s relatively easy to get to, however. You can start in one of the country’s best travel value cities (Las Vegas) and make an inexpensive small town …

I just took a flight for a long weekend on Allegiant Air and managed to do it without paying any baggage fees. Anyone who has flown this bare-bones airline knows that is not an easy task. The only luggage you can bring along without paying luggage fees is a bag measuring a maximum of 15 …

Can you name more than one or two Mexican airlines? Did you know they fly to more than 100 destinations, including many in the USA? It turns out there are a whole bunch of them and if you’re looking for cheap flights to south of the border, the best Mexican airlines can often get you …

If you’re traveling in the USA, Canada, or Mexico, which destinations will cost you the least? The cheapest cities are probably not the ones you would expect. I write a lot on here about the cheapest places to travel internationally, but my fellow Americans aren’t exactly worldly wise. Only about a third of them even …

For this cruise we are paying 1220€ for 14 nights. This includes the cabin, food (no special drinks or alcohol), and entertainment. For the flights only we would have paid at least 200€ per person, probably more. If I subtract this from the total, our daily costs are 57€ per day for the two of …